• Open the Parallels application.
• Select the virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines window.
• Open the Virtual Machine menu and choose Configure…
• Click on the Hardware tab, and select CPU & Memory from the left column.
• Check the amount of memory recommended under the Automatic option.
• If your computer has less than the recommended amounts, choose the Manual option and set the amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine Processors to at least 4 GB or more if available.
• Click on the Options tab, and select Sharing from the left column.
• Turn off (uncheck) Share Mac user folder with Windows.
• Open the Share folders pull-down menu and choose Home Folder only.
• Restart your virtual machine.
• On the Windows desktop, you should see a folder called "Mac Files" with a "Home" folder nested inside. You can access any Mac Files saved to your Mac environment through this folder structure.