Installing Wilcom EmbroideryStudio On A Mac

There are two main options for running Wilcom EmbroideryStudio on a Mac: Boot Camp or virtualization. Boot Camp allows partitioning the hard drive to run Windows natively, requiring reboots. Virtualization allows running Windows programs within Mac OS without reboots using software like Parallels. The document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up Boot Camp to install Windows, then EmbroideryStudio and CorelDRAW, before installing Parallels to run the programs virtually without reboots.

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Installing Wilcom EmbroideryStudio On A Mac

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Can I Install Wilcom EmbroideryStudio on my Mac? What op ons do I have?

Yes you can! There are basically two op ons, Boot Camp and Virtualiza on

Boot Camp is a technology that allows boo ng your Mac in diﬀerent opera ng systems, and the Boot Camp
Assistant will guide you to convert a por on of your Mac hard drive into a full Windows PC environment; this
is done by par oning the hard drive, installing Windows on that new par on and use the Mac hardware as
a PC (taking advantage of the Intel chipsets). Be aware that in order to use this op on you will have to re-boot
your Mac every me you want to use Windows.

Virtualiza on is the ability to run Windows and Windows base programs within the Mac OS as a window
without the need of reboo ng. By using virtualiza on you will be able to run EmbroideryStudio e4 (or any
other Wilcom product) along with CorelDRAW in your Mac; the virtualiza on so ware will allow to share all
the Mac services (prin ng, networking, exchange of ﬁles, etc.). There are a few companies out there oﬀering
virtualiza on products, in our case we will focussing in the most renown: Parallels, and VMware Fusion.

Parallels will use the installa on of Boot Camp allowing you to use only one version of Windows for both
Boot Camp and Parallels; that’s why we are using this product to explain how easy is to run Wilcom ES e4 on
your Mac!. For this exercise we have chosen a Macbook PRO laptop running 10.13 (HighSierra) with 8 GB of
RAM and a 512GB SSD hard drive.
Ge ng all the things you need:

a. Se ng up your Mac
b. Ge ng Windows
c. Installing Boot Camp
d. Installing ES e4 & CorelDRAW
e. Ge ng and Installing Parallels

a. Se ng up your Mac:
The only thing that you need to do before ini a ng this process is to check that your Mac has enough free
space. The minimum recommended is 32 GB; we recommend 48 GB o more so Windows can run properly.

b. Download Windows
Download Windows 10 image (ISO File) from the Microso web page, if you are unsure, just Goggle it and
chose the one from microso .com, this is the link:
h ps://www.microso .com/en-au/so ware-download/windows10ISO

When prompted please select Windows 10

- in ‘Edi ons’ please choose Windows 10
- In ‘Product Language’ please choose your preferred language

Choose the ‘64 bit download’, this is the only one that will work properly in your Mac

c. Installing Boot Camp:

Navigate to your Applica on folder, scroll down un l you ﬁnd the folder “U li es”, choose Boot Camp
Assistant and launch it

Once you are on the Boot Camp App, click on Con nue
On the ‘Install Windows’ screen please choose the Windows ISO ﬁle that you previously downloaded from the
Microso site, and the decided how much space you are going to spare for the Windows par on. Please be
aware that once you have made this decision, will be very diﬃcult to change it, most probably you will
require an technician to do it for you.

The installa on process will take between 25 minutes to an hour depending on your internet connec on and
your Mac hardware, the Assistant will install the Windows Support So ware, then it will par on your hard
drive, install Windows 10 for you and ﬁnally install the Boot Camp tools needed to run Windows properly.
Before installing Windows 10, Boot Camp will ask you for your password

The Windows installa on will begin and you will be asked for you personal data, date and me, network
and/or Wi-Fi password etc. You will also need to provide an user name and password that will be use every
me you log into Windows. Boot Camp and Windows will restart several mes during this process. Please
take into considera on that you will need to purchase a Windows license to ac vate Windows, or if you're
working in a company they might provided for you.
Once the installa on have ﬁnished, your Mac will be restarted; if you want to boot into Windows, please
maintain the Op on key pressed un l you get the following window and choose Boot Camp:

Once you boot into Windows for the ﬁrs me you will be asked to install the Boot Camp tools, a set of drivers
that will allow you to properly use the Mac hardware in your newly installed Windows 10:

d. Installing EmbroideryStudio e4 and CorelDRAW:

Once the Installa on of the Tools have ﬁnished you can proceed with the installa on of Wilcom
EmbroideryStudio e4 and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite following the instruc ons provided in the product box:
Once you ﬁnish with the installa on of EmbroideryStudio e4, please install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite:

e. Ge ng and Installing Parallels

Download the latest version of Parallels from their website, they have several versions, we tested
EmbroideryStudio with their standard version, if you need something fancier, be prepared to pay much more

At the me of this blog, the latest version was 14. Parallels offer a 15 days full trial in case you need to test it
before hand. Once you have download click on the parallels.dmg app and follow the instruc ons:
The first screen that will pop up will give the ability to install Parallels (and Windows) in several ways. Because
we have already installed Windows on Boot Camp successfully, the easiest and faster way is by choosing “Use
Windows from Boot Camp). You will save not only me but also space in hard drive by avoiding two different
Windows installa ons, one in Boot Camp and the other inside your MacOs

Is the smartest and easiest way!

If you're prompted to “Allow Parallels Interna onal GmbH” please do so, you have to do this only the ﬁrst
me
Before launching for the ﬁrst me you will be prompted to sign in or register an account with Parallels:

Once you're ﬁnished with the registra on, launch Parallels from within your MacOs without reboo ng and
log in into Windows using the same creden als that you use for Boot Camp:

And voila! Now you can use your Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e4 inside your MacOS without reboo ng and
completely integrated with your other Mac na ve applica ons. Don't forget to verify if there is any updates
available for Windows, Apple so ware, Wilcom or Corel products before enjoying using ES on your Mac!
Note: If you don't want to deal with the diﬀerent keyboard shortcuts, the easiest way is by using an USB
Windows keyboard when you using Parallels.