Important Notes Before installing Chameleon, please be aware of the following: You must purchase a license directly from Parallels and install the software on your Mac before attempting to install Chameleon on your system. You can only run the Chameleon user interface on Intel-based Macs. However, you can deploy an application that you have written using Chameleon on both G4-based and Intel-based Macs. For details, see Deploying Chameleon on Unix.

This section shows you how to install Chameleon on a Mac system via the Parallels Desktop for Mac application. Introduced in 2006, Parallels Desktop for Mac functions very similarly to VMware, in that it allows you to run hardware virtually. Using the host computer's hardware resources, each virtual machine is able to operate independently, as if it were a standalone computer. More importantly for Chameleon users, it enables you to run Windows-only programs like native Mac applications. While iNTERFACEWARE currently only offers support for running Chameleon natively on Windows, Parallels is a great alternative for running Chameleon on Macintosh computers with Intel processors since you can run the Chameleon GUI on your Mac OS X machine.

	Did You Know? iNTERFACEWARE currently uses Parallels Desktop on Mac to run Chameleon and Iguana reliably on all our Macintosh systems. Chameleon will also run reliably using VMWare's Fusion, which is an equivalent program to Parallels.

To install Chameleon on a Mac system via Parallels:

• Install Parallels Desktop for Mac on your Mac computer. Refer to the Parallels installation instructions for details, but it is really no different than installing any other application that uses an installer (i.e. double-click the installer, follow the prompts, and wait for it to finish).

• Create a virtual machine, and install a compatible Windows operating system. Chameleon currently supports Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista and Windows NT 4.0 and above. Based on the operating system you decide to install, Parallels will automatically select the hard drive size, video, RAM, etc. Note that these settings can be modified - refer to the Parallels user instructions for details on setting up a virtual machine.

	Parallels is not shipped with any operating systems, so it's your responsibility to supply the installation CDs and licensing information.

• Once you're finished setting up your virtual machine, start Parallels. In the screen below, Parallels is being started from the desktop.

Starting the Parallels From the Mac Desktop

• Once the Windows image finishes loading, download the latest version of Chameleon from http://www.interfaceware.com/chameleon_download.html and save it on your computer. The Chameleon installation instructions from this point are the same as installing on a standalone computer.

• Follow the rest of the instructions under Installing Chameleon on Windows.

	You can easily set up shared folders that can be accessed by both Mac OS X and your Windows virtual machine, which makes it easy to transfer data back and forth. Refer to the Parallel's user guide for details.