Snow Leopard Server stops working with Parallels 26 upgrade

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  1. warnergt

    warnergt Member

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    Snow Leopard Server stops working with Parallels 26 upgrade.
    I upgraded Parallels from 20.4.1 to 26 and my Snow Leopard (MacOS 10.6) no longer boots.

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  2. warnergt

    warnergt Member

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    I see that I am still being shadow-banned by Parallels for pointing out that their software phones home to a Chinese website.
    Seriously?!!!
     
  3. JEANR9

    JEANR9

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    Same problem...!!! Same upgrade from 20.4.1 to 26.1.2 (Parallels). iMac Retina 5K 2019, Intel Core i5, SSD 1 To and 40 Go RAM. Is there something to do ???
    No problem with others VM (Windows 10, Debian 13, Ubuntu, MacOS X Mojave).
     

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  4. bershmuli

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    Same problem.

     
  5. jlorre

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    Same problem: "UEFI Interactive Shell v2.2" ... I upgraded Parallels from 20.4.1 to 26.2.0 and 26.1.1 and 26.1.0 on Intel and my Snow Leopard (MacOS 10.6.8) no longer booted. However, my Snow Leopard VM booted again after I downgraded Parallels by installing version 20.4.1 which you can download here: https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v20/20.4.1-55996/ParallelsDesktop-20.4.1-55996.dmg . Until Parallels fixes their version 26.x, version 20.4.1 seems to be the last version that works with Snow Leopard. I hope this helps you too. You might need to reenter your Parallels license key (I didn't)
     
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  6. jlorre

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    For what it's worth my Intel mac host runs MacOS Sequoia Version 15.7.3 (not the current Tahoe vs 26.2)
     

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