Tahoe Guest on Tahoe Host is completely broken?

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by nickjbedford, Feb 16, 2026.

  1. nickjbedford

    nickjbedford Junior Member

    Messages:
    15
    Am I missing something? I just paid for Parallels 26 to try properly updating/creating a Tahoe 26.3 guest VM on my Tahoe Intel iMac 5K.
    Both a new installation and my upgraded macOS installation are completely broken. Parallels Tools fails to install but when I try to do anything in Settings like Allowing the installation the VM acts like it's running on a 486 from 1985.
    New installation also fails to install. I've submitted a support ticket but I can't even get into Settings withoout the whole VM just dying.
    What is going on? I paid for this Parallels update and it's absolute junk. I've been using Sequoia and previous VMs perfectly up until now.
     
  2. nickjbedford

    nickjbedford Junior Member

    Messages:
    15
    Here's a screenshot by the way. Nothing I do in Privacy settings works. Also in my upgraded VM I can't click the Password text box to type in my password..
    Screenshot 2026-02-17 at 11.05.20 am.png
    Screenshot 2026-02-17 at 11.07.30 am.png
     
  3. nickjbedford

    nickjbedford Junior Member

    Messages:
    15
    I downloaded a slightly new build of Parallels for this supplied by support staff but that didn't do anything too. Tahoe guest VM is DOA for me on Intel host.
     
  4. DavidE7

    DavidE7 Member

    Messages:
    35
    im on mac studio ARM, same issue. did anyone get macos in parallels working?
     

Share This Page