catalina 10.15

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    Reactivation of Parallels 10 on macOS 10.15.7 Catalina

    Hi there, I am trying to reactivate Parallels 10 on a Macmini with macOS 10.15.7 Catalina. I got following message: "Your product activation key has reached its activation limit and cannot be used to activate Parallels Desktop. Please use a valid key or contact the Parallels Support team for...
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    macOS Catalina 10.15 Guest VM won't update and hangs forever

    I'm using a macOS Catalina vm guest for heavy application testing. Since some Parallels Desktop releases back (I think 16) the Apple macOs Update inside this guest isn't working properly. I found a description of the problem in the knowledge base https://kb.parallels.com/124705 There it is...
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    macOS Catalina 10.15.7 stuck while installing

    I have an iMac Late 2013 and therefore Big Sur is not supported (sadly for me and many others :(). I would like at least to test Big Sur in a Parallels VM but I am unable to install Catalina 10.15.7 so I can upgrade inside the VM. How I can install Cataling properly inside the VM?? See the...
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    Windows Network Doesn't Work After Upgrade to 16.1.0

    I have been using my Windows 10 64-bit VM a lot recently so I need to get this resolved. Host is Catalina 10.15.7. After the update to 16, Windows cannot see any of its network drives. I get the following warning. I can wake up a File Explorer and see much the same thing -- no network...
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    Graphical issues with guest OS

    Hi all, I am running Parallels on a late 2019 16" macbook pro, with Catalina - 10.15.2. I have a VM running the same version of Catalina as well. I see lots of graphical corruption on various applications: Safari's tab menu flickers between black and grey (the system UI "light" colour)...
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    Catalina 10.15.4 slow boot, unresponsive, not responding, rainbow wheel, freeze

    I start up my iMac today and it took forever to boot. When it does the finder isn't responding. Any click will trigger the wheel and the system freeze. Activity Monitor, Console and any application I attempt to run freeze. Parallels isn't even running.
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    iWeb using Mojave under Parallels Catalina

    I have been trying to run iWeb in Mojave, which is installed in Parallels (15) Catalina. The screens are blank white. What is the problem?
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    Can't unlock any type of preferences such as user preferences or security and privacy settings

    Host: Catalina 10.15.3 Guest: Catalina 10.15.3 Parallels: 15.1.2 (47123) Details: I can't unlock any type of preferences such as user preferences or security and privacy settings. I use the same password to login to the VM and to perform other actions requiring the logged in users password with...
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    How obtain & install Mojave as guest under Catalina host?

    I'm running Parallels Desktop 15.1.2 under macOS Catalina 10.15.2 and need to be able to run some pre-Catalina apps requiring Mojave. How do I create a Mojave guest, with Parallels Desktop, on my Catalina host? Note that I do NOT any longer have any Mojave installer, so I need some guidance as...
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    Catalina Desktop Access greyed-out issue ... solved

    I didn't find this so I am posting what I found. Mac OS Catalina upgrade. Trying to open for first time after the upgrade. It said: "Parallels Desktop.app" is trying to access your Desktop. Cancel/Allow. But every time I moused over the dialog it would grey-out. A Chat SUpport person asked me...
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    Moving my MacMini Mojave Disc to my new MacBook Pro as a VM under Parallels Desktop 15

    Hi there, I have ordered the new 2019 MacBook Pro which only supports macOS 10.15 Catalina. Up to now I have used a Mac Mini 2012 which is currently running under macOS 10.14.6 Mojave. Looking at the installed software on my Mac Mini there are quite a few 32-bit programs (incl. Apple Apertune) I...
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    Parallels 13 run on Mac OS Catalina 10.15?

    Hello, Paralles 13 was running good with the previous version of Catalina, but after I updated to 10.15 everything started to load terrible. To clarify what I mean is that opening a browser takes up to 20-25 seconds, playing a video takes forever and the CPU spikes go up to 106%. Thus far I...
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