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I'm not sure what the problem is but in trying to troubleshot why my mac is shutting down, it seems to be parallels related. This started a few weeks ago, and after a couple of trips to the repair shop, I discovered that it only happens when parallels is running. This has never been a problem...

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...

I am using Parallels Desktop on an Intel Mac Pro 2019 (16-core, 96 GB RAM) to run a virtual reaaally old macOS 10.9.5 Mavericks - because I need to occasionally use software from this time and age. The host OS is Sequoia 15.7.3. After the recent update to Parallel Desktop 26.2.0, the update of...

Hi! Since I upgraded Parallels Desktop for Mac (Intel) to a version higher than 20.4.1-55996 (beginning with the first public 26.x version) I get CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION blue screens in my Windows 11 VM at least one time per day. I read about problems with Norton 360, and as we are using...

Hi, I'm running a Catalina guest on a Ventura Intel macbook pro. When installing legacy software on the guest, I received the message that the software requires a metal graphics card, Since the host has a metal3 graphics card, how to I get the guest and Parallels 18.3. to recognize the host card?

I am using Ventura 13.7.8 on a iMac 2017. I installed parallels desktop 20 I am using Windows 11 as virtual machine. I am using a rapoo 9300M keyboard german. Problem: I do not get a @ sign. I get a €. So in case of @ it does not work while in case of € ist does not work. I do not get the sign...

I have purchased and installed Parallels Desktop 20 on my MacBook Pro 16" 2019 back in May 2025. So far I have installed Windows 11 using the inbuilt options in Parallels. I have not activated Windows at this time. I have tried several times to install Parallels Toolbox after launching "Install...

I have a 2019 iMac with Intel Core i5 that was running a Windows 11 VM with single application. The performance was fine and I was satisfied with this setup for years. I recently updated to the latest OS that my Mac supports, Sequoia 15.5. My VM got incredibly slow and suddenly there are...

I started out creating a macOS 15.5 guest on my macOS 15.5 host (an Intel 16" 2019 MacBook Pro, MacBookPro16,1). This worked fine. Then I copied over the InstallAssistant.pkg file from a macOS 26 Beta 3 full installer, ran this to copy the full installer to /Applications, then ran "Install macOS...

I have the permanent license for the Parallels software for Mac (M2). I have been using it since Oct 2024 and didn't face any issues till now. The internet has stopped working inside the Parallels Windows application even though I am using everything normally on my MacBook. Kindly advise...

Parallels Desktop 20 for Mac on a 2018 Macbook Pro Both Monterey and Sequoia VM's Any time I try to mount a drive that contains a Time Machine backup on it within my macOS VM I am getting the following error I've attached. I've turned Time Machine to manual on the host system. I've tried...

Parallels Desktop 18, permanent edition. Running on 2017 MacBookPro, non-touch bar, running OS 13.7.6. VM is Mac OS running last update of Sierra.OS 12 My Canoscan 9000F was running fine forever, connected through an Anker USB3 hub, then through and ASnket USB-C hub to my laptop. Recently I had...

Just updated to Parallels Desktop for Mac 20.3.1, which I'm running on an iMac Pro intel machine in Monterey 12.7.4 My virtual machine is El Capitain. This works fine, if I boot El Capitain from OFF. But if I susped my session and come back to it in future, it's painfully slow. Each operation...

I'm running Parallels 20.2.2 on macOS 15.4.1 running on an Intel Mac Pro 2019. Creating a new macOS VM from the Recovery Partition seems to work fine, but when I go to the Settings app, then to General > About, the pane is blank. Also, selecting About This Mac from the Apple menu doesn't work...

After upgrading my VM to macOS 15.4.1, the guest tools don't appear to be functioning properly on my intel mac any longer. I am unable to see any shared folders, and I am unable to use commands such as `prlctl exec` or `prlctl enter` from the host machine. I do not see this issue on my Apple...

Hello dear Parallals-community, I have 2 questions about "Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20": Which is the oldest version of Microsoft Windows, the one on Parallels Desktop for Mac (hardware is iMAC_2019 with Intel i5 processor) is operable? Can you easily run a Parallels Desktop Windows...

I have a 2019 Macbook pro with 2.6hz processor, 16gb ram, and the 4gb radeon graphics card, and have been using parallels to run windows 10 so that I can play games (especially Fallout 4). Parallels 18 does this superbly, but I recently "upgraded" to parallels 20 and its awful. The shadows are...

ubuntu 22.04 on intel mac loses keyboard (sometimes) when mac sleeps. I can click on my terminal, but cannot type into it

Hello, Snapshot is hung and will not revert or shut down unless I force quit the application. Windows went into a complete freeze so I decided to revert to a snapshot done earlier in the day. The earlier snapshot is also hung. This may be a hack by a DOD or NSA level hacker; find my Facebook...

PD 20.1.2: (Intel-Mac, all Windows versions) There is no longer a cursor change for MouseOver events (on window edges only after MouseDown). Is it possible to temporarily downgrade to the previous version?