macos guest vm

Hi! After the upgrade to macOS 15.0.1 I can't use my keyboard in my macOS VM! It still works in win11 VM. Not being able to use the keyboard is a critical showstopper! What is the best way of getting attention from Parallels?

Hello everyone, I have a problem when I unroll my macOS (14.5) into workspace one. It's recognised as IOS. Have you seen this problem before? Thank you for your help. Regards

Is there a way to download an Xcode installer package and keep it as a file? I'd like to install Xcode on a MacOS guest machine running on Apple silicon. I need to workaround the Apple ID login issue...

Hey, I'm using Parallels Desktop 19 on Mac (M3) and I created a virtual MacOS machine. I cannot find a possibility to use multiple screens in my virtual machine? Isn't this possible? Thanks and nice regards.

Hi I need to reset the password of MacOS guest on my M1 Mac. i use the https://kb.parallels.com/114193 to reset my mac guest password but it does not work. the error is : Unable to open new session in this virtual machine. Make sure your virtual machine has finished booting, runs the latest...

Hi guys, had this problem for a while so I thought I'd ask aorund: I am using an Apple M1 Pro as the host running MacOS 14.2.1. The VM is also a MacOS 14.2.1, but the problem has been around before this version. When I start the VM I can copy and paste between host and VM. Then I suspend and...

I tried the manual installation method of Mac OS on a. VM as I need more hard drive space and have run into the following problem. https://kb.parallels.com/en/125561 Parallels 19 pro All the steps work fins until get to "prlctl start macvm_test" I keep getting a error - The virtual machine is...

Has anyone been able to increase the size of a MacOS vm on Apple Silicon? There is no UI for it and it's currently not officially supported by Parallels. Has anyone been able to successfully do this manually?

Hi everyone, One of the most frustrating things for me is the time sync on the guest os, if I shut my mac and reopen later the time is no longer synced and I don't think it works through NTP in the VM, is this normal or am i doing something wrong? Thanks,

I just test Parallels on my MacBook Pro M2. I installed MacOS VM and want to install some apps (iMovie etc.). How can I archive this? Registering my Apple ID is not possible (it's a known limitation).

I just installed Parallels. I am trying to see how to create snapshots (sorry, if I'm confusing terminology with VMWare.) I'm running a macOS Ventura (ARM64) as a guest VM on the same type host OS. The manual says that the option to create snapshots is in the Actions menu. But in my case...

Yesterday I installed a MacOS guest on my Ventura M1 Mac, which started out fine. Then I discovered the first problem - Parallels won't let me view or edit the MacOS guest's configuration, like you can with Linux VMs. No way to turn on folder sharing, move the network interface from NAT to...

Hi after upgrading from version 16 to 18 standard, I do not see how to take vm snapshot. I also do not see how to configure vm details and even after I installed the tools I do not see how to access host file system from the guest. Any idea why?

I have a MacBook Pro and I'm running Big Sur. I'd like to install either Yosemite or Sierra as a virtual machine. I downloaded the .dmg files but when I try to install them it says "unable to detect operating system." Customer support told me that I need to use an .app file, not a .dmg file. I...

Hello, I'm running Parallels on a new MacBook Pro M1, and have a MacOS 12 Monterey VM running successfully. The Safari browser works great in the Mac VM, but when I try running the Apple Silicon version of Chrome or Edge, it's so slow as to be unusable. There is a 4-5 second delay even typing...

I've been unable to login with an Apple ID in the Big Sur guest that is offered at Parallels install time. The error is the same for my normal Apple ID and one newly created from within the guest OS. Logging into iCloud from System Preferences generates a 'Verification error'. All generic stuff...

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