macos guest

Host: M4 Mac host running macOS 26.4 Tahoe (new install). Parallels Desktop: v26.3.0 Guest: macOS Tahoe 26.4 (created via Parallels macOS download) I have a newly installed Mac M4 Host, new install of Parallels 26.3, and created a new Guest VM of macOS 26.4 via the Parallels menu. The resulting...

* I have Mac Mini M4 with Sequoia 15.2 installed. * I have license from Parallels and installed Parallels Desktop 20. * I need to have the MacOS running as VM, because I need to do development on MacOS and do Not want to mess my main OS. * I can see that Parallels Desktop 20 does support MacOS...

Hello,I have many servers running Parallels. But one of my servers is a Mac Studio with an Apple M2 Ultra CPU. I run Parallels on this Mac to host some macOS VMs. I can create a macOS VM, but I cannot extend the disk inside that macOS VM. I have tried adjusting the "Hard Disk" in the...

I installed Public Beta 1 on Parallels Desktop. Unfortunately, the Wi-Fi connection remains disabled, and I can't find a way to use Wi-Fi in addition to Ethernet. Is this normal, or am I missing something? Logging in with Apple ID doesn't work either. Sorry for my bad english. Many greetings

Hi there, I am trying to share a macos 15 VM image across multiple machines for cicd nodes, but there is no way to create a VM image from a VM/.macvm file? The documentation refers to a button called "prepare for transfer", which does not appear when I right-click on the VM in parallels control...

I am running Parallels Version 20.4.0 (55980) on macOS 15.5 (24F74) which in turn runs a macOS VM which is also 15.5. Host is running an M4 with 32GB RAM. I find that the microphone and sound sometimes works in the macOS VM, sometimes not. And I've never managed to get the camera working in the...

Hi team, After updating my host Mac from macOS 15.4 to 15.5, I can no longer sign in to Xcode with my Apple ID, iCloud, or the App Store in any virtual macOS instance. I've tried using virtual machines with macOS 15.4, 15.5, and 14.7.6, but even my previously working VMs have stopped...

I have read some stuff on the web that suggests it may be possible to run x86_64 versions of macOS in a Parallels guest on Apple silicon (e.g. M4). Is that doable? If so how - do I just DL the ipsw file and let rip or is there (much) more to it than that? Thanks D.

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...

I have the latest Parallels Desktop Pro edition (20.2.2) and the latest Sequoia (15.4) on my host OS. I tried creating a new Sequoia guest OS using the normal process. This works fine. What does NOT work is that I cannot share folders between the guest and host OS. I have installed Parallels...

Hello, I use Parallels Pro 20 and went to create a Mac OS 15.4 VM. When it tries to start, the VM crashes. My Mac is an M4 Max, running Mac OS 15.4. I saw that beta versions of 15.4 had similar issues, but I am able to use my Windows 11 VMs just fine. It's Mac OS VM that crashes. Any advice?

It just says: "Error" 'Cannot start this virtual machine.' After displaying the virtual machine monitor, and then promptly shutting down. Anybody else seeing this?

It just says: "Error" 'Cannot start this virtual machine.' After displaying the virtual machine monitor, and then promptly shutting down. Anybody else seeing this?

I needed to create a new macOS vm manual because of the default disk size of 62 GB is to small and the inability to resize the hard drive for macOS vm (Stupid APPLE) I followed the guide here: https://kb.parallels.com/en/125561 1. prlctl create 'macOS2025' -o macos --no-hdd --restore-image...

I have a use case for which I need to build an app targeting an Intel-based MacOS arch. I have an Apple laptop with an M3 Max chip. Is it possible to run MacOS 14.x VM (Intel-based) on my laptop? I have a pro license.

I want to set up linked clones for MacOS guests for software testing, but it seems the option is only displayed for Windows guests? This limitation is not documented on https://kb.parallels.com/128867 or https://kb.parallels.com/122669

How to enable hypervisor on MacOS 15 VM (Parallels 20) on Apple Silicon ? For Windows (11) there is a tickbox, but for MacOS (15).... Thnx in advance.

Hello, I am trying to add a mac OS guest using the default option to download the image. I have also tried downloading the image (ipsw) and starting installation that way. Both options have the same result. I turned on advanced logging, but it does not seem to change the log output. It is very...

Why is er difference between Windows 11 and MacOS 15 PVMs in terms of settings and window/menubar options. See resp. pictures below... Anyone? Settings dialogue. Windows/menubar