Encrypt Mac OS VM inside of MacOS?

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by RobR13, Apr 21, 2026.

  1. RobR13

    RobR13

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    I have created a Mac OS VM inside of my 14" MacBook Pro, in addition to a Windows 11 VM. I would like to encrypt the Mac OS VM, and the instructions I found say to use the settings for the VM without it running. However, when I shut down the Mac OS VM and go to settings, there are no encryption settings available. Is it not possible to encrypt a Mac OS VM??

    Thanks, I'd appreciate any further assistance or an alternative method aside from encrypting a folder in the host Mac OS filesystem, in which others are administrators and theoretically could access the contents of this VM. I had no problems encrypting the Windows 11 VM with a password of my own choosing.
     

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