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When starting up Betas 2 & 3 Monterey searched for a Bluetooth keyboard. This indicates that Monterey is not recognizing Parallel's keyboard. I tried reinstalling Parallels Tools, that didn't help.
I tried using a second USB keyboard and connecting it to the VM, that didn't work. I tried connecting a second Bluetooth keyboard to the VM, that didn't work.
When in Big Sur I enabled Remote Desktop, so I can control Monterey until we get a fix.
 
Same bug present in Desktop 16.5.1 and Monterey public beta 3. Still need to change the video setting in the config file for the upgrade to complete.
juls
 
I've successfully installed OS12 in a VM on Big Sur. Followed the instructions to first create an OS11 VM, then upgrade to the beta. Worked, although it did hang on the last part of the install boot up and had to kill it and restart. But it works now, mostly (see the usb problem below).

MAJOR ISSUE: Cannot connect a USB drive no matter what I do. Have gone through all the Parallels troubleshooting tips. Parallels shows (notification) that the drive has connected to the VM, but it never shows in the Finder or Disk Utility. Tried a couple different USB drives, tried HFS and APFS, tried direct (iMac) instead of hub. Restarted the VM a bunch of times. Have turned off the config/USB 3.0 and back on, then off again.

I have USB drives that connect just fine in my Sierra VM, so not sure why I cannot get a usb drive to connect to the new OS12 VM. Any ideas appreciated!
Finally received a fix from Parallels Support, and it worked. Had to edit a Library/Pref as per this article: https://kb.parallels.com/122204
 
Just playing with the OS12 installation and seems to be working fine. BTW, keyboard has been working fine, so not sure about the reported problems.
Do have the typical weird erratic scrolling as with all other Parallels VMs. Really wish they could fix that as it is a major problem trying to use any of my VMs.
 
Mine hung at first, but then I remembered that when I first tried to install Big Sur I had added a bit of code to the Boot Order panel under advanced in the Boot Flags box. Once I removed that I was able to reboot into macOS 12 Beta.
How you done it? please share. thx
 
Just installed Parallels 17 and updated Tools in Monterey. The good news: the keyboard is working. The bad news: the display is stuck at 1024x768 and won't resize. I tried reinstalling Tools, that didn't cure it. I increased the Graphics memory to 1GB, that didn't cure it. I'll investigate...
 
Just installed Parallels 17 and updated Tools in Monterey. The good news: the keyboard is working. The bad news: the display is stuck at 1024x768 and won't resize. I tried reinstalling Tools, that didn't cure it. I increased the Graphics memory to 1GB, that didn't cure it. I'll investigate...
i have PD 16 on monterey and won't open. i f I installed PD17 does it mean I have to reinstall win7 in PD 17 or I can reach my Old windows in PD 16? thx.
 
My advise: DO NOT UPGRADE to 17 for any critical work. Wait until Parallels fixes this display problem.

I booted macOS Big Sur and Ubuntu in Parallels 17. Big Sur ran fine. Ubuntu has the same issue as Monterey: the display is limited to 1024x768. So 2 out of my 3 VMs are useless in Parallels 17. Not a big deal for me right now.
Parallels 17 will overwrite 16. I don't think you'll need to reinstall Win 7. But it may have the display issue...
 
My advise: DO NOT UPGRADE to 17 for any critical work. Wait until Parallels fixes this display problem.

I booted macOS Big Sur and Ubuntu in Parallels 17. Big Sur ran fine. Ubuntu has the same issue as Monterey: the display is limited to 1024x768. So 2 out of my 3 VMs are useless in Parallels 17. Not a big deal for me right now.
Parallels 17 will overwrite 16. I don't think you'll need to reinstall Win 7. But it may have the display issue...
Today's Monterey Beta 5 cured the problem in Monterey. It's still there in Ubuntu though.
 
My advise: DO NOT UPGRADE to 17 for any critical work. Wait until Parallels fixes this display problem.

I booted macOS Big Sur and Ubuntu in Parallels 17. Big Sur ran fine. Ubuntu has the same issue as Monterey: the display is limited to 1024x768. So 2 out of my 3 VMs are useless in Parallels 17. Not a big deal for me right now.
Parallels 17 will overwrite 16. I don't think you'll need to reinstall Win 7. But it may have the display issue...
Hi Sam, thx for the advice. I try free trial PD 17 and works fine in monterey as a host. coherence and full is ok. thx again. once more: how to open JAR apps on monterey? can you show me how?
 

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Imam: Oracle says Java works in macOS 10.7 (Lion) and newer. I stopped using Java back in Mojave so I have no idea if it works in anything newer.

I hope your Monterey host is not you main Mac. It's always best to beta test on a second Mac that won't be a major impact if it gets messed up.
 
Imam: Oracle says Java works in macOS 10.7 (Lion) and newer. I stopped using Java back in Mojave so I have no idea if it works in anything newer.

I hope your Monterey host is not you main Mac. It's always best to beta test on a second Mac that won't be a major impact if it gets messed up.
unfortunately I only got one mac. I'll take the chance. thx for your nice words. GBU.
 
It is beyond irritating that using Parallels Desktop 17, I continue to have to change the video settings in the config file in order to apply Monterey updates. This was broken in PD16 and Big Sur. When is a fix coming for this bug that has existed for over a year?

juls
 
Dock stopped working again! Dang! 2nd time this has happened and I can't for the life of me remember how to get the Dock to work again. Worked fine for a while, then it won't launch anything or respond to right clicks. Have restarted and shut down/restarted several times, including restarting Parallels. Ran Disk First Aid. Nothing seems to be fixing it. Perhaps the upcoming new beta update might clear it up. Might have been what fixed it last time this happened.
As a side note, Dock still works fine in my Sierra VM.
 
Just updated to the beta 6. I did not see availability of the new version, so had to delete the beta profile (from the update pane), then reinstall the beta program profile, which then allowed me to download the newest beta. As with past betas in a VM, it did not complete the reboot following the install. I had to use the Stop, then restart the VM to complete the install. Don't know if that issue was solved in Parallels 17 or not.
 
I am using Parallels 17 on macOS 11.5.2 on Intel. I have a guest macOS Monterey on beta 5 and the upgrade to beta 6 does not show. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the beta profile and that did not fix the problem. I am stuck on beta 5.

juls
 
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