Running OS 10.8 on Parallels 13

[DelphineJ]

Hello, I would like ti purchase Parrallels 13 to run it on High Sierra together with 10.8.
Can you confirm that Parallels 13 works with OS 10.8 ?
Thanks !

 

[AJ@Parallels]

Hello, I would like ti purchase Parrallels 13 to run it on High Sierra together with 10.8.
Can you confirm that Parallels 13 works with OS 10.8 ?
Thanks !

Hello DelphineJ, Are you trying to install Mac OSX 10.8 as a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop 13?

 

[DelphineJ]

Yes. I would like to run on High Sierra and have 10.8 also available to run some of my apps

 

[AJ@Parallels]

Yes. I would like to run on High Sierra and have 10.8 also available to run some of my apps

Yes, you can run OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x as a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop 13 installed in high Sierra.

 

[DelphineJ]

Thank you very much.
I want to make partition on the internal disk for 10.8.
How should I proceed ?
Should I make the partition and install 10.8 system in it first or should I install Parallels 13 first ?

 

[AJ@Parallels]

Thank you very much.
I want to make partition on the internal disk for 10.8.
How should I proceed ?
Should I make the partition and install 10.8 system in it first or should I install Parallels 13 first ?

You have to install it inside Parallels Desktop using the recovery partition or the installation USB stick.

 

[DelphineJ]

Ok. I don't have a recovery partition or USB stick. But it is my computer's native system and I'm still running on it now so it's saved on TimeMachine.
So I will upgrade to Hi Sierra and then recover it from TimeMachine via Parallels Desktop. Would that do ?

 

[DelphineJ]

"it" meaning "10.8 system" in my message

is it the same process if I decide to install the virtual 10.8 system on an external drive ? (might be my best option so I would just upgrade now to 10.13 without partitioning) ?