What so crippled about it? I have no problems with it, other than it being a subscription.
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Parallels Desktop 26 Adds Support for macOS Tahoe and Windows 11 2025 Update
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What so crippled about it? I have no problems with it, other than it being a subscription.
It was not showing up for me using the updater. I downloaded the full version from my account on their website, but I am getting an "unable to verify the license signature" error. I tried reentering my license key (it puts a green check next to the entry) but it still has the same error. I can't get into any of my VMs right now because of it. I suspect their rollout of the new version is not complete yet. Hopefully it will sort itself out shortly.
Yes. Why doesn’t Parallels integrate D3DMetal from Apple? Crossover did it successfully
I am not sure what OSs you are running, but my Windows 11 VM with MS Office runs great in 6 GB of RAM. VMs need less RAM than they do on bare metal.
I've been using older versions of Parallels on the latest OSes for years with no issues.
convenience ... but UTM is getting closer and closer (and can do so much more)Why buy this when UTM exists and also uses Apples native virtualization technology?
GitHub - utmapp/UTM: Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS. Contribute to utmapp/UTM development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com
I'm not sure I follow you. I use the browser within Windows. I also build very complex Excel models and PowerBI. Runs great in 6GB of RAM for the guest VM.
What are the odds that they'll have fixed the game controller bugs, that have been requested for fixing all over the internet by hundreds of people for a decade? Like, you can connect a Sony DS4 controller and macOS recognises it perfectly, either bluetooth or USB, but Parallels 25 only picks it up if its USB and even then spins the LH joystick on its head, so that up makes it go down, left makes it go right; completely mindboggling crazy. Unfixable by the user and no interest from Parallels. But an Xbox USB controller connects and works OK. Why can't they get it right or even show interest to their user base with the DS4 controller?
Why buy this when UTM exists and also uses Apples native virtualization technology?
GitHub - utmapp/UTM: Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS. Contribute to utmapp/UTM development by creating an account on GitHub.
About UTM:
”The lack of hardware virtualization on Apple A-chips means that even for ARM code we must re-compile it with JIT. Therefore performance would never reach the levels possible with KVM. There is also no support for GPU virtualization so that means no DirectX or OpenGL. This makes most modern games non-playable.”
I run a Edge and full Office (usually with a ~2.5gb Excel file loaded) in parallels without any issue, on 6gb. Citrix Workspace is often running, as well.
Normally I use my work-provided laptop, but use my own occasionally, and Excel on macOS is missing too mean features. My work laptop is an i7-1255U with 8gb and does everything fine.
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But they talk only about guaranteed MacOS support. The real one is usually much broader than the following table suggests: https://kb.parallels.com/114381
I’m using Parallels 17 on my old MacBook Pro with MacOS Monterey (12) installed. I’ve recently tried Open Core Legacy Patcher and updated the system to Sequoia (15) and you know what? It works fine on the first glance, although the latest „officially” supported MacOS for Parallels 17 is Ventura (13) and only to a limited extent.
So my advice is: use your old Parallels and update only if it’s not working on new OS.
Is this due to 8GB of Mac RAM being the same as 16GB of PC RAM? I always wondered how macOS compresses the PC bytes into less Mac memory space. Those Apple genius programmers!
They’re talking about A series chips. Not M series chips.
The M series chips do support hardware virtualisation and it works exceedingly well with UTM and qemu.
Just wait till you try to update it. You have to sign up to and log into the Broadcom support portal to get updates now, they’ve disabled in app updates.
To sign up and access downloads they ask for an excessive amount of information about you including address and phone numbers which they need to “verify” for some reason - it was far more than I was prepared to give for a free download anyway.
That isn’t respecting GDPR either as they’re obtaining and processing personal information that they don’t need to provide a free download.
I suspect the hostility to users is a prelude to killing it off tbh.
Parallels has lost a lot of usefulness since Apple Silicon. I bought a copy of Parallels mistakingly when I could have used UTM for free, and UTM will virtualize Intel operating systems on Apple Silicon while Parallels won't.
Now, if Parallels could allow a Raspberry Pi virtual machine that would make it more useful, at least to me.
Now, if Parallels could allow a Raspberry Pi virtual machine that would make it more useful, at least to me.
Because it works much better, has very useful OS integrations not available in UTM, makes installing new OS images extremely easy, and if you run into problems (not that I ever have) there's customer support. Basically if you value your time and reliability go with this over UTM. Also the subscription version includes a bunch of very useful "Parallels Tools for Mac" thyat could be a product on its own but it's included.Why buy this when UTM exists and also uses Apples native virtualization technology?
GitHub - utmapp/UTM: Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS. Contribute to utmapp/UTM development by creating an account on GitHub.
I can almost live with the annual update fee but what I can't understand is the yearly "unable to activate" issue. This year the Terminal command didn't work and Tech Support told me there was an issue with v26 activation and I would have to downgrade back to 20.4.1. Sigh.
I can almost live with the high yearly update fee. What I can't understand is the yearly "unable to activate" error. This year even the Terminal command workaround would not work. I had to contact Tech Support and the agent said that "v26 has an activation issue" and that I would have to downgrade to 20.4.1 and wait for it to be fixed. Sigh.
Have you gotten shared folders to work in networking. I can access all but documents and downloads using SMN although all folders are shared.
Fortunately my older version of parallels still works and I'm guessing will also under Tahoe.