Manual InstallationĪlternatively, you can download the required installation file manually, so that you can install multiple new virtual machines from a local file. Click + in the top right corner > Continue > scroll to the right under Free Systems > select Download macOS.ģ. Click Download and proceed with the installation. Click the Parallels Desktop icon on the top menubar > Control Center.Ģ. To install a macOS VM, start Parallels Desktop and follow the steps below:ġ.

Note: Parallels Desktop will download and install the same version of macOS as your Mac is currently running. To install a macOS Ventura 13 virtual machine on a Mac with macOS Monterey, the only way is to upgrade your macOS Monterey virtual machine to macOS Ventura or upgrade your main macOS to macOS Ventura. To install a macOS Monterey 12 virtual machine on a Mac with Apple M series chips (macOS ARM VM), the computer must have macOS Monterey 12 beta 3 or newer installed as the main macOS.ģ. app installation image on Mac computers with Apple M series chips.ġ. It's possible to create macOS Monterey 12 and newer virtual machines only.Ģ. Note: Parallels Desktop doesn't support creating a macOS virtual machine from the. With Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac, you can now download and install a macOS VM on Apple M series chips just with a few clicks. In collaboration with Apple, Parallels engineers created the world's first prototype of a macOS virtual machine (VM) running on a Mac with Apple M series chips.

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