Macos 11 Parallels

 



Mac OS version OS X Yosemite OS X El Capitan macOS Sierra macOS High Sierra macOS Mojave macOS Catalina. MacOS 11 Big Sur. Parallels Desktop version 10.10 or later 10.11 or later 10.12 or later 10.13 or later 10.14 or later 10.15 or later 11.0 or later. Parallels Desktop 16 Parallels Desktop 15. Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac and Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM now provide full support for Mac OS X El Capitan as both a host and guest. Parallels engineers have been putting thousands of hours into Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac development and testing to make sure it fully supports macOS 11 Big Sur. Most of issues we ran into have been resolved, some have workarounds, and there are just few we’re still working hard on to resolve.

  1. Macos 11 Parallels Free
  2. Mac Os 11 Release Date

The system requirements and supported guest operation systems (OSes) for Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac are fully detailed below. We encourage every potential or existing user to explore the requirements prior to downloading or purchasing Parallels® Desktop. Users may be pleasantly surprised at the incredible performance of Windows, Linux, and other popular OSes on their Mac with Parallels Desktop.

Supported Apple Mac hardware configurations:

Parallels 11 download

Check your Mac hardware to ensure you can run Parallels Desktop without experiencing compatibility issues. Our team would love to make sure every user gets the most out of Parallels Desktop and the virtual machines (VMs) they create.

Important Note: Internet connection is required for product activation, updates and select future features.

Supported guest operating systems that can be created as Parallels Desktop virtual machines

Mac with Apple M1 chip
Only ARM versions of operating systems are supported.

  • Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview
    Windows on ARM can run most of the regular Windows x86 applications. You can download the Parallels Desktop trial and install the application you need. If it doesn’t work, let us know at Parallels Forum.
  • Ubuntu 20.10, 20.04
  • Fedora Workstation 33-1.2
  • Debian GNU/Linux 10.7
  • Kali Linux 2021.1

Mac with Intel processors

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows 7 (SP0-SP1)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0-SP2)
  • Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate and Enterprise (SP0-SP2)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP0-SP2)
  • Windows XP (SP0-SP3)
  • Windows 2000 Professional SP4
  • Windows 2000 Server SP4
  • Boot2Docker
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, 7 and 6
  • CentOS Linux 8, 7 and 6
  • Fedora Linux 32, 31, 30 and 29
  • Ubuntu 20.04, 19.04, 18.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS
  • Debian GNU/Linux 9 and 8
  • Debian GNU/Linux 19
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
  • openSUSE Linux 15.1 and 15
  • Linux Mint 20, 19 and 18
  • Kali 2019 and 2018
  • Elementary OS 5.0
  • Manjaro 18
  • Mageia 7 and 6
  • Gentoo Linux **
  • Solaris 11 and 10 **
  • openBSD 6 **
  • FreeBSD 12 and 11 **
  • openVZ 7
  • eComStation 2 and 1.2 **
  • ReactOS 0.4 **
  • Android OS*
  • macOS Big Sur 11.0 (when released)
  • macOS Catalina 10.15
  • macOS Mojave 10.14.x
  • macOS High Sierra 10.13.x
  • macOS Sierra 10.12.x
  • OS X El Capitan 10.11.x
  • OS X Yosemite 10.10.x
  • OS X Mavericks 10.9.x
  • OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
  • OS X Lion 10.7.x
  • OS X Lion Server 10.7.x
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
  • Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
  • and many more…***

*Only the version downloaded with the Parallels Desktop Installation Assistant

Date

Macos 11 Parallels Free

**Parallels Tools are not available for this operating system

Note: Parallels Desktop emulates PC hardware, so operating systems that are not present in this list can work as well. We encourage users to download a free 14-day trial of Parallels Desktop first to install the OS of your choice. If it doesn’t work and you believe it should be supported, let us know at Parallels Forum.

Parallels Tools for Linux requires X Window System version 1.15-1.20 and Linux Kernel version 2.6.29-5.1.

Moving your PC?

Below are the Windows PC system requirements to move a PC to your Mac and use it as a Parallels Desktop VM (using Parallels Transporter Agent):

  • 700 MHz (or higher) x86 or x64 processor (Intel or AMD)
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • 50 MB of available hard disk space for installation of Parallels Transporter Agent
  • Ethernet or WiFi network adapter for migrating over network
  • External USB drive for migrating via external disk
  • Supported Windows: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000*

*To migrate Windows Vista or older, Transporter Agent from Parallels Desktop 13 should be used.

We sincerely hope this resource helps you navigate your experience with Parallels Desktop. Since 2006, Parallels has delivered excellence by being the #1 choice of Mac users to run Windows on Mac without rebooting. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need help. The Parallels support team can be contacted on Facebook or Twitter, 24/7.

Version 1.6.1:

Optimized for macOS 11 Big Sur with a refreshed design, easier setup, and other improvements. Below is the list of the most important fixes:

Mac Os 11 Release Date

Big Sur as a host operating system
  • Resolves an issue with a Mac crashing after trying to start a virtual machine.
  • Resolves an issue with a virtual machine crashing when a user logs in to Windows.
  • Resolves an issue with the CPU menu in the virtual machine configuration showing only two menu items.
  • Resolves an issue with the 'Unable to pause 'virtual machine name'.' message appearing while deleting a snapshot.
  • Resolves an issue with the Parallels Desktop window moving up when switching between the tabs of the Parallels Desktop Preferences and virtual machine configuration dialog.
  • Resolves an issue with multiple virtual machine icons in the Dock.
Big Sur in a virtual machine
  • Resolves an issue with not being able to upgrade an existing macOS virtual machine to macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Resolves an issue with not being able to install macOS 11 Big Sur in a virtual machine from the Recovery partition.
  • Resolves an issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine showing a black screen after the Parallels Tools reinstallation.
  • Resolves an issue with a macOS virtual machine showing a black screen after upgrading it to macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Resolves a rare issue with a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine rebooting when a user logs in.
  • Resolves an issue with the default screen resolution set to 1024x768 in a macOS 11 Big Sur virtual machine created on a Mac with the macOS version other than Big Sur.
  • Resolves an issue with Installation Assistant showing the macOS 11 Big Sur version incorrectly (as 10.16).
Other improvements
  • The Parallels Desktop user interface has been updated to meet the macOS 11 Big Sur style.
  • Parallels Desktop meets the macOS 11 Big Sur privacy restrictions. For example, it is not allowed to use Bluetooth until a user gives consent.
Network
  • You can configure Bridged networking for your virtual machine.
Graphics
  • Support for DirectX 11.1 which brings better support for high-resolution monitors and support for more applications and games that require DirectX 11.
  • Support for Metal graphics in macOS Big Sur 11 (and later) virtual machines. This allowed Parallels engineers to improve the guest version of macOS performance and fix a number of issues that were reported in 2018-2020:
    • Selected text in a PDF document opened in Preview is blacked out.
    • Blank interface in the FileSimple application.
    • The clock in the macOS menu bar doesn’t look sharp sometimes.
    • Multiple tabs in Safari are displayed with graphical artifacts.
    • The Notes app crashes in macOS virtual machines.
    • The Maps app shows a black screen.
    • Black thumbnails in the Photos app installed in a macOS virtual machine.