- So, is it worth it? If you need to run Windows or Windows apps on your Mac, the answer is still yes, with caveats. Over 13 years and 15 editions, Parallels has grown increasingly slick and stable.
- Parallels Desktop 13 fully supports macOS High Sierra, both as a host OS and guest OS. The more detailed answer is in the rest of this post.
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:
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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
**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.
High Sierra is finally available! If you are reading this post, then you probably want to know if Parallels Desktop® 13 for Mac supports macOS® High Sierra. The quick answer is yes! Parallels Desktop 13 fully supports macOS High Sierra, both as a host OS and guest OS. The more detailed answer is in the rest of this post.
Terminology Check:
“Guest OS” means an operating system running in a Parallels Desktop virtual machine.
“Host OS” means the operating system running on the Mac®. You install Parallels Desktop on the host OS.
High Sierra was first shown to the world in June 2017 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Since that announcement, Apple® has provided developers with nine High Sierra beta releases, so that they can test their applications with High Sierra and provide Apple with details about any issues found and with suggestions for future work.
Although it was not generally known at the time, the Parallels team was into development of Parallels Desktop 13 when High Sierra was first announced. We eagerly downloaded each beta release and tested High Sierra as both a host OS and guest OS with early builds of Parallels Desktop 13. As expected, issues were found and they were fixed.
At one point during the development of Parallels Desktop 13, I was running a beta release of High Sierra on my Mac, a beta release of Parallels Desktop 13, and a Windows 10 beta release (called an “Insider Preview” by Microsoft) as a guest OS—and a beta release of High Sierra as another guest OS. This is really life on the bleeding edge!
Because of these early releases of High Sierra by Apple and the early releases of Windows 10 Insider Previews by Microsoft, we were able to ensure that Parallels Desktop 13 was ready for High Sierra as soon as it was released to the public by Apple. Our thanks to both of our partner companies for these early releases.
Here are a number of screenshots of Parallels Desktop 13 running on macOS High Sierra. The figure captions describe what is going in each screenshot.
Figure 1_Using the new Windows 10 People Bar support in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 2_Using the new Picture-in-Picture view in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 3_Window 7 and macOS High Sierra running in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 4_macOS High Sierra running in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
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The amazing spider man 2 lite apk. Figure 5_Word for Windows 2016 in Windows 10 running in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 6_Parallels Toolbox for Mac 20 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 7_Windows XP and Mac OS Lion running in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Figure 8_Windows 10 and Windows XP running in Parallels Desktop 13 on macOS High Sierra
Parallels Desktop Sierra Compatibility
There is still one issue with running Parallels Desktop 13 on a High Sierra Mac: You must manually allow Parallels Desktop to install a system extension. The details are explained here. Please make sure you follow those recommendations.
You can make your decision about when to migrate to High Sierra without worrying if Parallels Desktop 13 supports it. Tell us about your High Sierra migration in the comments.
Parallel Serial Adapter
Want to try High Sierra with Parallels Desktop 13? Download a free 14-day trial!