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Run Windows on your Mac

At its simplest, Windows on Mac runs fast and powerful without a reboot!

Run thousands of Windows programs on your Mac
Moving from PC to Mac has never been easier
Reusing an existing Boot Camp partition
Parallels Toolbox includes: Essential utilities for Mac

Run thousands of Windows applications such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Access, Quicken, QuickBooks, Visual Studio, and games that use large amounts of graphics and CAD software without affecting performance or slowing down. Parallels Desktop 12 is fully optimized for Windows 10 and built for MacOS Sierra.

Run Windows and Mac applications in parallel Use both Windows and need. Different display modes let you control the level of integration between Mac and Windows.

Transferring from PC to Mac has never been easier Easily transfer the entire contents of your current PC—operating system, documents, applications, games, and even your browser bookmarks—to your Mac.

Advanced Windows Setup Installing Windows on your Mac is easier than ever. Easy and intuitive wizard guides you through the entire process, including Windows 10 licensing (if required).

Already using Boot Camp? Easily convert your Windows partition in Boot into a new virtual machine with Parallels Desktop Camp.

Not just for Windows Run a wide variety of operating systems: MacOS, Windows 10, 8.1 and 7, Linux, Google Chrome and others.

Incredible performance The source for Windows apps - they work great without slowing down your Mac, and Microsoft Office is faster than ever.

Adjust click Now you can optimize the performance of the virtual machine with just one click and thus easily get the performance you need.

Extra features of Pro Edition

It is designed to be given to developers, professional users and other advanced users. The Pro version offers more processing power with up to 64GB vRAM and 16 vCPUs per VM. It includes integrated debugging tools with environmental mode for virtual machines, integrated virtualization reverse mode, and compatibility with popular development tools like Visual Studio, Vagrant, Jenkins, and many more. Uninterrupted support by phone and e-mail.

Extra features Business Edition

Designed for use in work environments, Parallels Desktop Business Edition includes all the features of the Pro version and uninterrupted support by email and phone. It provides easy centralized management, has mass deployment capabilities, site license management, and provides advanced security controls.

Optimized and prepared for macOS Sierra

Features

Run Windows on Mac

Develop and test across multiple operating systems in a virtual machine for Mac
Access Microsoft Office for Windows and Internet Explorer
Fast—Run Windows apps without slowing down your Mac
Quickly move files, apps and more from PC to Mac

The following settings have been removed from the virtual machine configuration in Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip:

Enable nested virtualization check box in the CPU and Memory pane.
Hypervisor selection in CPU and Memory pane. All virtual machines are set to use the Apple hypervisor.
Floppy disk compartment.

Parallels Desktop for Mac computers with Intel processors:

Support for Linux kernel version 5.11.
Resolves an issue where a Boot Camp-based virtual machine fails to start and displays a "A required device is not connected or cannot be accessed" message. error message.
Resolves an issue with incorrect identification of a virtual machine running in Bridged Networking mode.
Resolves an issue with the Internet Information Services application displaying an error when used in Parallels Desktop 16.
Resolves the issue of no Internet connection in virtual machines when the MTU (maximum transmission unit) is changed to 9000 in macOS network preferences.
Resolves an issue with the Parallels file system returning unknown d_type.
Resolves an issue with Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition requesting to allow system extensions on startup.
Resolves an issue where you were unable to deploy Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition via JamF and showed the "launch path cannot be accessed" error message.

System Requirements

Compatibility: macOS 10.13.6 or later 64-bit

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