Quick answer: Yes <\/strong><\/p>\n The details:<\/strong> Now that Parallels Desktop 16<\/a> has been released, I am able to talk about this new version of Parallels Desktop that I have been using for about the last six months. <\/p>\n I was able to install the macOS Big Sur public beta in a VM. In fact, this is my preferred way to test out a new OS that is under development, and I have been doing so for years. OSes under development can have significant issues, and if you test them out in a VM there is no risk to your Mac.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yes, it can, but an additional variable to consider is the host OS. <\/strong><\/p>\n On a Catalina host <\/strong><\/p>\n I encountered no issues at all, but it did take a while. A large portion of this time was downloading the \u201cInstall macOS Big Sur public beta\u201d app\u2014a 12.3GB download! <\/p>\n Normally, installing the Parallels Tools in a new OS under development is a mistake. The Parallels Tools are individually designed for each guest OS. While it is possible, having the Tools for an older OS work in a newer OS is unusual. Installing older versions of Tools can sometimes cause an OS to \u201clock up\u201d. So, what I usually do is not install the Tools by default, make a copy of the Tool-less VM, and then see what happens when I install the Tools. <\/p>\n I did this for the Big Sur VM on my Catalina host, and the Parallels Tools did not cause any issues. Not everything worked perfectly, but it is quite usable. <\/p>\n On a Big Sur host <\/strong><\/p>\n This went perfectly and everything I have tested works fine. However, I am not a professional tester, so I will wait to hear the experience of the engineers in the Parallels QA team. <\/p>\n On a Catalina host <\/strong><\/p>\n The answer is \u201cyes\u201d this can be done, but there are several gotchas to worry about. My first three attempts did not succeed, but on the fourth try I did get it to work. <\/p>\n I will wait until macOS Big Sur is released to share images and videos of the installation and use of a macOS Big Sur VM in both Parallels Desktop 15 and Parallels Desktop 16. Perhaps some of the issues I encountered will be gone in the actual customer release of Big Sur. <\/em><\/p>\n If you have also started using macOS Big Sur with Parallels Desktop, please let us know about your experiences in the comments or on\u202fFacebook<\/a>\u202for\u202fTwitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n Please also refer to this knowledge base article for further information<\/a>.<\/p>\n Feel free to test Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac for\u202f14 days for free<\/a>. <\/p>\n The post Can you install the macOS Big Sur public beta in a VM?<\/a> appeared first on Parallels Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Can you install the macOS Big Sur public beta in a VM? Quick answer: Yes The details: Now that Parallels Desktop 16 has been released, […]<\/p>\n The post Can you install the macOS Big Sur public beta in a VM?<\/a> appeared first on Parallels Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6037,6012,6021,1937,4596,3270,6023],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-sur-vm","category-feature-how-tos","category-macos-big-sur","category-parallels-desktop-for-mac","category-parallels-desktop-for-mac-business","category-parallels-desktop-for-mac-pro-edition","category-support-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41255,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41254\/revisions\/41255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Can macOS Big Sur be installed in a Parallels Desktop 16 VM?<\/strong> <\/h4>\n
Can macOS Big Sur be installed in a Parallels Desktop <\/strong>15<\/strong> VM?<\/strong> <\/h4>\n
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