
Use Windows from Boot Camp in a virtual machine.Easily configure Windows for Productivity or Gaming.Use automatic Parallels Tools installation for many operating systems.
Select automatically detected operating system installers from Downloads and Desktop folders. Install virtual machines from an ISO image, app, USB, CD, or DVD. Use Express Installation to fully automate Windows installation and user account setup. Activate Windows automatically by specifying a license key before installation. Download and install Windows automatically in one click.*. Use Sign in with Apple for Parallels account registration and sign-in. Choose your View Make Windows invisible while still using its applications in Coherence™ Mode, or if you’re new to Mac, you can set Windows to occupy your entire screen, so it looks just like it would if you were using a Windows PC. Play your favorite classic Windows-only games on a Mac. Run applications such as Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, SQL Server, PowerBI, AutoCAD, MetaTrader, and thousands more. Lightning Fast Graphic and resource-hungry Windows applications run effortlessly without slowing down your Mac. You may also migrate your Windows PC* or Linux, like Ubuntu (Intel-based Mac computers only). Easy Set-Up Parallels Desktop automatically detects what you need to get started so you can get up and running within minutes! If you need Windows, you’ll be prompted to download and install Windows 11 or use your Boot Camp installation if you have an Intel-based Mac. Share files and folders, copy and paste images and text, and drag and drop files and content between Mac and Windows applications. Seamless Use Windows, side-by-side, with macOS on your MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac mini or Mac Pro-no restarting required. Take care not to share too much, though, or your host computer might run into trouble.
If you don't have enough, your VM will likely chug. Your VM must use some of your computer's RAM to run. Ensure you have enough RAM to dedicated to the VM.Extremely low disk space can cause performance problems, so make sure you have cleaned up space on your PC. As this happens, your host computer could run low on space. A dynamically allocated virtual disk starts small, but expands as your VM needs more space. Make sure you have enough free disk space.See how to check if you have 32-bit or 64-bit Windows if you're not sure. If your processor isn't 64-bit, make sure you download the 32-bit version of the OS you want to run in a virtual machine to avoid compatibility issues. Remember that you can't run a 64-bit virtual machine on a 32-bit computer.Here are a few more tricks to try if virtualization isn't working right: But you still might have issues with performance or even getting a VM started. Hopefully, you've gotten virtualization to work after following the advice above. If Virtualization Is Enabled but Not Working Correctly