Parallels Desktop compatibility with Mac computers equipped with Apple M4 chips

The Parallels team is fully prepared to ensure perfect compatibility with recently released Mac computers with the Apple M4 chip and will perform comprehensive testing, releasing updates as necessary to optimize performance and compatibility. Since new Mac computers with Apple M4 chips have just been released, we will continue to conduct extensive testing and evaluation, both in our laboratory and with your help. Based on our experience and the Apple M4 advertising, you can expect all the essential features to work smoothly, probably with some added performance improvement. However, if you encounter a problem with Parallels Desktop that can be reproduced on a Mac with an Apple M4 chip, please share your experience on the Forum .

Migrate Parallels Desktop to a new Mac with Apple M4 chip

Known issues

1 With Parallels Desktop AppStore Edition 1.9.4, a virtual machine downloaded via the installation wizard fails to start with the error message “Unable to start virtual machine”. The issue was fixed in update 1.10.0. Update Parallels Desktop AppStore Edition manually or enable automatic updates.

2 With Parallels Desktop 19, a virtual machine downloaded via the installation wizard fails to start with the error message “Unable to start virtual machine”.
Installer Parallels Desktop 20.
Parallels Desktop 19 is not officially supported for running on Mac computers with macOS 15 as the primary system, and M4 Macs have macOS 15 preinstalled. Therefore, you may experience issues running your virtual machines in Parallels Desktop 19.