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Anyone using Parallels to virtualize MacOS on M1 Macs?

gzer0 4y ago
Yes, I am. It's quite smooth. It has its problems, but for the most part its alright. What did you want to explore further about this? Edit: many people download the default parallels; you need to download the parallels from this page https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-apple-silicon-mac/ https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-apple-sili... to be able to have access to M1 virtualization.
- denfromufa 4y ago
  Does Rosetta still work in the virtualized MacOS in Parallels?
  - mattruzzi 4y ago
    Yes.
skoobasteeve 4y ago
I’ve been using it on Monterey. It’s not nearly as optimized as virtualized Windows or Linux on the same hardware (most Parallels features like auto-scaling not available yet), but I think the situation should improve with Ventura.
ajconway 4y ago
Parallels run a similar thin wrapper on top of the OS-provided VM API which looks somewhat like: vm = createVM([device list]); vmWindow = createVMWindow(vm); vm.run();
SkyAndSand 4y ago
Yes, I use macOS as development VM on a maxed out 16 inch M1 MacBook Pro. It all works as expected, except you don’t have any VM settings (e.g. how much ram / cpu you want to give the VM) and Docker doesn’t run inside the VM.
- mattruzzi 4y ago
  You can change some of the settings by editing an ini file. https://kb.parallels.com/en/128842 https://kb.parallels.com/en/128842
  - SkyAndSand 4y ago
    Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks a lot!
fragmede 4y ago
It works! I can even run x86 binaries for Windows in a VM. Don't ask me how that works though
- CharlesW 4y ago
  Microsoft has their own x86 emulator.
superdug 4y ago
Yes, and it's terrible. You can't sign into icloud and you can't maximize a VM to 4k resolutions. It's usable, but for $100 they could do much much better.
- sharikous 4y ago
  Those are well known limitations of Apple virtualized OSes. The threshold for solving those issues involves using a different virtualization framework and a lot of reverse engineering.

Yes, I am. It's quite smooth. It has its problems, but for the most part its alright. What did you want to explore further about this? Edit: many people download the default parallels; you need to download the parallels from this page https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-apple-silicon-mac/ https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-apple-sili... to be able to have access to M1 virtualization.

denfromufa 4y ago
Does Rosetta still work in the virtualized MacOS in Parallels?
- mattruzzi 4y ago
  Yes.

skoobasteeve 4y ago

I’ve been using it on Monterey. It’s not nearly as optimized as virtualized Windows or Linux on the same hardware (most Parallels features like auto-scaling not available yet), but I think the situation should improve with Ventura.

ajconway 4y ago

Parallels run a similar thin wrapper on top of the OS-provided VM API which looks somewhat like: vm = createVM([device list]); vmWindow = createVMWindow(vm); vm.run();

SkyAndSand 4y ago

Yes, I use macOS as development VM on a maxed out 16 inch M1 MacBook Pro. It all works as expected, except you don’t have any VM settings (e.g. how much ram / cpu you want to give the VM) and Docker doesn’t run inside the VM.

mattruzzi 4y ago
You can change some of the settings by editing an ini file. https://kb.parallels.com/en/128842 https://kb.parallels.com/en/128842
- SkyAndSand 4y ago
  Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks a lot!

fragmede 4y ago

It works! I can even run x86 binaries for Windows in a VM. Don't ask me how that works though

CharlesW 4y ago
Microsoft has their own x86 emulator.

superdug 4y ago

Yes, and it's terrible. You can't sign into icloud and you can't maximize a VM to 4k resolutions. It's usable, but for $100 they could do much much better.

sharikous 4y ago
Those are well known limitations of Apple virtualized OSes. The threshold for solving those issues involves using a different virtualization framework and a lot of reverse engineering.