Parallels Desktop and macOS compatibility

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Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition
Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition

Last Review: Aug 10, 2021

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The table represents Parallels Desktop and macOS (as the main system) compatibility information. The compatibility table for End-of-Life Parallels
Desktop versions is below.

macOS
macOS macOS Big Monterey
OS X El macOS
Mac OS version High macOS Mojave macOS Catalina Sur
Capitan Sierra (once
Sierra
released)

10.11 or 10.12 or 10.13 or 11.0 or 12.0 or

Parallels Desktop version 10.14 or later 10.15 or later
later later later later later

(http://kb.parallels.com/Attachments/kcs- ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
4840/AppIcon_13.png)

Parallels Desktop 17

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 16

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓*
Parallels Desktop 15

* Older Parallels Desktop versions are not fully optimized and compatible with the new macOS release, Big Sur (11.0). Please check KB 125039
(http://kb.parallels.com/125039) for known compatibility and resolved issues prior to upgrading to macOS Big Sur. To avoid these issues, upgrade
to Parallels Desktop 16 (https://www.parallels.com/desktop-upgrade/).

End-of-Life versions of Parallels Desktop

OS X
Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS X Snow Mac OS X OS X OS X OS X El
Mac OS version Mountain
Tiger Leopard Leopard Lion Maveriks Yosemite Capitan
Lion

10.4.6 10.4.11 10.5.2 10.5.8 10.6 10.6.3 10.6.8 10.7 10.7.5

or or or or 10.8 or 10.9 or 10.10 or 10.11
Parallels Desktop version or or or or or
later later later later later later later later later later later later or later
:
Parallels Desktop 14

✓
Parallels Desktop 13

(http://kb.parallels.com/Attachments/kcs-
4840/AppIcon_11.png)
✓
Parallels Desktop 12

✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 11

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 10

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 9

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 8

✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 7

✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 6

✓ ✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 5

✓ ✓
Parallels Desktop 4

Parallels Desktop 3
✓

Parallels Desktop 2.5

✓

* Versions marked with asterisks are partially compatible with the corresponding OS X/macOS versions and may not work correctly.
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