Parallels Desktop for Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac
Developer(s)	Parallels
Initial release	June 15, 2006; 18 years ago
Stable release	20.0.0 (10 September 2024; 2 months ago)
Operating system	macOS
Platform	Apple–Intel architecture; Apple M1 / M2 / M3;
Available in	English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Polish, Czech
Type	Hypervisor
License	Proprietary
Website	www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hypervisor for Macintosh computers; it provides hardware virtualization. Initially developed for Macintosh systems with Intel processors, version 16.5 introduced support for Macs with Apple silicon. Parallels, a subsidiary of Corel since 2018, is the developer of the software.

Microsoft officially endorses the use of Parallels Desktop for Mac to run Windows 11 on Apple silicon Macs.^[2]

^ "Parallels Desktop 20 updates summary".
^ "Options for using Windows 11 with Mac® computers with Apple® M1® and M2™ chips - Microsoft Support". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

[wikidata-aa8e9760e0574894f2c2d93a63036e03c80ca1b7-v18-1] "Parallels Desktop 20 updates summary".

[2] "Options for using Windows 11 with Mac® computers with Apple® M1® and M2™ chips - Microsoft Support". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

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