Parallels Desktop for Mac is an excellent piece of virtual machine software that runs on a Mac. Users can easily run Windows, Linux and other operating systems and applications on Mac OS X. Users can switch between Win and Mac, or even use both, without having to repeatedly reboot their computers. A recent update to the official MacOS version, MacOS 11 Big Sur, has made Parallels Desktop virtual unavailable. Hint: You cannot launch Parallels Desktop because your Mac operating system lacks some required components.
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If you already have Parallels Desktop installed, a temporary workaround is to run Parallels Desktop and follow these steps
1. Open Mac OS Terminal Applications (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal)
2. Run the following commands in sequence
export SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1
open -a Parallels\ Desktop.app
Case 2
If you have not already installed Parallels Desktop, the installation failed, please install the following:
1. If you have Parallels Desktop App Store Edition installed, uninstall it
2. Re-download the Parallels Desktop 16 installation file
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3. Double-click the downloaded file to mount it
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4. Open terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and run the following command:
sudo -E -s
You will need to enter a Mac password to run the command. For security reasons, no symbols are displayed, so simply press enter
Continue typing the command:
cd /Volumes/Parallels\ Desktop\ 16
export SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1
open Install.app
If the installation is successful, follow the Parallels Desktop command you ran at the beginning of this article to run the application!
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