Our Engineering team keeps testing Parallels Desktop with macOS Tahoe 26 (Preview) to ensure a stable and reliable user experience. We are specifically focused on identifying any compatibility issues, performance concerns, or potential conflicts between Parallels Desktop and the beta operating system. Our goal is to address any issues promptly and provide necessary updates to ensure full compatibility of Parallels Desktop with macOS Tahoe 26.
Note: if you want to preview macOS Tahoe 26 in a virtual machine on a Mac with Apple silicon, check this article.
Known issues
| Issue | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| macOS Tahoe 26 as a Mac operating system | ||
| 1 |
If you encounter the following prompt (see the screenshot below) Coherence view mode might not work if you click 'Do not Allow' on the dialog below: Allowing helper to run, keeps coherence functionality. |
Fixed: Please update to Parallels Desktop 26 and latest version of macOS Tahoe |
| 2 | Apple Writing Tools do not work in Windows | Fixed: Please update to Parallels Desktop 26 and latest version of macOS Tahoe |
| 3 | Drag and dropping files from Ubuntu virtual machine to Mac doesn't work | Fixed: Please update to Parallels Desktop 26 and latest version of macOS Tahoe |
| 4 | Shared gamepad doesn't work in Windows | Fixed: Update to Parallels Desktop 26 |
| 5 |
macOS virtual machine suspended on macOS 15 host(or below) cannot be started after upgrading Mac host to macOS 26 with the following message:  |
Works as designed by Apple. Virtual machine will need to be reset. Please use the reset option presented on the screenshot. |
| 6 | Dynamic resolution doesn't work in a macOS 13 virtual machine | Fixed: Update to Parallels Desktop 26 and use latest macOS Tahoe with Sonoma or higher virtual machine |
| 7 |
Parallels Desktop menu bar icon is greyed out, regardless of Light\Dark theme settings:  |
Update to Parallels Desktop 26 |
| 8 | When connecting an external drive to macOS virtual machine (either Sequoia or Tahoe) it doesn't appear in virtual machine Finder | Initial investigation showed that it requires action from Apple, Report the issue to Apple feedback to help calibrate its importance. |
| 9 | Spotlight search shows Parallels Desktop components(technical data reporter, etc) | Initial investigation showed that it requires action from Apple, Report the issue to Apple feedback to help calibrate its importance. |
| macOS Tahoe 26 as a virtual machine | ||
| 1 | Sign-in to Apple Account doesn't work on Macs with Apple silicon chips | The initial investigation showed that it requires action from Apple, Report the issue to Apple feedback to help calibrate its importance. |
| 2 | Intel Mac Only: Installation of macOS 26 as virtual machine cannot be completed by using recovery partition or full image .app file; upgrading existing virtual machine of previous version(Ventura; etc) to Tahoe causes a black screen, resulting in inability to use macOS 26 virtual machine on Intel Macs | Under Investigation |
| 3 | Occasional performance and appearance issues in Tahoe virtual machine | Initial investigation showed that it requires action from Apple, Report the issue to Apple feedback to help calibrate its importance. |
| 4 | When using "Show Windows Application folder in dock" option and opening it in Finder, encountering error: "The application can't be opened. -50" | Initial investigation showed that it requires action from Apple, Report the issue to Apple feedback to help calibrate its importance. |
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