Parallels Desktop is compatible with Apple’s latest Mac featuring the M5 chip. Our team continuously monitors performance and functionality to ensure the best possible experience.This article will always reflect the current status of M5 compatibility.
If any issues are identified by our team or reported by customers, they will be listed here along with guidance or fixes. If no issues appear below, it means either:
- All known issues have already been addressed in the latest version of Parallels Desktop, or
- No issues have been found so far.
We expect all core Parallels Desktop features to work smoothly on M5-based Macs, with improvements in speed and efficiency thanks to Apple’s latest hardware.
If you encounter any issues attributed to the M5 upgrade, please report them on our Forum so we can investigate promptly.
Migrate Parallels Desktop to a new Macbook with Apple M5 chip
Migrating Parallels Desktop from one Mac to another can be a seamless process with the help of Apple's Migration Assistant. Once the migration is complete, you can activate Parallels Desktop on the new Mac as outlined in the Move a license section of KB 123461.
Alternatively, you can move the virtual machines manually, as outlined in KB 114118.
If you want to migrate Parallels Desktop from a Mac with an Intel processor to a new Mac with Apple M5 chip, you need to create a new virtual machine (VM) on the new Mac and migrate data from the old VM to the newly created one. Learn more in KB 125344.
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