Mac mini M1 2020 w/ Monterey, Parallels & Win 11.

When upgrading Monterey to Ventura and the new version of OS will Parallels and Win 11 still be present in its current state or must they be reinstalled?

Mac mini, macOS 12.6

Posted on May 21, 2024 10:53 PM

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May 25, 2024 10:19 AM in response to Laotzu III

Parallels installs a driver into macOS to function properly. The upgrade from Monterey to Ventura may whack that driver, or it may not.


Parallel's 19.40 was just released and I think that if you check for Parallel's updates from the application after the Ventura upgrade, it will show that 19.40 is available, and attempt to reinstall a newer driver. To do that, it will prompt you to open System Settings > Privacy & Security (just click that button on the Parallel's dialog that appears, and with your admin password, allow Parallel's. It will then reboot your Mac, and you should be good to go.


The Ventura System Preferences were renamed to Settings and Apple played musical chairs with the Preferences organization. You will be mumbling about that for quite some time…

Mac mini M1 2020 w/ Monterey, Parallels & Win 11.

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