parallels 13, high sierra, clicking allow does nothing

I recently upgraded to a new iMac, which came with High Sierrra. When I tried to launch Parallels Desktop 12.2, I got a message that I needed to go into the System Security Prefs and click allow. Clicking did nothing, even after unlocking the pane.


I upgraded to Parallels Desktop 13.2 ($50), and I get a similar message. Clicking "Allow" still does nothing. I looked in the Console to see if there was anything to be gleaned there, but there didn't seem much of interest, except maybe this:


Kext rejected due to system policy: <OSKext 0x7f9aac667f70 [0x7fff995f6980]> { URL = "file:///Library/StagedExtensions/Applications/Parallels%20Desktop.app/Contents /Library/Extensions/10.9/prl_hypervisor.kext/", ID = "com.parallels.kext.hypervisor" }


and this:


com.parallels.kext.hypervisor failed security checks; failing.


I'd appreciate some help with this. Though I don't use Windows a lot, there are certain applications I can't do without.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Dec 13, 2017 3:48 AM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2017 12:42 PM

While talking with an Apple Support tech on the phone, I seem to have figured this out. I was looking at the Console and kept seeing this message:


ec 13 15:33:27 Jesus-Crust prl_naptd[93764]: Starting Parallels Network Daemon (proxy_mode)

Dec 13 15:33:31 Jesus-Crust prl_naptd[93892]: Starting Parallels Network Daemon

Dec 13 15:33:31 Jesus-Crust prl_disp_service[93809]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked


So, what I did was this (something of an accident, but it worked):


Quit Parallels Desktop.

Restarted it and hit the Allow button while the software was starting.

Bingo.

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Dec 13, 2017 12:42 PM in response to Stephen Stark

While talking with an Apple Support tech on the phone, I seem to have figured this out. I was looking at the Console and kept seeing this message:


ec 13 15:33:27 Jesus-Crust prl_naptd[93764]: Starting Parallels Network Daemon (proxy_mode)

Dec 13 15:33:31 Jesus-Crust prl_naptd[93892]: Starting Parallels Network Daemon

Dec 13 15:33:31 Jesus-Crust prl_disp_service[93809]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[mach_recv] monitored resource vanished before the source cancel handler was invoked


So, what I did was this (something of an accident, but it worked):


Quit Parallels Desktop.

Restarted it and hit the Allow button while the software was starting.

Bingo.

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