Parallels Desktop 18 can be downloaded and installed on a Mac computer. Copy and paste text or drag and drop objects seamlessly between Mac and Windows. Develop and test across multiple operating systems in a Mac virtual machine.

Parallels Desktop 18 can be downloaded and installed on on Mac computers to . Copy and paste text or drag and drop objects seamlessly between Mac and Windows. Develop and test across multiple operating systems in a Mac virtual machine. Running Windows applications effortlessly does not slow down your Mac.

Parallels Desktop 18 contains over 20 powerful must-have features (optimized for macOS Ventura, Intel and Apple M series chips), with everything you need to improve performance.

Easy to install – just click to download, install and configure Windows 11.

is optimized for the latest Apple hardware - improved compatibility with Apple ProMotion technology and optimized synchronization between Mac and Windows.

Gaming experience is enhanced - Automatically use Xbox or DualShock Bluetooth controllers to enjoy the ultimate gaming experience.

Parallels Desktop 18 Standard Edition Main update content

supports macOS Ventura. Parallels Desktop supports mac OS Ventura (after release), macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur 11, macOS Catalina 10.15, and macOS Mojave 10.14.

With Parallels Desktop, you can use high-performance Windows applications on your Mac, such as running Visual Studio, Solidworks, Autodesk, and other resource-intensive applications. Run Windows applications without switching to your PC.

Parallels Desktop Deeply integrates Windows with your Mac, allowing you to seamlessly move and share clipboard content, files, folders, and images between Mac and Windows.

This version supports the latest Linux versions, including Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Fedora 36, ​​CentOS Linux 9 Stream, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Kali Linux 2022.2, etc.

boots the Linux ARM virtual machine over the network. Linux users may now like to use NetBoot for Linux ARM64 virtual machines (on Mac computers equipped with Apple M-series chips).

Parallels Desktop 18 automatically connects your Xbox or PlayStation DualShock Bluetooth gaming controller to Windows and Linux. Just connect the controller to your Mac, switch to Windows, and you're ready to play the game. The latest version of

improves compatibility with Apple ProMotion displays and discovers the performance potential of Apple M series chips.

If changed in macOS preferences, Windows will now use an automatically updated display refresh rate.

allocates more RAM and CPU cores to Windows on Mac Studio equipped with Apple M1 Ultra chip, improving Windows 11's performance by 96% on Mac.

Improved USB 3.0 support is designed to work with real-time data streaming devices such as webcams, game capture devices, and a variety of other video and audio streaming devices, including the Elgato HD60 S, SOCT Copernicus REVO and more.

better understand your Mac resources and memory. The disk space used by the snapshot can now be calculated in the updated Free Disk Space Assistant. The new version of

adds basic network connection protection so that users don't accidentally destroy it.

The macOS Ventura virtual machine on Mac based on M-series chips can now boot into recovery mode to disable system integrity protection.

Parallels New in Desktop 18 Pro and Business Edition

Apple M-Series Network Regulator on Mac computers. Provides a feature for Mac computers equipped with Apple M series chips that enable users to configure various network conditions (bandwidth, packet loss, and latency) for virtual machines! This feature is available for Windows and Linux virtual machines.

uses Visual Studio for remote analysis. Easily analyze application performance in a separate virtual machine using Visual Studio. Extended the functionality of the Visual Studio (VS) plug-in VMDebugHelper, allowing C++ developers to analyze applications on their secondary virtual machines by selecting the corresponding virtual machine in the VS UI menu.

Single Sign-on/SAML authentication required by employees using Parallels Desktop.