Parallels For Mac And El Capitan

 

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  1. Parallels For Mac El Capitan
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The new editions of Parallels Desktop for Mac benefit from speed improvements of up to 50 percent, Travel Mode which extends battery life up to 25 percent while on the go, support for Windows 10 along with OS X® El Capitan readiness and a host of other features for both Windows and Mac users. Now Supporting Windows 10 and ready for El Capitan Run Windows 10 and OS X® El Capitan with ease. Use Microsoft Cortana®, your virtual assistant, on your Mac. On August 19, Parallels released Desktop 11 for Mac. It fully supports Windows 10, including Cortana access in OS X, and is ready for OS X El Capitan.

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Just spent a bit of time searching and hacking away (credits to https://ntk.me/2012/09/07/os-x-on-os-x for the modified installer technique).

Make sure you have a legal copy of OS X 10.11 from the Mac App Store before doing this.

CREATING THE MODIFIED INSTALLER:

Parallels For Mac El Capitan

  1. Open Terminal

  2. Install iESD using the command 'gem install iesd' (You might need to 'sudo' this command depending on the write permissions you have set up. Do this at your own risk, of course. I would recommend setting the correct permissions on the required folder(s) instead.)

  3. Once installed, run the following command to create a boot-modified OS X installer:

PREPARING THE VM IN PARALLELS:

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  1. Click the '+' button

  2. Click 'Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file', then click 'Continue'

  3. Tick 'Continue without a source', then click 'Continue'

  4. From the dropdown list, select 'OS X'

  5. Make sure 'Customize settings before installation' is ticked, then click 'Continue'

  6. In the configuration window, click the “Hardware” tab

  7. Click the “Hard Disk 1” item, then click the “-“ button to remove it

  8. Press the “+” button, then select “Hard Disk”

  9. Select 32GB or above for the size of the disk and unselect “Expanding disk”. Click “OK”

  10. Click the “USB & Bluetooth” item. Unselect “Web cameras” and “USB 3.0 support” (failing to do so will result in a kernel panic when trying to run the installer)

  11. Click the “CD/DVD 1” item. In the “Connect to:” dropdown, select “Choose an image file…”. Choose the DMG you created in the last set of steps

  12. Click the “CPU & Memory” item. Set “Memory” to 2048MB or above.

  13. Click the “Video” item. Set “Video memory” to 128MB or above.

RUNNING THE VM:

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  1. Press Play on the configured VM

  2. Install OS X as normal and enjoy!

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