Originally published at: Parallels Desktop 20.4 - TidBITS
Parallels has issued version 20.4 of its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software with improvements, bug fixes, and deprecation announcements for the next major version. The release improves the network implementation for macOS virtual machines running on Apple silicon Macs, corrects implementation of “host-only” network configuration on macOS virtual machines, introduces support for creating and running Windows 10 22H2 and Windows Server 2019 virtual machines in x86 emulation mode on Apple silicon Macs, fixes a bug that produced black screens when waking a Windows 11 virtual machine from sleep mode on Intel-based Macs, and resolves an issue that affected various Parallels Tools for Mac functionality in macOS virtual machines on Intel Macs running macOS 15.4 Sequoia and later.
Parallels announces that the next major version of Parallels Desktop will no longer support macOS 12 Monterey; manual setting of CPU, disk I/O, network quotas, and extended memory limits; or synchronization of virtual machine color tags between the Parallels Desktop Control Center and macOS Finder. ($99.99/$129.99 for Standard Edition, $119.99 annual subscription for Pro Edition, $149.99 annual subscription for Business Edition, upgrades available, free updates for subscribers, release notes, macOS 10.14.6+)
