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Plus I always configure my Terminal console via a bash_profileĮven then, I've experienced a couple of problems that I have no workarounds for except to restart the guest:.Date and time - disable set date and time automatically (Parallels already does this) and I also disabled the date and time in the Apple menu bar.Accessibility - under Display, select reduce motion and reduce transparency, and disable show accessibility status in menu bar.
App store - disable automatically check for updates.Users - remove login apps that run on start up.Spotlight - disable spotlight suggestions, disable allow spotlight suggestions in look up and add excluded folders under Privacy.Dock - minimize windows using scale effect, disable animate opening applications.In the guest macOS, I adjusted some System Preferences downwards for better performance:
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And after the OS is up and running, remember to install Parallels Tools via the Install Parallels Tools option in the Virtual Machines menu. The wizard will search for the Sierra installer and if it's found, prompt you to "create a bootable disk image file" (just accept and continue):. Then, run Parallels and follow the wizard to Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file,. And a single macOS VMs could be well over 10 GB, without snapshots or backups. HDD image (don't worry, Parallel takes care of creating this). Another 5.2 GB to create a bootable installation. You'll need 5 GB to download Sierra ( Install macOS Sierra.app). Make sure to prepare lots of free space - at least some 20 GB free space to get started!. And download macOS Sierra from the Store. You'll need to install Parallels Desktop Lite. To setup a macOS guest VM, you can follow the guide at Mac Kung Fu. Note that you are licensed to install a certain number of macOS virtual computers on a Mac computer you own (ask Apple, I'm no lawyer), but not on a Windows machine.