I'm running Parallels 8 on OS Mavericks. It's been running fine for weeks. Now all of a sudden, when I try to start Parallels, I get this error : "You can't open the application 'Parallels Desktop' because it is not supported on this type of Mac". What could be causing this?!? I was just running it last night. I didn't update anything. I already rebooted the machine to see if that would help but it did not. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Does that keep the Windows install somewhere? So I'd only have to re-install PD, and then point to the Windows install? Or do I have to re-install both PD and Windows?
Hello Codeman73, Your Windows Virtual machines will not be affected by this procedure - only Parallels Desktop application will be uninstalled. Please follow the steps as suggested at : http://kb.parallels.com/114624 to reinstall Parallels Desktop 8 on your Mac. Your Windows Virtual Machine will pop up automatically once you reinstall Parallels Desktop on your Mac. Thanks, Maheeshwar
Thanks, that worked. So what happened? Did Parallels just get corrupted somehow? Or is it just part of the mystery/magic of virtual machines that this can happen?
It's possible there's a a problem with your disk and some files got corrupted as a consequence, I suggest you run Disk Utility.app to verify the sate of your disk.