Parallels 20.x Unable to Run macOS VMs after macOS Update to 15.4

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by SinanK2, Apr 3, 2025.

  1. SinanK2

    SinanK2 Junior Member

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    It just says:

    "Error"
    'Cannot start this virtual machine.'


    After displaying the virtual machine monitor, and then promptly shutting down.

    Anybody else seeing this?
     
  2. JamesP50

    JamesP50

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    I get that all the time, if running any mac guest other than ventura
     
  3. SinanK2

    SinanK2 Junior Member

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    Funny you should ask.
    I haven't tested it, but after my latest upgrade to Sonoma 15.6, this issue seems to have resolved itself, EXCEPT:
    Two VMs I relied on heavily had to be restored from backups. They still raised the same "cannot start VM" error, but I noticed some other macOS VMs had started working.
    So something while the system was broken actually broke my favorite VMs with it too, thankfully I had backups and was able to restore them and move forward.
    What a mess.
     
  4. MatthewR20

    MatthewR20 Most valuable person

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    Does this issue still happen on Parallels Desktop 20.4.1?
     

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