Parallels Running OSX Performance

[Lee4]

Hi, just installed OSX 10.10.5 as VM on my Mac Mini and performance is terrible - much worse than running a Windows guest OS - is there anything I need to do additionally?
Surprised that the performance is so worse comparatively...

thx

 

[PaulChristopher@Parallels]

Hello Lee4, Go to Actions > Configure > Options > Optimization > disable Free Space: Real-time Virtual Disk Optimization.
Open virtual machine configuration > switch to Options tab > Optimization tab > Set performance to Faster virtual machine; check Enable adaptive hypervisor and Tune Windows for speed. If you're not running on battery power, you can also turn on the Better performance option.

 

[Lee4]

Hi, thanks - that's definitely made some improvements.
Can't seem to locate the "Tune Windows for speed" option... This is what I have

 

[Sasti@Parallels]

Hi, thanks - that's definitely made some improvements.
Can't seem to locate the "Tune Windows for speed" option... This is what I have

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Hello Lee,
You don't have to look for that option in a Mac VM. You could also try increasing the virtual memory and graphic memory available under 'Hardware' tab.
Let us know if you still have issues with performance.

 

[Lee4]

Hi, I've upped the memory to 4G and screen memory to 256M. Screen updates are still clunky but it's usable for my purposes...

 

[Lee4]

FYI, upgraded to OSX 11 over the weekend and created a new VM using OSX 11 and not seeing any of the problems I was with the 10 VM

 

[PaulChristopher@Parallels]

Please reproduce the issue and share a Report ID number http://kb.parallels.com/9058 along with your contact number so that we will check it for you. Thanks!