Take the time to go out for a walk or bike ride, binge-watch your favorite streaming series, or play with pets or kids! This is perhaps the slowest part of the process up to this point. This is the fastest way to create a new Big Sur virtual machine, as it doesn’t require a download. On the Create New screen, scroll to “Free Systems” at the bottom of the screen and select Install macOS 11.4 Using the Recovery Partition.In Parallels Desktop, select “File > New.” This opens the Installation Assistant.If you don’t currently own this software, the link in the opening paragraph of this article takes you to a purchase page on the OWC website. You’ll need to have the latest (16.5 or later) version of Parallels Desktop installed on your Mac. At the present time, the virtual machine process only works with Intel-based Macs. If you have an M1 Mac, you won’t be able to install macOS Monterey in a Parallels Virtual Machine. For those who can’t wait to give Monterey a try but don’t want to risk running a beta operating system on their primary Mac, it can be installed in a virtual machine under Parallels 16.5.
In about two months, macOS Monterey comes out of beta testing and into the hands of Mac users.
