Hello!
I would like to start testing macOS 12, but I don’t want this to affect my internal installation (I do not have a spare Mac, my other working softwares will not support macOS 12 until at least .2 release).
I therefore thought to use Parallels for Mac (which I already own) to create a VM of it. Problem is: I also would like my internal macOS not to be flagged as beta tester as I don’t want system update to be cluttered with release and beta software.
What do you think is the best option? My own brainstorming suggested to create a VM with Big Sur release, then enrol that install for beta updates and then upgrade the VM directly.
Does it sound…ehm…sane?
Thank you very much
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Hello,
I am on a 2016 MacBook Pro with macOS 11.4.1 installed.
I created a VM using Parallels 16.5.1 with the same macOS and everything was working well.
I enrolled that VM in the Apple Beta program and downloaded macOS 12. Installation seemed to succeed but upon reaching the login screen the VM was not recognising any keyboard input (neither built-in, nor bluetooth).
I am therefore stuck there.
What can I do?
Thanks!
PS: developer beta 1 installed and worked well then dev beta 2 caused this issue. I tried again with public beta 1 with no success.
I have also entered Recovery from the VM and successfully reinstalled Monterey, no change. From within Recovery keyboard input is also not registered.
I may try again but I would need to recreate all VM (including macOS 11) from scratch as I want to avoid enrolling my working machine.