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Note that there was a weird bug on my MacBook Pro that meant the screen was stretched in an odd way, but resizing it slightly by clicking and dragging the edge fixed this. Select to install macOS from the recovery menu when it appears, and ensure the power is attached if you’re using a portable Mac, otherwise installation cannot continue.

Your new virtual machine will boot, and installation will begin as if you’re booting a new Mac.

Once creation of the disk image has finished, you’ll be prompted to give the new virtual machine a name, and choose a location to save it.

The default save location for the image file is OK, so just click Select in the File Open/Save dialog box that appears.

You’ll be told a bootable disk image file will need to be created, which is fine – this will happen automatically.

macOS will appear in the list, so simply click Continue to carry on.

Next, click the right-hand option in the New Virtual Machine window – “Install Windows or Another OS from a DVD or Image File” – and click Continue.

For some reason this doesn’t mention macOS, but using Parallels Desktop Lite to install macOS is possible – and if you read the App Store description you’ll see it’s mentioned there. Its label tells you that this merely lets you install Linux.

Open Parallels Desktop Lite and choose the free use option.

Note that once the download finishes the macOS installer will automatically start, but you don’t need this and can simply click the Quit menu option. Click to Download it, if it isn’t already downloaded. For example, if this is Sierra then search for that.

Remaining in the Mac App Store, search for the version of macOS that is installed on your Mac.Click to “buy” it and install it (it’s free). Open the Mac App Store on your Mac and search for Parallels Desktop Lite.Here are the steps required to create a macOS virtual machine using Parallels Desktop Lite.

It’s also quick and easy to use – a far cry from other methods up until now that have been complicated, time-consuming and of dubious legality. Although it requires an in-app purchase if you want to install Windows as a virtual machine, Parallels Desktop Lite is entirely free of charge if you just want to install Linux or macOS as a virtual machine. Recently the folks behind the useful but expensive Parallels Desktop virtualization app released Parallels Desktop Lite, which is available in the Mac App Store. How to create a macOS virtual machine easily - and for free