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This is a technical post on how to get the Snow Leopard OS running on a Mac in Parallels Desktop 15, so that older Apple software can be run on a newer Mac.

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Background:

Snow Leopard, aka Mac OS X 10.6, was released in June 2009, and it represented the last version of macOS to run older PowerPC based software. Its successor, Lion, was released two years later, so back then I wrote a post about how to run Snow Leopard in a virtual machine so you could, at the time, keep on trucking with AppleWorks, QuarkXPress, Quicken, and other apps that did not have Intel versions available.

Apparently, the method I used stopped working as of Parallels 7, but someone else wrote up how to do it — though judging from the comments, that method stopped working well around Parallels 10 or 11, and I myself could not get it to work.

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There may be less reason to run Snow Leopard today than there was nine years ago, but I was overcome with nostalgia and managed to get it going. Thanks to the many others on the internet who have written things who helped me figure it out, especially that above writeup.

One goal of this method was to prevent the need for typing any commands in Terminal or engage in similar deep technical arcana. It probably is a few more steps as a result, but it’s also hopefully easier for more Snow Leopard users to complete.

What you’ll need:

Parallels Desktop. These steps have been verified to work on version 15.

A Snow Leopard DVD (and a drive that can read it), or disk image of same. The physical disk used to be available from Apple’s online store as recently as last year, but no more. Maybe you can still get it if you call them. Or you can find them on eBay and Amazon. You just might be able to find it if you Google “snow leopard 10.6.3 download”, but I didn’t tell you that. (Hey, it’s not like they’re making it easily available to buy any more.) If you go that route, be careful that you download from somewhere that looks reputable.

(Alternative: a Snow Leopard Server DVD, or disk image thereof. If you can locate one, this is about a million times faster and easier, since Parallels supports it.)

Part 1: Set up a macOS VM

Create a Parallels virtual machine running any version of macOS from Lion onward. The easiest way to do this is to choose File > New in Parallels, and then, at the rightmost edge of “Free Systems”, click on “Install macOS 10.x.x from the Recovery Partition”, and follow the prompts. Once made, the VM’s name will appear as “macOS 10.x.x”.
Alternative to the above step: You can use a macOS installer app for Lion or later. To do this, choose File > New in Parallels, and double-click “Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file”. Drag the Install macOS app into the area that says “Drag the image file here”. Parallels will recognize it as OS X. Click Continue, then Continue again to create a bootable disk image file. It’s fine to leave the default name (“macOS image file”) and location (the Parallels folder of your Documents folder). Wait until that’s complete, and on the next screen, leave the default VM name of “macOS”, and the default location (the Parallels foder of your Documents folder). Cilck Create.
The VM will initially start into Recovery/Utillities mode. Choose your language, click on (Re)Install macOS, Continue, Continue, Agree, Agree. Then click on “Macintosh HD”, click Install, and wait until the installation completes.
The VM should restart automatically (if not, start it manually). During the initial setup screens, choose Set Up Later (or, on earlier macOS versions, “Don’t Sign In”) for iCloud/Apple ID login, and otherwise defer as much as you can, until you get to the Desktop.
Shut down the VM from the Apple menu.

Part 2: Set up the Snow Leopard installer disc

Control-click on the macOS VM in the Parallels Control Center and choose Configure.
Click the General tab. Change the name of the VM to “Snow Leopard”.
Click the Hardware tab. If “Hard Disk 2” is listed in the left column, click it, and then click the – button beneath the column to remove it. Click “Move to Trash” when prompted.
Click the + button in the lower left, and choose Hard Disk from the drop down menu. Leave the Type as “New Image File” and the Location as “Snow Leopard-0.hdd”. Set the size to what you like (at least 20 GB), and leave the checkboxes in their default state (“Split the image into 2 GB files” unchecked, and “Expanding disk” checked). Click OK. The virtual disk will appear in the left column as Hard Disk 2.
Click the + button in the lower left again, and choose Hard Disk again. Leave the Type as “New Image File” and the default name of “Snow Leopard-1.hdd”. This time, set the disk size to 8 GB, and remove the checkmark next to “Expanding disk”. Click OK. The virtual disk will appear in the left column as Hard Disk 3.
Close the Configuration window.
Start the VM (now appearing as “Snow Leopard” in the Parallels Control Center). When you get to the desktop, in the Finder, choose Computer from the Go menu. Choose “as List” from the View menu. You will see three volumes named “Macintosh HD”. Look in the Size column, and rename the smallest (around 30 MB) to “SL installer HD”. Rename the next largest (around 157 GB) one to to “Snow Leopard HD”. Leave the largest one (several GB) named “Macintosh HD”.
The following steps vary depending upon which version of macOS you initially installed in your VM — if you’re not sure, go to About This Mac from the Apple menu inside the VM. If a step does not specify that it’s for a specific macOS version, then follow it no matter what version you’re running.
If your VM is running macOS 10.14.6 or earlier: within the VM, in the Finder, choose Utilities from the Go menu, and double-click Disk Utility.
If the VM guest OS is 10.15 or later: Shut down the VM from the Apple menu. Right-click on the VM in the Parallels Control Center and select Configure. Click the Hardware tab. Click Boot Order in the left column. On the right, check the box for “Select boot device on startup”. Close the configuration window. Start the VM and immediately press a key when prompted to enter the boot device menu. (If you miss the window, restart when boot completes.) Using the arrow keys, highlight Mac OS X Recovery. Press return. You will start up into the macOS Recovery. At the Recovery menu, open Disk Utility. (More detail here: https://kb.parallels.com/cn/116526)
Any VM guest OS version: Go to the Devices menu of your VM (in your host OS, not the VM guest OS), and select CD/DVD > Connect Image. Navigate to the Snow Leopard install disk image file, and click Choose. (If you are instead using a physical Snow Leopard DVD, insert it, and choose your optical drive from the same menu.)
If the VM guest OS is 10.11 or later (including 10.15 or later): In Disk Utility, on the left, select “SL installer HD”. Click the Restore button. For “Restore From:”, select “Mac OS X Install DVD”. Click Restore, and wait until it completes. Click Done. Now, on the left side of Disk Utility, there will now be two volumes named “Mac OS X Install DVD”. One of them will have an eject icon to the right of it; click it to unmount the volume. You’ll see the name turn grey; click the eject icon again to fully eject the image and make it disappear. Quit Disk Utility.
If the VM guest OS is 10.15 or later: Shut down the VM from the Apple menu. Control-click on the VM in Parallels Control Center and select Configure. Click the Hardware tab. Click Boot Order in the left column. On the right, uncheck the box for “Select boot device on startup”. Close the Configuration window. Start the VM.
If the VM guest OS is 10.10.5 or earlier: in Disk Utility, on the left, select “Mac OS X Install DVD”. On the top bar, click the Restore tab. For “Destination:”, drag “SL installer HD” from the left into the empty field. Click Restore, and wait until it completes. Once it does, on the left side

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