Parallels will then start to download Windows 10 automatically.Īlternatively, you can manually download Windows 10 for free from Microsoft and then save it onto a pen drive or external drive for Mac with at least 5GB of storage space on and select Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file.
You’ll then see the following screen – click on Get Windows 10 even if you don’t have a license key as it’s not essential to activate Windows anymore in order to use it.If you see the latter, simply click on Get Windows 10 From Microsoft to install it without leaving the Parallels setup wizard. Or if you’ve previously install Parallels before in the past, you may see the setup wizard below. You’ll either this one which will take you through the Windows setup automatically by clicking Install Windows and then you can skip straight to Step 6 in this tutorial: You’ll either see one of the two following screens when you start the Windows setup.
Microsoft no longer requires users to activate the full version unless you want to customize the look of it or remove a small watermark. The cool thing is you can now install Windows 10 for free on Mac (including on M1 Macs). Since Parallels version 12 and above, it now gives you the option to download and install Windows 10 directly from Microsoft without leaving the Parallels setup wizard.
Parallels makes it easy enough even for beginners to install Windows on a Mac and allows you to switch between macOS and Windows instantly at any time.
Although there are various ways of installing Windows on a Mac, the virtualization software Parallels is by far the best way to do so. To use Microsoft Publisher on a Mac you first have to install Windows on your Mac. Or you can run Windows on your Mac and then install the Windows version of Microsoft Publisher to open and edit them in macOS as we’ll show you here.
This is fast and easy but it doesn’t always work well and won’t allow you to edit them like you can in MS Publisher.