# Issues with virtual environment on M2 chip mac

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/issues-with-virtual-environment-on-m2-chip-mac/5960
**Category:** Tor Browser Desktop
**Tags:** tor-browser
**Created:** [December 13, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/issues-with-virtual-environment-on-m2-chip-mac/5960 "2022-12-13T18:19:54Z")
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### Author: ![AngryVM54](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@AngryVM54](https://forum.torproject.org/u/AngryVM54)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/issues-with-virtual-environment-on-m2-chip-mac/5960/2 "2022-12-18T13:05:50Z")

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Well, Tor works in an ARM Ubuntu installed in Parallels on a M2 chip mac. However, Tor only works as a proxy connection, and the Tor Browser does not launch. So you can utilize the anonymity of Tor in Firefox, but you cannot actually surf the dark web via the Tor browser. Same results in Kali.

To surf the dark web using Tor Browser in a VM (using Parallels on a M2 chip mac), install a Mac VM. In the Mac VM, the Tor browser functioned properly. I hope this helps.

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