Can't Install ASI678MC Drivers running Parallels on Mac

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I have a 2021 MacBook Pro with M1 Processor on which I'm running Parallels for any software only available on Windows. I'd like to use my ASI678MC with an application called Metaguide, so I've downloaded and installed the Camera Driver from the ZWO Software site (https://www.zwoastro.com/software/) and installed it.

I connect the camera and am prompted to choose whether to use a Mac or Windows (I choose Windows), but the OS does not recognize the camera.

To troubleshoot, I went to Device Manager and found the ASI678 under "Other Devices." I selected it, chose "Update Driver," and pointed it to the directory where the Camera Driver was installed.

Windows finds the driver but indicates a generic failed error: "Windows found drivers for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install them."

Can you help?

Tech@ZWO

Hello, there may be compatibility issues (Windows is not fully compatible with Mac resulting in some hardware not being driven)
We recommend that you try connecting the camera on a Windows pc or Mac natively.

wvreeven

An M1 chip (or mac sillicon in general) is not compatible with Intel software. There is AMD64 Windows 11 that runs in Parallels on mac sillicon but many software are not compatible with it. There is a thread on this forum about ZWO drivers for AMD64 but I cannot find it right now. It is no use running Windows on your mac because it requires AMD64 Windows which, as I just explained, doesn't run the ZWO drivers. This will not be solved until ZWO starts supporting AMD64 Windows.

EDIT: Found it: https://bbs.zwoastro.com/d/13554-asi-drivers-for-windows-on-arm-ie-mac-m1-silicon Looks like there are ZWO drivers for ARM64 Windows now.