Tahiti0o0

Hi ! This is my first time using any kind of mod manager (I usually just do everything manually) so I was excited to use MO2 However, after downloading my mods and installing them and activating them, even getting the plugins to show up on the left hand side of the screen (wasn't easy) I still can't get any mod to load at all. When launching from either Steam or MO2, all I get is the vanilla game. When I check the data folder through MO2 I can see all the necessary files however when I check directly into the data folder, no mod files are there. I am trying to run Oldrim on Microsoft 10 through a Parallels Virtual Machine on my Macbook (I know, this is complicating everything) But I believe the problem comes from me not understanding how this mod organizer is supposed to work. I would really rather not go back to manually modding the game but I've already lost a whole day on this Please send help I am not at all familiar with windows 10 so sorry if I take some time to understand your advice