susantha

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Q: SolidWorks for Mac

Does Mac OS support Solidworks? If not what is the best alternative?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Jul 20, 2016 1:58 AM

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Q: SolidWorks for Mac

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by Carolyn Samit,

Carolyn Samit Jul 20, 2016 2:05 AM in response to susantha
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Jul 20, 2016 2:05 AM in response to susantha

There is no need to install anti virus software on a Mac. It will only cause problems.

Your Mac is running v10.11.6 El Capitan. It has protection pre installed > About System Integrity Protection on your Mac - Apple Support

Anti virus software will slow your Mac to a crawl.

According to their website SolidWorks there's no support for El Capitan v10.11 anyway.
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by susantha,

susantha Jul 20, 2016 2:07 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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Jul 20, 2016 2:07 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

My question was about SolidWorks a cad program
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by Carolyn Samit,

Carolyn Samit Jul 20, 2016 2:12 AM in response to susantha
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Jul 20, 2016 2:12 AM in response to susantha

There's nothing in your original post that refers to, "cad" ...
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by OGELTHORPE,

OGELTHORPE Jul 20, 2016 4:17 AM in response to susantha
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Jul 20, 2016 4:17 AM in response to susantha

Contact Solidworks for compatibility information.

Ciao.
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by Esquared,

Esquared Jul 20, 2016 4:25 AM in response to susantha
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Jul 20, 2016 4:25 AM in response to susantha

Apparently they do not: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html

And even worse: "Apple Macintosh® based machines running Windows using Boot Camp are not supported."
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