What rendering programs does Mac Pro m4 or Mac work with?

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Designer2024 Author

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What rendering programs does Mac Pro m4 or Mac work with?

What rendering programs does Mac Pro m4 or Mac work with? If Blender, which version? Maya? Any Alias?

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MacBook Pro (M4)

Posted on Dec 4, 2024 8:23 AM

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VikingOSX

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Dec 4, 2024 12:46 PM in response to Designer2024

Pick a product that appeals to your rendering needs and then check that vendor's site to determine if their current version is supported on macOS Sequoia v15 or later.

In the case of the current Blender product, choose the Apple Silicon version of Blender v4.3.0 released November 19, and compatible with macOS 11 (Big Sur, or later) — though they recommend Sonoma and 32 GB RAM.

You can research the other available rendering software.

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Designer2024 Author

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Dec 4, 2024 6:48 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks for your thoughts.

Was not anywhere on Blender list. I understand a new version of Blender came out last month. I think it’s 4.3. I also looked for some Autodesk products.

Someone at Apple advised me that there exists software to enable usage of Windows connected software on a MacBook Pro. I couldn’t find Blender there or Alias and there are no humans. I did see Inventor.

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Designer2024 Author

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Dec 4, 2024 7:08 PM in response to Designer2024

Update: The new version of Blender 4.3.0 came out last month. It is only available for Windows computers. While you can add a Windows platform to Mac, the companies proving the passthrough are not listing Blender.

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