To run ArcGIS Pro with Parallels version 15 or later, the following are recommended:

This allows you to run Windows without creating a partition on your machine. Run ArcGIS Pro in a virtual environmentĪrcGIS Pro can also run in a virtual environment, such as Parallels, on a Mac with an Intel-based processor. For more information about Boot Camp, see the Apple Support site. You can access the Assistant from the Utilities folder in the Applicationsįolder in macOS. Windows in a dedicated hard disk partition. The Boot Camp Assistant helps you install You must have your ArcGIS Pro installation files and a Windows installation DVD or disc image (. To run ArcGIS Pro in Windows installed natively with Boot Camp, To access Windows and macOS, you must restart your Mac. Limitation is that you cannot access macOS and itsĪpplications at the same time. The disk partition that contains your Windows operating system. You can access Windows by restarting your Mac and pressing and holding the Option key while selecting Natively, accessing the Mac hardware directly. Apple also used to have OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard available for a fee, but it is no longer purchasable.Boot Camp is available only on Mac machines with Intel processors.īoot Camp allows you to install Windows in a dedicated hardĭisk partition on your Mac. Mavericks was free to download, and Apple has not charged for Mac software since then outside of the legacy Lion and Mountain Lion updates.

Apple began making Mac updates free with the launch of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, which also marked the shift from big cat names to California landmark names. The $19.99 fee dates back to when Apple used to charge for Mac updates. Macs that shipped with Mac OS X Mavericks or later are not compatible with the installer, however.

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Mac OS X Mountain Lion is compatible with the following Macs: Mac OS X Lion is compatible with Macs that have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor, a minimum of 2GB RAM, and 7GB storage space. Apple recently dropped the $19.99 fee for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, making the older Mac updates free to download, reports Macworld.Īpple has kept OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion available for customers who have machines limited to the older software, but until recently, Apple was charging $19.99 to get download codes for the updates.Īs of last week, these updates no longer require a fee, and can be downloaded from the OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion support documents on Apple's website.

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