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This article provides the system requirements for the currently supported versions of AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD LT for Mac. AutoCAD LT for Mac has the same system requirements as AutoCAD for Mac except that it requires Mac OS® X v10.6.6 or later.Solution:
- AutoCAD for Mac 2016 System Requirements
- AutoCAD for Mac 2015 System Requirements
- AutoCAD for Mac 2014 System Requirements
- AutoCAD for Mac 2013 System Requirements
- AutoCAD for Mac 2012 System Requirements
- Determining the model of your Mac
AutoCAD for Mac 2016 System Requirements
- Apple® Mac® OS® X v10.11 or later (El Capitan); OS X v10.10 or later (Yosemite); OS X v10.9 or later (Mavericks)
- Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later (Mac Pro® 6,1 or later recommended); MacBook® Pro 5,1 or later (MacBook Pro 10,1 with Retina Display or later recommended); iMac® 8.1 or later (iMac 11.1 or later recommended); Mac Mini® 3.1 or later (Mac Mini 4.1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook 5.1 or later (MacBook 7.1 or later recommended)
- 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster, recommended)
- 3 GB of RAM (4 GB or above recommended)
- 3 GB free disk space for download and installation (4 GB or above recommended)
- All graphics cards on supported hardware
- 1280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display recommended)
- Apple Safari 5.0 or later
- All Mac OS X supported language operating systems
- Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse.
- Download and installation from DVD
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
AutoCAD for Mac 2015 System Requirements
- Apple® Mac® OS® X v10.11 or later (El Capitan) is supported with AutoCAD 2015 for Mac Update 3 and AutoCAD LT 2015 for Mac Update 5; OS X v10.10 or later (Yosemite); OS X v10.9 or later (Mavericks); OS X v10.8 or later (Mountain Lion)
- Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later (Mac Pro® 5,1 or later recommended); MacBook® Pro 5,1 or later (MacBook Pro 10,1 with Retina Display or later recommended); iMac® 8.1 or later (iMac 11.1 or later recommended); Mac Mini 3.1 or later (Mac Mini 4.1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later (MacBook 7.1 or later recommended)
- 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster, recommended)
- 3 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 2.7 GB free disk space for download and installation (4 GB recommended)
- All graphics cards on supported hardware
- 1,280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display recommended)
- Apple Safari 5.0 or later
- All Mac OS X supported language operating systems
- Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse.
- Download and installation from DVD
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
AutoCAD for Mac 2014 System Requirements
- Apple® Mac® OS® X v10.11 or later (El Capitan) is supported with AutoCAD 2014 for Mac SP4 and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac SP4; Mac OS® X v10.10 or later (Yosemite) is supported with AutoCAD 2014 for Mac SP3 and AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac SP3; OS X v10.9.0 or later (Mavericks); OS X v10.8.0 or later (Mountain Lion) with 64-bit Intel processor.
- Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later(Mac Pro® 5,1 or later recommended); MacBook® Pro 5,1 or later (MacBook Pro 10,1 with Retina Display or later recommended); iMac® 8.1 or later (iMac 11.1 or later recommended); Mac® mini 3.1 or later (Mac mini 4.1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later (MacBook 7.1 or later recommended)
- 3 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 2.5 GB free disk space for download and installation (3 GB recommended)
- All graphics cards on supported hardware
- 1,280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display recommended)
- All Mac OS X supported language operating systems
- Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse.
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
AutoCAD for Mac 2013 System Requirements
- Apple® Mac OS® X v10.8.0 or later (Mountain Lion), OS X v10.7.2 or later (Lion), or OS X v10.6.8 or later (Snow Leopard) with 64-bit Intel processor
- Apple® Mac® Pro 4.1 or later; MacBook® Pro 5.1 or later (MacBook Pro 6.1 or later recommended); iMac® 8.1 or later (iMac 11.1 or later recommended); Mac® mini 3.1 or later (Mac mini 4.1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later (MacBook 7.1 or later recommended)
- 3 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 2.5 GB free disk space for download and installation (3 GB recommended)
- All graphics cards on supported hardware
- 1,280 x 800 display with true color (1,600 x 1,200 recommended)
- All Mac OS X supported language operating systems
- Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse.
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
AutoCAD for Mac 2012 System Requirements
- Apple® Mac® Pro 4,1 or later; MacBook® Pro 5,1 or later (MacBook Pro 6,1 or later recommended); iMac® 8,1 or later (iMac 11,1 or later recommended); Mac® mini 3,1 or later (Mac mini 4,1 or later recommended); MacBook Air® 2,1 or later; MacBook® 5,1 or later (MacBook 7,1 or later recommended)
- Mac OS® X 10.6.4 or later; Mac OS® X 10.7 or later; OS® X 10.8.x; 64-bit Intel® processor
- 3 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 2.5 GB free disk space for download and installation (3 GB recommended)
- All graphics cards on supported hardware
- 1,280 x 800 display with true color (1,600 x 1,200 with true color recommended)
- All Mac OS X supported language operating systems Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft®-compliant mouse.
- Mac OS X-compliant printer
Determining the model of your Mac
The AutoCAD for Mac system requirements refer to a model identifier when describing the minimum or recommended Mac models to use with AutoCAD for Mac. For example:
Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later (Mac Pro® 6,1 or later recommended)
You can determine the model identifier of your Mac by running the System Profiler application on your Mac and inspecting the Hardware Overview page. The System Profiler can typically be found in your Utilities folder or you can run it using the following steps:
1. Click the "About This Mac" option from the Apple menu:
2. Click the "System Report..." button:
3. Locate the model identifier:



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