
For those of you who use your Mac for work and are considering updating to OS X Mountain Lion, it might be useful to know that Autodesk recently issued a support document, outlining which of its products are not compatible with the just-released Mac operating system. The support document states the following:
The following products are currently NOT supported on the Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) operating system:
- AutoCAD 2013 for Mac
- AutoCAD 2012 for Mac
- AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac
- AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac
If any of these products are installed on Mountain Lion, undesirable side effects can occur, including issues with Installer re-start, resetting applications, cursor missing when printing to PDF, and more. Our engineers are working round the clock to support Mountain Lion for these products, however no support is currently available.
Until such time as a service pack is available, we highly recommend NOT installing Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) on any machines where AutoCAD 2013 for Mac, AutoCAD 2012 for Mac, AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac, or AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac is required.
- AutoCAD 2013 for Mac
- AutoCAD 2012 for Mac
- AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac
- AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac
If any of these products are installed on Mountain Lion, undesirable side effects can occur, including issues with Installer re-start, resetting applications, cursor missing when printing to PDF, and more. Our engineers are working round the clock to support Mountain Lion for these products, however no support is currently available.
Until such time as a service pack is available, we highly recommend NOT installing Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) on any machines where AutoCAD 2013 for Mac, AutoCAD 2012 for Mac, AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac, or AutoCAD LT 2012 for Mac is required.
What this means for you professionals who use their Macs in the production environment is that it would be wise to refrain from updating to either software or operating system for now. At least until Autodesk confirm that everything is functional. Otherwise you’ll be stuck without being able to use the software you might need until further notice, until you get Windows installed, or until you seek an alternative machine to use Autodesk on.
Source: Autodesk via MacRumors
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