Software Development Environment and System Requirements

Before you install, make sure that your computer meets the minimum hardware and software requirements for AutoCAD.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware	Minimum	Recomended
	Model IDs: Apple MacPro® 4,1 or later MacBook® Pro 5,1 or later iMac® 8,1 or later Mac® Mini 3,1 or later MacBookAir® 2,1 or later MacBook®5,1 or later	Model IDs: Mac Pro® 5,1 or later recommended MacBook Pro 10,1 with Retina Display or later iMac 11.1 or later Mac Mini 4,1 or later MacBook 7,1 or later
Operating Systems	The following versions of Apple Mac OS X are supported: Mac OS X Yosemite - 10.10 or later For more information on Apple Mac OS X see http://www.apple.com/macosx/ .	The following versions of Apple Mac OS X are supported: Mac OS X Yosemite - 10.10 or later
Development Environment and IDE	ObjectARX for AutoCAD 2017 for Mac - AutoCAD eXtensible Runtime software development kit Xcode 7.1 - For developers running Mac OS X 10.10 or later	ObjectARX for AutoCAD 2017 for Mac - AutoCAD eXtensible Runtime software development kit Xcode 7.1 - For developers running Mac OS X 10.10 or later
Web Browser	Apple® Safari® 5.0 or later	Apple Safari 5.0 or later
CPU type	64-bit Intel® Processor	Intel Core Duo processor (2 GHz or faster recommended)
Memory	3GB RAM	4GB RAM
Hard disk	2.5 GB Free 1 GB Download 1.5 GB Installation	3 GB Free
Graphics card	All graphics cards of supported hardware	All graphics cards of supported hardware
Display resolution	1,280 x 800 display with true color	2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
Pointing device	Apple Mouse, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook Pro Trackpad, or MS-Compliant Mouse	Apple Mouse, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook Pro Trackpad, or MS-Compliant Mouse
Keyboard layouts	All Mac OS X supported languages and keyboard layouts	All Mac OS X supported languages and keyboard layouts
Media	Download and Installation from DVD	Download and Installation from DVD
Printers	All Mac OS X compliant printers	All Mac OS X compliant printers