How long is it expected to take for Autodesk to come out with service packs? I'm a student and rely heavily on AutoCAD. Screw it I think I'll just upgrade and run parallels or bootcamp or something if I can't get 2013 to work. I'll be able to run Revit too if I do that, since Autodesk won't come out with Revit for Mac.
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AutoCAD 2012 and 2013 Do Not Yet Work With Mountain Lion
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AutoCAD for Mac is so buggy as it is, it'd probably be hard to notice the difference between working and "not working"...
I manage AutoCAD for a multinational engineering consultancy and we are absolutely sick of paying so badly made software.
There are strong rumblings of moving over to an alternative very soon and forking out for re-training.
Having used the MAC version of AutoCAD away from work I was shocked at how much either did not work or was missing.
AutoDesk is a sinking ship and most technical personal know it.
There are strong rumblings of moving over to an alternative very soon and forking out for re-training.
Having used the MAC version of AutoCAD away from work I was shocked at how much either did not work or was missing.
AutoDesk is a sinking ship and most technical personal know it.
Agree 100% with everything. No version of AutoCAD has worked properly with my Mac mini (2.5 15 with 8 GB and AMD 256 GDDR5) since they re-released it on Mac OS! 2013 is definitely better than 2011 and 2012, but it still has major issues. AND Autodesk's customer support s*cks.
I concur.
I want to believe that Autodesk is making a Revit version for Mac but probably wont be available for another couple years atleast.
They need to get AutoCAD for Mac up to par with the windows version first I would think.
Yeah, small developers I can understand, time, money, lack of a test environment...but big developers? Shame on them.
And when they do release it, it'll be plagued with problems, if AutoCAD is any indication.
Actually it's the original poster's fault.
I don't know about you. But I use my computer to run application software, the operating system is there to make sure the applications cooperate in use of the hardware resources.
So I would make the decision on whether to upgrade or not based on whether the programs I want to run are compatible with it or not first, and if there is any benefit to upgrading. Not upgrade just for the sake of upgrading like granlaras and then complain when I suddenly can't get any work done.
This is DOUBLY true when we're talking about a work machine. It's not like computers running Lion or Snow Leopard suddenly stop working once Snow Lion comes out.
Working here
FWIW, ACAD 2013 for Mac is working fine for me under Mountain Lion. No disappearing cursor or PDF issues as the support article suggests. I can't advocate upgrading without official word from Autodesk, particularly on production machines, but hopefully, given my positive experience thus far, it won't take too long for them to push out and update.
FWIW, ACAD 2013 for Mac is working fine for me under Mountain Lion. No disappearing cursor or PDF issues as the support article suggests. I can't advocate upgrading without official word from Autodesk, particularly on production machines, but hopefully, given my positive experience thus far, it won't take too long for them to push out and update.
It's the hardware updates
With Apple withdrawing SL and Lion when Mountain Lion was released it has created a real issue if you want to change hardware.
All the new hardware won't go back to SL so until AutoCAD is fully compatible you'd be wise to hold on to the kit you have
With Apple withdrawing SL and Lion when Mountain Lion was released it has created a real issue if you want to change hardware.
All the new hardware won't go back to SL so until AutoCAD is fully compatible you'd be wise to hold on to the kit you have
Backward Compatibility
Why are people blaming Autodesk when it is Apple who have changed the underlying OS? When Apple breaks backward compatibility, they call it 'progress'. You can do that if you are happy to stick with a 10% market share.
I am a Windows developer and the backward compatibility in Windows allows me to concentrate on adding new features rather than fixing OS regressions.
Why are people blaming Autodesk when it is Apple who have changed the underlying OS? When Apple breaks backward compatibility, they call it 'progress'. You can do that if you are happy to stick with a 10% market share.
I am a Windows developer and the backward compatibility in Windows allows me to concentrate on adding new features rather than fixing OS regressions.
So far no issues here.
Hello I am not sure how I did it but I have not had any issues so far and I installed it on a clean install of mountain lion maybe that is why everyone is having so many issues because of upgrading instead of doing a fresh install of mountain lion.
Hello I am not sure how I did it but I have not had any issues so far and I installed it on a clean install of mountain lion maybe that is why everyone is having so many issues because of upgrading instead of doing a fresh install of mountain lion.
because most of us are so fed up with years of using glitchy autodesk software we need to lash out.
That backwards compatibility has caused more security problems in Windows than anything else.
AutoDesk have had sufficient time to obtain the Developer Previews, and implement the small changes required to ensure their products work. Most other software developers have done this. They should've at least got AutoCAD 2013 ready.
Can anyone please confirm whether or not Maya works with ML?? (any recent version, especially 2013)
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Anyone else try this? If this works and continues to be stable it'd at least be something ...
Maya 2012 *appears* to work just fine. Not sure about 2013 but its safe to assume it probably does too.