System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2016

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Oct 8, 2023


Products and versions covered


Issue:

This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® AutoCAD for Mac 2016.

Solution:

System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2016
Operating SystemApple® Mac® OS X® v10.13 (High Sierra requires Update 2016.5); OS X Sierra 10.12 or later, OS X v10.11 or later (El Capitan); OS X v10.10 or later (Yosemite); OS X v10.9 or later (Mavericks);
ModelApple 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)
CPU Type64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster recommended)
Memory3 GB of RAM (4 GB or above recommended)
Display CardAll graphics cards on supported hardware
Display Resolution1280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display recommended)
Disk Space3 GB free disk space for download and installation (4 GB or above recommended)
Pointing DeviceApple Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse®, Magic Trackpad® MacBook Pro trackpad, or Microsoft®-compliant mouse.
PrinterMac OS X-compliant printer
MediaDownload and installation from DVD
BrowserApple Safari® 5.0 or later
OS LanguageAll Mac OS X supported language operating systems

Products:

AutoCAD for Mac;

Versions:

2016;


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