ĭecision tree for installing ArcGIS Pro on Mac computers (by Jill Kelly). Boot Camp 5.1 includes several Mac drivers so that Windows will recognize your trackpad, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, the iSight (or FaceTime) camera, the Eject key on the Mac keyboard, networking, audio, graphics, and so on. Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows.
Keep in mind that ESRI does NOT support ArcGIS for Mac, and that you can only use ArcGIS within one of the Windows OS installation options described above. See How To Install Boot Camp 6 For Windows 10 On Mac OS X.
Boot Camp provides a straightforward installation process, but it requires you to hold a registered and licensed copy of the Windows operating software to use the product. When configuring Windows with any of these options, it is important the configuration meets the minimum system requirements for installing ArcGIS Pro. If you need a Windows 10 emulator for Mac, a few honorable mentions are worth considering if you found that the ones in this guide don’t quite meet your needs. The author found that using the emulated USB mouse and keyboard drivers. Typical choices for the virtualization option are the licensed software Parallels or VMware.ĮSRI has more information on these options here. RELATED: How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp Apples Boot Camp. Option Two: Create a virtual machine on your Mac, which allows you to run an installation of Windows OS in parallel with your existing Mac OS, and to switch from one to the other without booting into either one separately. The typical method for this is to use the free software BootCamp.
Boot Camp allows your computer to create a partition specific to the installation of the Windows so that you can have every functionality of Microsoft’s operating system available on your Mac. Option One: Create a dual-boot setup on your Mac, which allows you to boot into either Mac OS or Windows OS. It’s hard not to recommend Boot Camp as your first method of Windows operating system emulation since it’s an actual Mac application. There are severals ways to do this, but they require one of two installation options. To run ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro on an Apple Macintosh computer, the Mac must be set up to run Windows.