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To set up Mathematica on your macOS machine, you first need to download Mathematica. Installers are available in your Wolfram Account. If you cannot find your installers there, please check your Wolfram User Portal on the My Products and Services tab. If you have access to Wolfram products through your organization via single sign-on (SSO), product installers, including documentation, can be found on your organization’s site info page.

We recommend using the Wolfram Download Manager (“Standard Download”) for both the Mathematica installer and the documentation installer. Alternative download managers and installers are available in the User Portal or in your Wolfram Account. Without download managers, installations need to be started manually.

Since Version 13.0, a single Mathematica installer for macOS installs the product on both Apple Silicon and Intel hardware.

Downloading the Mathematica + Documentation Installers from Your Wolfram Account

1. Quit any previous installations of Mathematica that are running on your machine.
2. If you have a version of Mathematica installed in your Applications folder, rename it.
3. On the Products & Services tab in your Wolfram Account, select Wolfram Mathematica.
   
   If you don’t see your products, go to your Wolfram User Portal.

   

4. Under Access ► Desktop, click Download. This downloads the Wolfram Download Manager that combines the core Mathematica product and documentation installers.
5. Double-click the downloaded dmg file to start the download manager and follow its instructions.

Next, install the documentation.

Downloading the Mathematica + Documentation Installers from from Your Wolfram User Portal

1. Quit any previous installations of Mathematica that are running on your machine.
2. If you have a version of Mathematica installed in your Applications folder, rename it.
3. On the product page in your User Portal, click the macOS link in the “Mathematica + Documentation” row and “Standard Download” column. This downloads the Wolfram Download Manager for macOS that combines the Mathematica core product and documentation installers.

   

4. Double-click the downloaded dmg file to start the download manager and follow its instructions.

Next, install the documentation.

Installing the Documentation

The download manager confirms when the process is complete.

1. Click Launch to install Mathematica documentation.



2. Click Continue.

   

3. Click Install to install the documentation in the default location.

   

4. Wait for the installation to complete.

   

5. Click Close to finish installing the documentation.

Installing Mathematica

The Mathematica Installer window opens next.

1. Drag the Mathematica icon to the Applications folder icon.

   

2. Wait for the installation to complete.

Next, activate Mathematica.

Installing wolframscript

Mathematica also comes with an optional wolframscript installer.

1. Return to the Mathematica installer window.
   

2. Double-click the wolframscript.pkg icon to run the installer. The Install wolframscript dialog appears.

   

3. Click Continue.

   

4. Click Install to install wolframscript at its default location.

   

5. Click Close.

wolframscript’s installation is now complete.