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Is my Wolfram desktop product compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur?

Apple has released version 11, Big Sur, of its operating system macOS. It runs on macOS devices either with older Intel Core processors or with newly introduced Apple Silicon M1 chips.

Wolfram Research has been testing macOS versions of Wolfram products for compatibility with macOS 11 on either architecture.

Apple Silicon

The following Wolfram product versions have been found to work with macOS 11 on macOS devices with Apple Silicon M1 chips:

Product 12.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.2
Mathematica
MathLM ✓* ✓* n/a ✓*
Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition n/a
System Modeler n/a
gridMathematica n/a
Wolfram Engine
WolframScript
Wolfram Desktop
Wolfram Player
Wolfram Programming Lab n/a

* MathLM needs to be installed in x86 architecture compatibility mode.

Product Supported versions
Wolfram Finance Platform 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1 and 3.2

webMathematica is not supported in macOS 11 on macOS devices with Apple Silicon M1 chips.

Intel Core

The following Wolfram product versions have been found to work with macOS 11 on macOS devices with Intel Core processors:

Product 12.0 12.1.0 12.1.1 12.2
Mathematica
MathLM n/a
Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition n/a
System Modeler n/a
gridMathematica n/a
Wolfram Engine
WolframScript
Wolfram Desktop
Wolfram Player
Wolfram Programming Lab n/a
Product Supported versions
Wolfram Finance Platform 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1 and 3.2
webMathematica 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.1.1 and 3.5.2

If you observe an issue with your macOS 11–compatible Wolfram product, please contact Wolfram Technical Support.

To ensure that you will be able to use your version of a Wolfram product, please use a supported operating system.

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