These system requirements apply to Origin 8.5, OriginPro 8.5, and the OriginPro 8.5 Student Personal Use version.
- Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 or later
Windows 2000 or XP or later
Windows Vista®
Windows 7
Intel®-based Mac® using virtualization software - 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor
- 1024 Megabytes (MB) of RAM
- 500 MB of free hard disk space
- DVD drive
- To use HTML Help, Internet Explorer 4.01 or later required
* Note: Origin/OriginPro 8.5 is a 32-bit application and thus limited to 2GB RAM.
Running Origin®/OriginPro® on an Mac® |
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Did you know you can run Origin/OriginPro on a Mac? Using a virtualization software, you can easily install and run Origin and OriginPro on a Macintosh® computer from Apple®. This page outlines what you will need and shows you how easy it is to get started.
Installing the Origin and OriginPro software on a Mac computer requires the following:
- An Intel®-based Mac: MacBook®, MacBook® Pro, iMac®, Mac Pro, Mac Mini.
- Virtualization software: VMWare® Fusion or Parallels® Desktop.
- Microsoft® Windows®: 2000, XP, Microsoft Vista®, or Windows 7.
- Origin or OriginPro.
- Install the virtualization software on your Mac computer.
- Using the virtualization software, create a new virtual computer and install Windows on the virtual computer.
- Run the virtual computer on which Windows is installed. When Windows is ready, install Origin.
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Using the virtualization software, you can:
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Tips for running Origin on Mac
- What license types are supported using this configuration?
ALL license types have been found to run successfully on an Intel-based Mac using virtualization software. This includes node-locked, dongle-managed, and concurrent licenses.
- Why can't I paste the licence text from the web page onto the Origin dialog?
Note that the shortcut keys for copy and paste are different for Mac (cmd+c and cmd+v) and for Windows (ctrl+c and ctrl+v). If you copied the licence text from browser running on Mac OS using cmd+c, you should use ctrl+v to paste the text onto the Origin dialog.
- Can I paste an Origin graph to Word as an OLE embedded object?
If you are running Word for Mac, then the pasted object is treated only as an image and you cannot double-click the image to open the Origin project. If, on the other hand, you are running Word on the Windows partition, then you can OLE-paste your graph from Origin onto Word.
- How do I exchange files between Mac and Windows?
Just drag-and-drop the file between the Mac and Windows partitions! The virtual machine creates a copy when a file is dragged and dropped in either direction. You could thus easily open an OPJ by dragging and dropping the file from a Mac folder right onto the Origin workspace. Similarly, you can export a graph from Origin to a folder in the Windows partition and then drag-and-drop the exported file to a Mac application for publication purposes.
