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From this date, GeoStudio perpetual licenses that are not current on maintenance will become machine-locked to the computer or server where the software is installed.

This means they cannot be moved to another device or restored to the current device in the event of, but not limited to, software failure, virtual machine re-hosting, formatted hard drive and so forth.
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Running GeoStudio on an Apple Mac
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Sep 20, 2023

This article explains your options for running GeoStudio on an Apple Mac.

Before You Start

  • Running GeoStudio on an Apple Mac is unsupported.
    • We do not test running on this platform.
    • If you were able to run GeoStudio on an Apple Mac in the past, there is no guarantee it will continue to work in the future.
  • GeoStudio is exclusively a Microsoft Windows application.
  • Seequent / Bentley do not publish a native macOS version of GeoStudio.
  • To run GeoStudio on macOS, you will need to use an option that allows Microsoft Windows to run on the computer.
  • Seequent / Bentley do not provide assistance with getting Windows or GeoStudio running on a Mac.

Dual-boot with Boot Camp

  • Boot Camp allows you to install the Microsoft Windows operating systems that work directly with the hardware on the Mac.
  • Because this is essentially a “pure” Windows installation, there are no restrictions to installing and using GeoStudio.  
  • Please refer to Apple support for assistance in using Boot Camp:
    https://support.apple.com/boot-camp
  • This method can be used with GeoStudio standalone licensing.

Run Windows Using a Virtual Machine

  • GeoStudio licensing does not currently support FlexNet USB, activation, or node-locked licenses on virtual machines running on a Mac.
  • GeoStudio may run on a MAC client running a Windows virtual machine if you are using FlexNet floating licenses hosted on a network license server.  
  • The following are some virtual machine solutions for running Windows on macOS:
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