General Requirements
These requirements are common to all platforms:
- A working network card and internet connection is recommended during installation.
- At least 1 GB memory, but 4 GB per processor core or more is recommended.
- 1-5 GB of disk space, depending on your licensed products and installation options.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 or later to view and print the COMSOL documentation in PDF format.
Floating Network Licenses
Floating network licenses are supported on heterogeneous networks of Windows, Linux, and Mac computers. Both the license manager and the COMSOL application can run on either Windows, Linux, or Mac, and a single computer can run both of them.
COMSOL Multiphysics System Requirements for Mac OS X
System Requirements for Intel 64-bit Processor
- Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8
- Java 1.5 or 1.6
Java Availability
In Mac OS X 10.6 Java is included by default. In Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8 you need to download and install Java.
- Open Finder > Applications > Utilities.
- Open Java Preferences.
- If Java is not installed on the system, you will be asked to do so.
Graphics System Requirements
Prefer hardware rendering for performance reasons: drivers supporting OpenGL version 1.4 are required. Alternatively, use software rendering.
Supported NVIDIA® Graphics Cards
| Card Model | Operating System | Driver Version |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce™ GT 120 | Mac OS X 10.6 | - |
The GeForce™ GT 120 has been rigorously tested on OS X for compatibility with COMSOL Multiphysics.
External Function C Compiler
Intel Compiler version 11.0 and GCC 4.0 are officially supported.
COMSOL Java API Requirements
The COMSOL Java API requires that you compile your Java files with JDK 1.6 or lower.
LiveLink™ for MATLAB® Requirements
LiveLink™ for MATLAB® is compatible with the following versions for Mac OS X:
| COMSOL Version | Supported MATLAB versions |
|---|---|
| COMSOL 4.3b | R2012b + R2013a |
| COMSOL 4.3a | R2012a + R2012b |
| COMSOL 4.3 | R2011b + R2012a |
| COMSOL 4.2a | R2011a + R2011b |
| COMSOL 4.2 | R2010b + R2011a |
| COMSOL 4.1 | R2010a + R2010b |
| COMSOL 4.0a | R2010a + R2010b |
| COMSOL 4.0 | R2010a + R2010b |
Products for CAD Interoperability
The following products support import of 3D CAD files on OS X:
| Product | Supported file formats | Required products |
|---|---|---|
| CAD Import Module | ACIS (SAT), Creo Parametric, IGES, Parasolid, Pro/ENGINEER, and STEP | COMSOL Multiphysics |
Parallel System Requirements
COMSOL supports shared-memory parallelism on 32-bit and 64-bit Mac OS X. Distributed-memory parallelism is not supported.
Internet Protocol Support
IPv4 is supported on all Mac OS X platforms.
