Is MATLAB compatible with macOS Catalina?

Has anyone tested Matlab 2019a on macOs Catalina?

[Walter Roberson]

Note: Catalina has no support for NVIDIA graphics cards or GPUs (e.g., in eGPU enclosures.)

There is a corporate fight between Apple and NVIDIA and it is not at all clear that there ever will be NVIDIA support on Apple devices again.

[Guy Nir]

I am unable to install Matlab2019b on MacOS Catalina.

It's complaing that it needs premission to open some files, but even allowing on the security app doesn't help.

Thank you,

Guy

Answer 1

[Stefanie Schwarz]

MATLAB R2019a does not support MacOS Catalina. Please upgrade to R2019b.

See the following MATLAB Answers post from our support team for more information:

https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/489700-is-matlab-compatible-with-macos-catalina

HTH, Stefanie

[Yuhan Li]

but catalina cannot use R2019b neither.

Answer 2

[Mohammed Hammad]

I tried it at the first run but it doesn't work on Mac OS Cataina (Beta).

After some serach, I opened it using terminal with the following command and it works perfecty:

/Applications/MATLAB_R2019a.app/bin/matlab -nosplash

PS: you need to keep the terminal working when you use it.

[Mauricio Menon]

no, just add & at the end of the command line and you will be able to close it.

Answer 3

[Vasyl Alba]

I installed public beta of macOs Catalina. I have no problem running MATlab 2019a. I have 15-inch, 2017 macbook pro.

[jorge carrasco]

excuse me, can you run or open the option "Add-ons" in matlab? I can't open that option in mac os catalina, but I can open this option in mojave and sierra

Answer 4

[Chet Ferry]

I am using Catalina 10.15.2 and Matlab R2019b. I was having the crash ever time I zoom on a graph in Simulink. I use an app called "BetterSnapTool" for moving and positioning windows. As soon as I turned that program off, problems solved, I can zoom in and out with impunity and no more crashes.

[Keno Albrecht]

Thank you for the hint!

I am on Catalina 10.15.4 and Matlab R2020a and had a similiar problem. I use the app "Magnet" which does essentially the same as "BetterSnapTool". Turning it off also solved the problem for me.

[Francisco Garcia-Pastor]

Gaah! this has been killing me for a couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing!

Answer 5

[Rajat Gupta]

I haven't tried it, although the link given below doesn't explicitly specify it's compatibility with Catalina.

Link: https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/matlab-system-requirements.html

Answer 6

[c0maru]

In my case, I couldn't run MATLAB 2018a and MATLAB 2019a on macOS Cataina beta 5 build 19A526h.

I used a Parallels Desktop VM (macOS Catalina beta 5) on the host iMac (macOS Mojave 10.14.6).

When I run the MATLAB on the VM, I received the crash report (segmentation violation) from MATLAB.

[Host]

• machine: iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017
• OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
• Xcode: Xcode 10.3

[VM]

• machine: 2-Core CPU, 8GB Memory, 512MB Graphic Memory, 128GB Storage
• OS: macOS Cataina beta 5 build 19A526h
• Xcode: Xcode 11 beta 5

Answer 7

[Jonathan Audy]

Simulink now freezes when zooming a scope plot, on latest Catalina

Answer 8

[Jonathan Audy]

is anyone able to use the zoom on a simulink scope, with os x Catalina 10.15 Beta (19A582a)? matlab crashes with this for me.