For those who prefer to run Origin as an application on your Mac desktop without a reboot of the Mac OS, we suggest the following virtualization software: OriginLab recommends running Origin from Boot Camp, if dual-booting is an option. Running Origin on Mac using Virtualization Software Use it to open Origin files in the Mac environment (Mac OS 10.10 or newer) so that you can view and copy data to other applications, including the copying and pasting of Origin's publication-quality graphs and layout pages as PNG or PDF images. The Mac Viewer is a portable, standalone application that can be run without installation. OriginLab has made available a free Native Mac Version of the Origin Viewer.
To install and run Origin or OriginPro on a Mac, you need use a virtualization software, as explained below. Origin is a Windows software, optimized for the Windows GUI.
