This is one of those ideas that exists for catharsis and not much else. I would love to eat my words on this one, but I don't think I will. There was no chance Esri would migrate ArcMap/ArcCatalog to MacOS. If there was a time to support MacOS, ArcGIS Pro would have been the logical time since it was a completely new product (mostly new with some guts moved forward), but we didn't see that.
This would be fantastic. Like most full-stack developers, I use a Mac but have to always ensure that I have some way of getting access to a Windows machine for the sole purpose of being able to use ArcGIS Pro when there's no other way to accomplish something.
To do this, we only have three choices:
Run a Windows VM on my Mac and share the Host OS's (Mac) resources (Processor, Memory, Storage) with the Guest OS (Windows), giving me a severely underpowered Windows machine running ArcGIS even though I'm using a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro.
Run a Windows Bootcamp partition, allowing me to dedicate all of my systems resources to the Windows box, but meaning that I have to completely shutdown and restart my machine any time I need to switch operating systems
Run a dedicated physical machine on the same network and remote into it when necessary, which can mean having to copy files across the network at times as well as introducing network latency issues during visualization.
Truth be told, there's currently no good Esri solution for GIS in OSX, which is why I am drawn more and more to open source solutions like Boundless Desktop and QGIS. Esri could address some of this by increasing the robustness of the Python API to include some local analysis functionalities or at the very least adding File Geodatabase operations for Python API.
Of course, the ultimate would be porting ArcGIS Pro to OSX but I suspect that would be a massive reengineering effort for an application that Esri has already laid much of the foundation for. So I doubt this will ever happen.
This would be fantastic. Like most full-stack developers, I use a Mac but have to always ensure that I have some way of getting access to a Windows machine for the sole purpose of being able to use ArcGIS Pro when there's no other way to accomplish something.
To do this, we only have three choices:
Run a Windows VM on my Mac and share the Host OS's (Mac) resources (Processor, Memory, Storage) with the Guest OS (Windows), giving me a severely underpowered Windows machine running ArcGIS even though I'm using a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro.
Run a Windows Bootcamp partition, allowing me to dedicate all of my systems resources to the Windows box, but meaning that I have to completely shutdown and restart my machine any time I need to switch operating systems
Run a dedicated physical machine on the same network and remote into it when necessary, which can mean having to copy files across the network at times as well as introducing network latency issues during visualization.
Truth be told, there's currently no good Esri solution for GIS in OSX, which is why I am drawn more and more to open source solutions like Boundless Desktop and QGIS. Esri could address some of this by increasing the robustness of the Python API to include some local analysis functionalities or at the very least adding File Geodatabase operations for Python API.
Of course, the ultimate would be porting ArcGIS Pro to OSX but I suspect that would be a massive reengineering effort for an application that Esri has already laid much of the foundation for. So I doubt this will ever happen.
Sure this dream of a return of Esri on mac is just a dream. Now, the port of mac on apple silicon will be another stop.
Arcmap won't be port because it's to link to window libraries. Maybe Pro in the future have a chance.
For now, MacUser, we have to do everything on a mac but, have to stick to Window for Esri unless change gis software. For me is using my mac to control the arcmap arcgis pro on the dedicated office window computer.
Me too but, I'm also waiting for gv_sig. The structure is likely and update to arcview 3, so easy to undersand. Unfortunately, the macos version is waiting the finalisation of this version. Wait and see.
Don't wait for it. Now, with apple silicon, ARM processor, it will be to much work. Since the base install are on windows - intel why bother... You need ESRI product, go on win.
The only chance I see, but not before my retirement (ouf finish with windows ). Is windows selling windows arm and makers move to it since portable count for most of sales. Forcing ESRI to move to ARM could make them to clean ArcGIS and then port Pro to Mac OS.
The best way is, like me, working in my Mac mini and controlling the dedicated pc with Esri product from Remote Desktop.
So, can't see if all problems we having since arc view 3x are from ESRI or windows. Not making a Mac OS version leave ESRI a door to point to windows for all the problem we have.
yeah I switched to a windows pc just because I'm in the ESRI environment and needed a new computer. It is what it is but you are right Marcel, don't wait.
