ArcGIS Pro & Desktop on Apple M1

[SeanAdlai]

Apple M1 Running ArcGIS Pro and Desktop as follows

1. Apple iMac M1
- https://www.apple.com/imac-24/

2. Parallels (Install parallels on M1 Computer)
- https://kb.parallels.com/en/125038

3. Windows Insider preview ARM 64 (Install Windows
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewARM64

4. Install ArcGIS Pro and/or Desktop on Windows VM

 

[MarcelSt-Germain]

In your windows arm, have you download all .net library?  Pro is base on .Net so just download it in windows and why not to the Mac itself.

[PawelMalinowski]

I had to install .net 6 x64 version, i think it tried to use arm64 one

[ColeHoward2]

Which CPU architecture did you download for dotnet? If you chose the arm64 version, that is likely why it's failing to start. If so, uninstall that and try the x64 version. I'm on Parallels 17, Windows 11 ARM on Macbook Pro M1 Max, ArcGIS Pro 3.0, running great.

[MarcelSt-Germain]

Effectively, Pro doesn't work in ARM, just x64 Intel or Amd.  So extension needed are for windows.

Doesn't see the day when ESRI would make a commitment to ARM processor.  Maybe when ARM move from server and laptop to desktop.  Not in the near future in the wintel world.

[Domino88]

Great to hear that Arcgis 3.0 is running great. In your opinion or anyone else on here would you say that a MacBook Pro M1 pro would be sufficient for running ArcGIS pro? I am going to be starting a GIS certificate program soon and was hoping to avoid buying a windows computer. Thanks

[EricEagle]

Got this running today.  I had to install dotnet 6.0 x64 (NOT arm64) runtime in the Parallels Windows 11 instance, but it works just fine.  I have parallels giving 4x cpu and other resources on demand.  I am running it on a M1 macbook pro with 32 cores and 32gb ram.  And while the performance would probably be better using arm architecture all the way down (This is a reality I think Esri will eventually have to get on board with), it is certainly usable.