Apps That Work On Macos

  1. Macos On Windows

Apple will help iOS developers repurpose their apps for MacOS with an updated UIKit that makes it easier to adapt to Mac features not present on iOS apps. These include scroll bars, mouse input. Jun 03, 2019  Apple previewed macOS Catalina, the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, packed with new features, apps and more.

Make sure you check for incompatible apps before you upgrade to macOS Catalina, because it no longer supports 32-bit apps!

Let’s take a look at the full list of 235 incompatible apps that the macOS Catalina installer has been programmed to look for.

Why Are These Apps Incompatible With macOS Catalina?

While many developers have transitioned their software to 64-bit versions over the years, there are still many 32-bit apps out there.

After all, not everyone is able or willing to upgrade to the latest version of any software. There are plenty of people who are happy to stick with the software they purchased years ago.

However, macOS Catalina is the first macOS operating system to drop all support for 32-bit apps, rendering all those apps incompatible.

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There is no workaround – they will not work with macOS Catalina, period.

What If My App Is In The macOS Catalina Incompatible List?

If an app you are using is listed above, then it is a 32-bit app that will not work with macOS Catalina.

You have two options at this point :

a) if you want to use macOS Catalina – you will need to uninstall that app, and replace it with a 64-bit alternative

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b) if you want to continue using the app – then you should NOT upgrade to macOS Catalina. Just stick to macOS Mojave or earlier, and you will do just fine.

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Check Your Other Apps Before Upgrading To Catalina!

It would be wise not to just rely on the list of incompatible apps that macOS Catalina recognises, because it is just a partial list of all the 32-bit apps that are still being used worldwide.

You should identify the other 32-bit apps you need to upgrade or replace, before upgrading to macOS Catalina.

The Full List Of 235 Apps Incompatible With macOS Catalina

Hidden in the macOS Catalina’s installer code is a list of 235 apps that Apple has identified to be incompatible.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and mainly covers popular software that Apple will highlight as incompatible during the upgrade process.

  • 10.5 Software Update or earlier
  • 1Password 2.12.1 or earlier
  • 3D Weather Globe / 3D Weather Globe Deluxe Edition / 3D Weather Globe 2 Screensaver
  • 3ivx 504 or earlier
  • ADmitMac 9.0.1 or earlier
  • Adobe Creative Cloud 1.0.x or earlier
  • Adobe Creative Cloud 1.1.x or earlier
  • AirDisplay 1.6.3 or earlier
  • AJA 12.2.1 or earlier
  • AJA Io HD Driver 6.0.3 or earlier
  • Antidote HD 7.2 or earlier
  • Antidote HD 3.1.6 or earlier
  • Antidote RX
  • App Tamer 2.0.5 or earlier
  • Apple Configurator 1.9.9 or earlier
  • Asepsis
  • AT&T Laptop Connect Card 1.0.4 or earlier
  • AT&T Laptop Connect Card 1.0.5 or earlier
  • AT&T Laptop Connect Card 1.10.0 or earlier
  • Avast! 1.0.1 or earlier
  • Avast Mac Security 10.14 or earlier
  • Avid CoreAudio Plugin 12.1.0.x or earlier
  • Bark 1.1 or earlier
  • Bark 1.0.1 or earlier
  • Belkin Router Monitor
  • Best Youtube Downloader
  • Billings Pro 1.6.5 or earlier
  • Box Sync 4.0.6567 or earlier
  • Camouflage 2.0 or earlier
  • Canon UFRII 2.25 or earlier
  • Canon UFRII 2.35 or earlier
  • cDock 1.1.3 or earlier
  • CHUD
  • Clusters 1.7 or earlier
  • CosmoPod 4.5.1 or earlier
  • DAVE 12.0.1 or earlier
  • Default Folder X 4.3.10 or earlier
  • Disk for iPhone
  • DisplayLink 1.9 or earlier
  • DisplayPad 5 or earlier
  • DisplayPad 1.4 or earlier
  • DivX 1.3 or earlier
  • DoubleCommand 1.6.9 or earlier
  • Dropbox 1.1.34 or earlier
  • eID 4.0.7 or earlier
  • ESET Cyber Security 6.0.14 or earlier
  • FastCut Threshold Plugin 1.0 or earlier
  • Flip4Mac 3.0 or earlier
  • FortiClient 5.4.0.493 or earlier
  • FinderPop 2.4.9 or earlier
  • Final Cut Server Preference 1.5.2 or earlier
  • Genieo 2.0 or earlier
  • GlimmerBlocker 1.4.12 or earlier
  • Glims 1.0b34 or earlier
  • Glims 1.0.42 or earlier
  • Google Japanese IM 1.13.1880 or earlier
  • GPG Mail 2.5.1 or earlier
  • Growl 1.2.2 or earlier
  • Gutenprint 5.2.10 or earlier
  • Hear Plugin 1.0.4 or earlier
  • Hear Plugin 1.0.5 or earlier
  • Hear Plugin 1.1.4 or earlier
  • InstantOn 7.2.1 or earlier
  • iStat Menus 2.9 or earlier
  • iStat Menus 4.20 or earlier
  • iStat Menus 5.10 or earlier
  • iStat Server 2.21 or earlier
  • Kaspersky Antivirus 2.2.0d16 or earlier
  • Kanbox 1.1.2.x or earlier
  • Kanbox 1.1.1 or earlier
  • KeyMagic 1.5 or earlier
  • KinemeCore 0.5.1 or earlier
  • LabTech Agent 1.0 or earlier
  • LaCie USB 3.0 Driver 1.0.8 or earlier
  • launch2net Drivers 2.13.0 or earlier
  • LazyMouse 2.5 or earlier
  • Litecoin Ticker 1.337 or earlier
  • Little Snitch 1.2.64 or earlier
  • Little Snitch 2.5.3 or earlier
  • Little Snitch 3.3 or earlier
  • Line6 TonePort Driver 4.1.0 or earlier
  • Logitech Control Center 3.9.4 or earlier
  • M-Audio Driver 1.10.1 or earlier
  • M-Audio Driver 2.3.1 or earlier
  • Macspoofer 1.0 or earlier
  • Magican 1.4.8 or earlier
  • McAfee Internet Security 3.3 or earlier
  • McAfee Security 1.0.0d1 or earlier
  • McAfee VirusScan 8.6 or earlier
  • Mou 0.8.7 or earlier
  • Move Media Player
  • MyBook RAID Manager 1.0.1 or earlier
  • Net Nanny 3.1.7 or earlier
  • Norton AntiVirus
  • Norton Internet Security 5.9.1 or earlier
  • Opswat Gears 10.2.185 or earlier
  • Parallels 2.5 or earlier
  • Parallels 7.0.15094 or earlier
  • Parallels Access 2.0.0 or earlier
  • Pen Tablet Preference 5.3.3-3
  • Plaxo 1.0 or earlier
  • Plaxo 3.16.2 or earlier
  • Plaxo 3.0 or earlier
  • Printopia 2.1.10 or earlier
  • Pro Tools 9.0f121 or earlier
  • Qmaster Components
  • Qmaster Preference 3.5 or earlier
  • QT Desktop Video Out 1.2.7 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2009 10.0f2440 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2010 11.0f2972 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2011 12.0f5460 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2012 13.0.f7630 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2013 14.0f10166 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2014 15.0f2630 or earlier
  • QuickBooks 2015 16.0.6 or earlier
  • Quicken Essentials 1.7.4 or earlier
  • QQ Input 2.8.999 or earlier
  • QQ Mac Manager 2.4.0 or earlier
  • Rapport 1.0 or earlier
  • Rapport 2.0 or earlier
  • Razer Kraken Audio Plugin 1.04 or earlier
  • Razer Kraken 7.1 Audio Plugin 1.02 or earlier
  • Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma Audio Plugin 1.04 or earlier
  • Razer Kraken 7.1 Blue Audio Plugin 1.03 or earlier
  • Razer Kraken 7.1 v2 Audio Plugin 1.1 or earlier
  • Razer Mamba 2012 1.07 or earlier
  • Razer ManOWar Audio Plugin 1.2 or earlier
  • Rubbernet 1.2 or earlier
  • Screen Sharing 1.4 or earlier
  • Seagate Maxtor NotificationExec 4.1.6 or earlier
  • SecureVault LexarFilter 2.2.0 or earlier
  • Shake 4.10 or earlier
  • Smith Micro Internet Cleanup 5.0.4 or earlier
  • Smith Micro Internet Cleanup 5.1.1 or earlier
  • SMS Widget 3.4 or earlier
  • Snapz Pro X 4.0.0 or earlier
  • Sogou IM 2.9.0 or earlier
  • Sonner Qio 2.7.1 or earlier
  • Sophos AntiVirus 7.2.0 or earlier
  • Sophos AntiVirus 9.4.4 or earlier
  • Sophos Auto Update 7.3.4 or earlier
  • Sophos Endpoint 9.5.2 or earlier
  • Sophos Home 9.4.4 or earlier
  • Sound Bunny 1.0.1 or earlier
  • Sound Control 2.2.3 or earlier
  • SourceTree 1.5.6 or earlier
  • Sony Palm 6 Sync Driver 2.0.1 or earlier
  • SRS iWOW 3.1.x or earlier
  • SRS iWOW 3.0.x or earlier
  • SugarSync Manager 1.9.26 or earlier
  • Suitcase Fusion 17.0.0 or earlier
  • SugarSync 1.0 or earlier
  • SugarSync 1.0.9 or earlier
  • Switcher Maestro
  • SuperDrive Update 2.1 or earlier
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6565 or earlier
  • Synergy KM 1.0.1 or earlier
  • Sxs Memory Card Driver 1.0.45049 or earlier
  • TabExpose 2.3 or earlier
  • TelldusCenter 2.1.1 or earlier
  • TorchUpdated 25.0 or earlier
  • TotalFinder 1.6.2 or earlier
  • TotalSpaces 1.2.9 or earlier
  • Transmit 4.1.7 or earlier
  • Trend Smart Surfing 1.6.1089 or earlier
  • Trim Enabler 3.2.4 or earlier
  • Trusteer Endpoint Protection 1609.22 or earlier
  • Undercover 5.5 or earlier
  • VirusBarrier 10.6.12 or earlier
  • Visor 2.2 or earlier
  • Videobox TAAVPlugin 2.3T or earlier
  • Virtru 1.0.2 or earlier
  • Vodafone v2.0.6 or earlier
  • VMWare Fusion 3.1.4 or earlier
  • VMWare Fusion 4.1.1 or earlier
  • Wacom 6.3.8-2 or earlier
  • WD Drive Manager 2.2.7 or earlier
  • WD SmartWare 2.1.x or earlier
  • WD SmartWare 1.0.x or earlier
  • WebEx Outlook Plugin 32.5.1 or earlier
  • XtraFinder 0.25.4 or earlier
  • ZEV0 2012.09.23 or earlier

The list was consolidated somewhat, combining minor revisions for the same software.

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Most current releases of Adobe apps are compatible with macOS Catalina 10.15.

Can I use my Adobe apps in macOS Catalina 10.15?

We've updated most current apps to 64-bit architecture. The following versions work in Catalina, but have these known issues.

Adobe appVersion(s) compatible with Catalina
Adobe Creative Cloud apps 2020
2019
Acrobat Pro & Standard DC 2019 (subscription or non-subscription)
Adobe Acrobat Pro & Standard 20172017
Adobe Connect10
Adobe Digital Editions 4.5
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020
Adobe Premiere Elements2020

Most older Adobe apps were created using 32-bit architecture and do not work in Catalina. We have no plans to update apps that we no longer support or develop. The following table lists some common 32-bit Adobe apps that are not compatible with Catalina. (It is not a comprehensive list of all older 32-bit Adobe apps.)

Adobe ProductStatus and alternatives
Creative Cloud apps – 2018 release and earlierNo updates planned. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest release of Creative Cloud apps.
CaptivateUpdate scheduled end of 2019
Creative Suite appsNo updates planned. We recommend that you upgrade to Creative Cloud.
FuseNo updates planned. Find free characters on Mixamo.
Presenter Video ExpressNo updates planned. We recommend moving to Adobe Captivate.
SpeedGradeNo updates planned. Certain features have been integrated into Premiere Pro, which is 64-bit compliant.

Uninstall 32-bit apps before upgrading to Catalina

Before you upgrade to Catalina, we recommend that you uninstall your 32-bit Adobe apps. Older uninstallers are also 32-bit apps and don't work in Catalina.

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If you already upgraded to Catalina, you can use the Creative Cloud Cleaner tool to uninstall older versions of Creative Cloud apps.

If you've kept Acrobat DC or Creative Cloud apps up to date, they are already 64-bit compliant.

You can update your apps using the Creative Cloud desktop app. See how to update your apps to the latest versions.

Are there issues using current Adobe apps in Catalina?

See the following documents for known issues with Adobe apps and macOS Catalina:

  • Enterprise: Known issues with Creative Cloud packages on macOS Catalina

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