Mac OS Mavericks [10.9] + Autodesk Products

I love updates that are free but please update with caution! Any full point release [10.9] is pretty much a whole new operating system on the Mac.

If you are currently using Autodesk products on the Mac, please don't upgrade yet. There are some known issues noted below:

Maya 2014

Maya 2014 Extension 1 SP1 – Available on Subscription Center
Maya 2014 SP3

Maya LT 2014

Maya LT 2014 Extension 1 -  Available on Subscription Center
Maya LT SP1

Mudbox 2014 for Mac

Mudbox 2014 Extension 1 SP1 – Available on Subscription Center
Mudbox 2014 SP2

AutoCAD 2013 for Mac

AutoCAD 2013 for Mac SP2

AutoCAD LT 2013 for Mac SP2

Alias 2014

Alias 2014 SP 3 & Alias 2014 SR1 SP1

Sketchbook Pro

http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL22442489

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/sketchbook-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/sketchbook-pro-for-enterprise-2014-service-pack-1.html

Reference

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/10/maya-2014-on-mac-109-mavericks-error-110-when-activating.html

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/11/the-joy-of-windows-8-and-anything-new.html

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/

http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2013/10/autocad-2014-for-mac.html

http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2013/10/have-you-tried-or-use-autocad-for-mac.html

 

Autodesk Smoke 2013

 

Smoke 2013 is currently unsupported on 10.9.  

 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/General-Discussion/IMPORTANT-Mac-OS-X-10-9-Compatibility-with-Autodesk-Smoke/m-p/4547681

 

Epilogue

As of October 23, 2013,  AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2014 for Mac has just been released and it supports Mac OS X Maverick [10.9].

Please check out the Comments section for a note in this post for users of Maya 2014 & Mudbox 2014.

Comments

[Stefan]

It seems like there might be an activation issue as well:

http://polygonspixelsandpaint.tumblr.com/post/64810388922

[John P]

I just broke autodesk maya 2011. now I've gotta figure a way to downgrade my system. Oh No!!!

[David Lau]

It is not easy to revert back. It will require a least a backup (Time Machine).

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/93850/roll-back-from-os-x-mavericks-or-any-newer-os-to-mountain-lion

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/02/reset-standalone-licensing-on-the-mac.html

[Evan]

Mental Ray for Maya 2013 crashes when you batch render (rendering in the render window works fine) on any system with Mavericks.

[David Lau]

Thanks Evan for sharing your info with community.

[Shannon Clouston]

Whenever you batch render, you should always turn your wifi off.

[Mateo ME]

Thank you so much. As soon as I turned wifi off and restarted Maya 2014 SP3 everything just render.

[Karim]

Any word on when maya 2014 will be able to run on Mavericks?

[David Lau]

Maya 2014 Extension 1 SP1 & Maya 2014 SP3 have an activation hotfix. It should be able to run. We are still testing it.

[Ksrim]

I just tried installing Maya 2014 and then the SP3 and I'm still getting an activation issue. Do I need to do a complete uninstall, then re-install it? If so can someone help me on how I do this? Thanks!

License was not obtained
Tried Maya 2014 (657F1 2014.0.0.F), error 20

License method:
environment variable MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD='standalone'

Product choice:
environment variable MAYA_LICENSE='unlimited'

License file override:
environment variable MAYA_ALT_EN is not se

[David Lau]

You must delete Maya 'exactly' following the steps noted here:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2013/10/maya-2014-on-mac-109-mavericks-error-110-when-activating.html

[Gustavo]

Still waiting on a solution that lets me batch render in Maya 2013 on Mavericks. I didn't know about that problem and that is seriously affecting my work... I payed good money for that license and now I can't work. THANKS AUTODESK.

[ron]

Maya 2014 SP3 and Maverick with batch rendering still crashes :(

I have a 12 core Mac Pro desktop

[David Lau]

Are you able to log a case? Maya crashing while rendering covers a broad area. There are many ways to optimize a render to have the crash happen less often.

[ron]

There are so many problems with Maya 2014 I can't list them all. Spending too much time trying to find a way to get it to work without force quitting. Wish I never upgraded to Maverick. I've logged many cases, sometimes it freezes just by picking a face! Need to work in Mental Ray to match animations that worked in 2011-2013. 2014 SP3 rendered about a dozen frames before quitting. Too many problems, too little time.

[JJRogersXVIII]

Maya SP3 helped with Maya. Maya is now up and running. How ever composite 2014 and Match mover will not boot on mavericks. I have on exception one of my towers it boots up fine on.. It is odd. only that machine thought. My lap top other towers. Nothing just a crash.