Does AutoCAD Work On M1 Macs?Īt the moment, AutoCAD is not compatible with the latest Apple Silicon M1 chip Macs including the M1 Max and M1 Pro Macs.Īutodesk has stated that it is working on an M1 Mac compatible version of AutoCAD and it’s likely we’ll see it released in 2022.Īt the moment, you can still use AutoCAD on an M1 Mac though thanks to Rosetta which “translates” Intel only software to work with the M1 chip.

However, although AutoCAD works on the latest Apple Silicon M1 Macs, it currently has to use Rosetta in order to work with the M1 chip and this sometimes causes a slow down in performance (see more on this below). In terms of performance though, AutoCAD For Mac 2022 runs just as well on Intel Macs as it does on a Windows PC.