I'm using a 2020 Mac Mini. Will R2017a run on this computer if I upgrade to MacOS Tahoe?

I have no possibility of upgrading Matlab roght now, but I'd prefer to keep MacOS up to date if possible.

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

No. 2017a will NOT run on Tahoe. Just read the docs to tell you which OS versions can run R2017a.

https://www.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/mathworks-dot-com/support/sysreq/files/SystemRequirements-Release2017a_Macintosh.pdf

It says R2017a will not go past Sierra.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

On Tahoe on MacOS Intel

• R2015aSP1 quits "unexpectedly"
• R2015b to R2017b silently fail to start. If started directly from bin/matlab then you get a segmentation fault.
• R2018a to R2021a starts properly. Warns about font "Times" not being present.
• R2021b flashes startup screen which then disappears. If started from terminal, errors "Cannot locate or initialize class com/mathworks/jmi/OpaqueJavaInterface."
• R2022a to R2025b starts normally
• R2026a pre-release will not start on MacOS intel, as it is an Apple-Silcon only release

Now... "2020 Mac Mini" could either mean an Intel-based Mac Mini purchased in 2020, or it could mean that 2020 model year Mac Mini -- which was an M1 processor. R2017a will not run on M1 processor. (I find some evidence that Apple continued to sell Core i5 and Core i7 based Mac Mini for a few more years, but I do not have information about whether those were labled as Mac Mini 2020, or if they were labled as Mac Mini 2018.)

[David]

Thanks for these answers. To be sure. I did poke around the Mathworks site as well as asking The Google. I could find no dofinitive answer and then posted the question here.

Also, sorry, but there is no option I see to "accept" these answers and therefore close this thread.