Licensing and activation
While a free NX Student Edition exists, modern versions are primarily Windows-based. Students may need to use virtualization to run newer NX versions on Mac. System Requirements for Native Mac Installation
If you are looking to download and run NX 12 on a Mac today, keep these constraints in mind: Official Support Ended: Native support for NX 12 on Mac concluded in December 2019. OS Requirements: It was originally certified for macOS 10.12 (Sierra)
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