All releases of AutoCAD for Mac stopped working with the recent update of Apple's OS X operating system, version 10.8 colloquially known as "mountain lion." (These sorts blockages of major applications of just don't seem to happen with Windows updates.)
Today Apple released a half-gigabyte-sized update 10.8.2 that adds Facebook integration (boo!), but also fixes all that ailed AutoCAD for Mac. It now runs again.
(The readme makes no mention of the AutoCAD fix, true to Apple's secretive way. Maybe the flaw was just an embarrassment for both Autodesk and Apple.)
Update
Rav of UK reports, " 10.8.2 did not fix the issue on my macbook pro as AutoCad is still not working."
As a MAJOR software developer, AutoDesk should be testing their products on goldmaster versions of major OS upgrades, and finding out giant bugs, like not running. Sure Apple software has bugs, but it's not like they don't allow beta-testing, or like AD doesn't have the budget for this.
Posted by: Niko of USA | Sep 20, 2012 at 05:52 AM
Today "Apple" released a half-gigabyte-sized update 10.8.2 that adds Facebook integration (boo!), but also fixes all that ailed AutoCAD for Mac.
Notice that this update was done by Apple, not Autodesk. In other words, this was probably out of Autodesk's hands.
Posted by: Kevin E. | Sep 20, 2012 at 01:43 PM
I doubt it was out of Autodesk's hands. AutoCAD for Mac was broken by Mountain Lion, and I suggest Autodesk investigated, found the flaw on the OS side, and requested Apple to fix it.
(Autodesk did not issue the patch to make Acad/Mac run again; Apple did.)
Posted by: Ralph Grabowski | Sep 20, 2012 at 01:48 PM
10.8.2 did not fix the issue on my macbook pro as AutoCad is still not working.
Posted by: Rav | Sep 20, 2012 at 02:06 PM