{"id":8094,"date":"2023-11-18T11:06:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=8094"},"modified":"2023-12-01T17:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:46:29","slug":"install-blender-4-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-4-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Blender 4.0+ on MacOS (MacBook Pro\/Air etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1629700ac2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1629700ac2e\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-4-macos\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-4-macos\/#multiple-versions-on-macos\" >Multiple Versions on MacOS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/install-blender-4-macos\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v3tw2ej\/?pub=d3lcu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The basic process of <i>installing <b>Blender 4.0+<\/b> on <b>MacOS<\/b> computers<\/i> &#8211; MacBook Pro\/Air, Mac Mini\/Pro. To install, first download the appropriate version of Blender for MacOS from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blender.org<\/a>. There are two versions available, one for Intel based machines, the other Apple Silicon &#8211; check <b>About This Mac<\/b> for information on which to use. Once downloaded, double-click and drag <b>blender.app<\/b> across to the <b>Applications<\/b> folder in the Window that appears. Blender will then install and be available for use (access from Applications folder or from <b>LaunchPad<\/b>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: some additional notes for installing Blender 4.0+ on MacOS computers, MacBook Pro\/Air, Mac Mini\/Pro;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"multiple-versions-on-macos\"><\/span>Multiple Versions on MacOS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To install more than one version of Blender on MacOS previous installations will need to be changed slightly to avoid being overridden. To do this, open <b>Finder<\/b> then access the <b>Applications<\/b> folder &#8211; (<b><i>MacOS Volume \u00bb Applications<\/i><\/b>). Here, find <b>blender.app<\/b> and <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Control<\/span> + click (<span class=\"shortcutkey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keyboard-symbol-control.png\" alt=\"Control icon (MacOS)\" width=\"12px\" height=\"auto\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7960\" \/><\/span> + click) the program icon. In the context menu that appears select <b>Rename&#8230;<\/b> then change the default label text to something unique, i.e. &#8220;<b>blender.app<\/b>&#8221; to &#8220;<b>Blender 3.6 LTS<\/b>&#8220;. Press <b>Return<\/b> to confirm. Once done the new version of Blender can be installed without affected the existing renamed version<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; color: #000; width:98.5%; padding: 1.0em;\">This edit can be done to any version of Blender because, for MacOS, the <b>*.app<\/b> file is essentially a self contained &#8216;volume&#8217; from which applications are run. There are no other files to change.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/multiple-blender-macos.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/multiple-blender-macos.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple Blender on MacOS\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>It is possible to install multiple versions of Blender on MacOS with a little tweaking of previous installations.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>When Blender is installed for the very first time (any version) the initial start-up screen allows the User to set the priority mouse button for selection, <b>Select With<\/b>, either <b>Left<\/b> or <b>Right<\/b>, which assumes a three-button mouse is being used. This can be changed later in Preferences if needed. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/left-click-select\/\">Left-click Select<\/a> for more. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/install-blender-4-macos-select.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/macos\/install-blender-4-macos-select.jpg\" alt=\"Select with\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>When started for the very first time the User is prompted to set the <b>Select With<\/b> [1] option, Left or Right click.<\/i>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; n\/a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,1045,230],"tags":[1055,1059,1054,340,1043,1044,1047,503],"class_list":["post-8094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-macos","category-tutorials","tag-3-button-mouse","tag-blender-4-x","tag-finder","tag-installing-blender","tag-macbook","tag-macos","tag-option","tag-select-with"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8094"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8110,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions\/8110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}