Is MATLAB compatible with macOS Catalina?

Does MATLAB support macOS Catalina (10.15)?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

macOS Catalina (10.15) is supported on MATLAB releases R2019b-R2022a. Any other release is considered unqualified. These releases may work, but MathWorks does not guarantee full compatibility with these releases on macOS Catalina.

For more details on compatibility and system requirements, view the link below.

System Requirements for various releases of MATLAB.

MathWorks is currently aware of the following incompatibilities when running MATLAB on macOS Catalina:

1. Live Editor issues in MATLAB

Live Editor does not launch on macOS Catalina in MATLAB R2019a or earlier. To use Live Editor on macOS Catalina, upgrade to MATLAB R2019b or later.

2. Help Browser issues in MATLAB

Help Browser does not launch on macOS Catalina in MATLAB R2019a or earlier. Use MathWorks Online Documentation instead.

3. Property Inspector issues in MATLAB Figures

When you open the property inspector in a MATLAB figure window, MATLAB R2019b or earlier may display a blank property inspector window.

To resolve the issue, install R2019b Update 4 (or later), or upgrade to R2020a. In case the Property Inspector appears truncated, see the following MATLAB Answers Post:

Why is my Property Inspector truncated on macOS Catalina 10.15.2 with MATLAB 2019b Update 4?

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/508141

4. Symbolic Math Toolbox issues

When creating symbolic variables or expressions using the Symbolic Math Toolbox, MATLAB R2019a or earlier throws the following error: 

Error using mupadmex 
Error in MuPAD command 

To use Symbolic Math Toolbox on macOS Catalina, upgrade to MATLAB R2019b or later.

5. Issues with MATLAB Support Package for Arduino

Previously, there was an incompatibility that made it impossible to use MATLAB Support Packages for Arduino on macOS Catalina. This issue has been resolved. See the bug report below for more information:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/2172231

[Walter Roberson]

Also, Mac people have noted that:

• sometimes plot lines after the first one do not get drawn
• legend oddities

for some people, these problems are linked to having an NVIDIA graphics card; Apple has not approved any NVIDIA drivers for Catalina. Though I am reading now that it is even more complicated than that; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20249048

[Walter Roberson]

• people are having difficulty with microphone access. Some people are able to authorize the microphone in System Preferences
• some people are getting prompted to allow network access every time they start MATLAB

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/468831-is-matlab-compatible-with-macos-catalina#comment_753010

• some people have reported problems with Simulink Scope especially when zooming it
• some people are not able to start MATLAB unless they run from command line
• You might need to whitelist third-party DLLs; https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/485760-trouble-running-glmnet-in-matlab-r2019b-on-mac-os-catalina-10-15#answer_401576
• Inexplicable memory errors are reported https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/485524-matlabr2019b-keeps-on-giving-me-this-errors-every-second-please-help-me-macbook-pro-2017-13-inch
• Using magnet or Spectacle or Default Folder X can interfere with using MATLAB on Mojave or later. See https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/480796-not-responding-on-startup-macos-mojave#answer_398840 for a discussion by the developer of Default Folder X, who has a work-around for that product (and be sure to vote for his contribution) -- Accessibility is involved

[Walter Roberson]

There may be a bug preventing license errors from displaying; https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/488967-matlab-catalina-wont-open-then-says-not-responding-but-does-not-show-up-as-running-to-force-quit-c

Answer 2

[Rohan Kale]

The issues with the MATLAB Support packages for Arduino in Catalina 10.15 has been resolved in 19.2.2 version of the support package .

Please update the MATLAB Support Package for Arduino to version 19.2.2 in R2019b to resolve this.

Follow this bug report

https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/2172231

for more details on this topic

Answer 3

[Rajani Metri]

Hello,

MATLAB 2020a works in macOS Catalina version 10.15.5, but it does not create the MATLAB icon in Launch pad as well as when I tried to make MATLAB as defult program for m files, the "MATLABWindow" icon is in disabled option. So need to select All Programs, and then selected the MATLAB icon. But still when I double click on those m files, MATLAB doesn't open the files.

If we open the MATLAB from Launchpad and then using "open" file option in MATLAB we can open m files.

So I think its not fully compatible.