System requirements

Autodesk certifies certain computer system configurations as meeting the requirements to work with the Maya software. To determine whether your particular system meets these requirements, please check the following table. The latest information on qualifying systems is always available at:

Apple System Profiler provides information about your computer, operating system, disks, and applications.

Category	Values
Hardware	Macintosh computer (Intel processor) 2 GB memory (minimum) DVD drive three-button mouse (recommended). Maya can work with mouse input devices that have fewer buttons. See Mac OS X specific variables for details of how to set Maya to work with different mouse input devices. If your mouse came with a preference program for customizing mouse buttons, set it to deactivate when Maya is active. Refer to the manual or online help that came with your mouse to find out how to do this.
Graphics requirements	A graphics card qualified to run Maya. Check www.autodesk.com/qual-charts to see which operating system and graphics card are qualified for Maya. Maya works best with a mid- to high-range, hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card. Set your display to show millions of colors. If possible, set your resolution higher than 1024 by 768. Lower resolutions can make it difficult to see some attributes inside editors. Many graphics card manufacturers document the setup of their graphics card for use with Maya. Refer to the instructions that came with your particular graphics card.
Operating system	Mac OS X version 10.5 or later Mac OS X Server is not supported Not all versions of Mac OS X can be used with Maya. Autodesk recommends that you refer to the Maya qualification charts before upgrading to a newer version of the operating system. www.autodesk.com/qual-charts
Disk space requirements	A minimum of 750MB of available disk space for Maya and 255MB for Maya documentation.
Other software	Apple QuickTime^® and Preview (which reads PDF files) are provided with the Mac OS X operating system. You can also download Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader at www.adobe.com. These applications are required for viewing the multimedia movies provided with the Maya application and viewing the PDF documentation provided on the Maya DVD. Safari^™ and Mozilla Firefox web browsers have been qualified to view the Maya Help.
Optional hardware	Wacom^™ tablet. Make sure you install the latest Wacom driver software (www.wacom.com).