LabVIEW for macOS

The last official release of LabVIEW for macOS was LabVIEW 2023 Q3, which was the first and last release of LabVIEW with native ARM support for the latest Apple processors.

However, NI has continued to build and maintain an unofficial release of newer versions of LabVIEW. Note that these are not officially supported and not available for commercial use.

ARM Implementation

LabVIEW 2023 was modified to provide native support on Apple's latest M-series processors. The source-file format is unchanged and fully compatible between the two versions. The primary difference is to the binaries that are generated by the compiler. Thanks to Rosetta emulation, which is provided by Apple in the macOS, either format is compatible and will run. No user interaction or configuration is required.

Installer Download

The *.dmg files to install the development environment and run times can be found here: coming soon

Configuration

Some drivers such as VISA may require Rosetta emulation to work correctly.. To enable this, right click on the LabVIEW application, select 'Get Info > General > Open using Rosetta'

Using VIPM on macOS

VI Package Manager is available and supported on macOS and can be downloaded from here

Note that, due to security concerns, VIPM will not be able to write to the LabVIEW directory by default. For more information on how to fix this please visit this page: VI Package Manager