Creative
Can the MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023) run Audacity?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Operating system — supported (Windows: tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (x86_64 and ARM64 builds; ARM64 needs Windows 11); Mac: tested on…); versions are shown, not compared. Processor — no Mac processor restriction is stated.
How this was judged
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- Audacity system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- OS
- Windows: tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (x86_64 and ARM64 builds; ARM64 needs Windows 11); Mac: tested on macOS 14 and 15, may work on macOS 10.11 El Capitan onward (Intel, Apple silicon and universal builds)
Sources and limits
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- Audacity — Download Audacity for Windows (system requirements) · retrieved 10/7/2026
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