Archive notice: This article was originally published on 12 November 2020 and has been translated into English as part of Digital Production’s archive project.
Maxon announced that Cinema 4D would support Macs powered by Apple’s M1 processor, making it one of the first professional 3D animation applications available for the new Apple-silicon systems.
Maxon and Apple
Maxon highlighted a long history of early support for Apple technologies, including multiprocessing, Mac OS X and 64-bit computing on the Mac. CEO David McGavran described the M1 as another major step in Apple’s hardware development.
Apple silicon
The M1 brought Apple’s ARM-based processor architecture to the Mac. Cinema 4D support was scheduled alongside the first M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini systems in November 2020.
