Geoff Gardiner Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I have been using the free version of Fusion 360 on my Apple computers for years. The computers are a few years old and are running High Sierra OS (they can't be updated beyond this). Today I am unable the launch the program and it freezes my computers. I haven't tried to update Fusion as I know that newer version are no longer compatible with High Sierra and I have not had any issues running the old version of Fusion until today. Is anyone else having similar issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Gay Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I've had a few recent issues with Fusion 360 freezing when using a bluetooth mouse. Works fine using wireless IR connection instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 My Fusion 360 won't open today either & I'm using he latest Mac OS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 There have been a few issues recently with Fusion hanging and being slow. I'm running the free version on an M2 Mac Mini / Sonama and also on a 2014 MacBook / Monterey. It's been a bit Flaky on both at times It seems to be a network issue at their end judging by the little messages that pop up, so don't despair just yet. (Link to Auto Desk trouble shooting page and suggestions.) https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Fusion-360-hangs-freezes-on-startup-on-Mac-OS.html#:~:text=Check if the issue is,Network Preferences in Fusion (macOS) If the link doesn't work try a plain text search in Google. Should get you somewhere near an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Gardiner Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 This is the error I am getting which then hangs the program requiring a force quit. The support article is of no help either. Any one getting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDB Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 57 minutes ago, Geoff Gardiner said: This is the error I am getting which then hangs the program requiring a force quit. The support article is of no help either. Any one getting this? Have you started a post on the Fusion Support forum which is linked in the error message above? Someone with a similar problem did this and Autodesk were very responsive in resolving the issue via diagnostics created and supplied. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support/there-was-an-error-while-logging-in-to-fusion-360-2024/td-p/12630979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Gardiner Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Are any of you fellows using Fusion 360 on an Apple Mac running operating system Catalina or older? I know that we can no longer update Fusion (which has been the case for a while) but it would seem that it can no longer be used. This is really annoying because my Macs are a few years old and are updated as far as they can go. I would be interested to know if others on these OS versions are having the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/End-of-life-for-Fusion-360-on-macOS-10-15-Catalina-Windows-8-1-Windows-10-Version-1803-older-Effective-March-2023.html This might be the root of the problem given that it's 12 months since they stopped supporting it. Hopefully not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinFlynn Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Ariel said: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/End-of-life-for-Fusion-360-on-macOS-10-15-Catalina-Windows-8-1-Windows-10-Version-1803-older-Effective-March-2023.html This might be the root of the problem given that it's 12 months since they stopped supporting it. Hopefully not. So why should stopping support render your software inoperative? It seems gone are the days when you could keep your old applications going almost indefinably by just not updating stuff on your computer. Planned obsolescence I suppose, software and hardware sellers in cahoots. The internet has a lot to answer for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I'm just speculating from what it says in the link. Note: Fusion 360 will continue to work on the operating system after the March update, but will no longer continue to update. Eventually it will stop functioning correctly, as it no longer meets the minimum system requirements to run Fusion 360. As it's primarily an internet based program (from the login to use point of view) it's possible that they just turned off the servers that Handle that version. Post the question on the Autodesk Forum for a definitive answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Gardiner Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 I am back up an running with the latest version of Fusion 360! As mentioned earlier, my Macs were all to old to install newer versions of MacOS, so I was facing having to buy a new Mac!!! £££££ Then I came across some OpenSource software called OpenCore-Patcher which allows you to install new versions of MacOS on older, unsupported machines. It took a while but I now have MacOS Ventura installed and all seems to be working OK. I could have installed Sonoma but this is fairly new and the are still ironing out various bugs. Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Result. Tenacity wins the day again! Will check out OpenCore Patcher. Maybe bring my old iMac back to life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Gardiner Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 There is a very good video here that takes you through the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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