System Requirements for Canvas for Mac Versions

System Requirements for Canvas for Mac Versions

Overview:  Canvas for Mac versions can be installed on the following macOS operating systems.
User Guides and Tutorials

Canvas X Draw for macOS can import a wide range of file formats.  View them all here .

System Requirements  |  Operating Systems

  1. macOS Tahoe (26.0)

  2. macOS Sequoia (15.0)

  3. macOS Sonoma (14.0)

  4. macOS Ventura (13.0)

  5. macOS Monterey (12.0)


    System Requirements  |  Hardware

    • M Series, or Intel® processor with 64-bit support

    Apple Silicon Support: 

    Requires Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon machines.

    *While Rosetta is usually installed by default, some systems may prompt you to install it manually. 

Available Downloads
versionDateFile sizeLatest UpdatesEULARelease Notes
    7.1.00
     6/29/2025
     245 MB
7.0.89
07.27.2022194 MBDownload 7.0.89 (build 7089)


7.0.7510.07.2021217 MBDownload 7.0.75 (build 7075)
7.0.6901.25.2021220 MBDownload 7.0.69 (build 7069)
7.0.4209.22.2020217 MBDownload 7.0.42 (build 7042)
7.0.4009.08.2020217 MBDownload 7.0.40 (build 7040)
7.0.2306.25.2020214 MBDownload 7.0.23 (build 7023)


Applies To: Canvas X Draw/Canvas Draw

Canvas X Draw 7 System Requirements:
  1. macOS Ventura (12.0)
  2. macOS Monterey (12.0)
  3. macOS Big Sur (11.0)
  4. macOS Catalina (10.15)
Canvas Draw 6 System Requirements:
  1. macOS Catalina (10.15)
  2. macOS Mojave (10.14.4+)
  3. macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Canvas Draw 5 System Requirements (No longer supported):
  1. macOS Mojave (10.14)
  2. macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  3. macOS Sierra (10.12)
Canvas Draw 4 (No longer supported):
  1. macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  2. macOS Sierra (10.12)
  3. macOS El Capitan (10.11)

Canvas Draw 3 (No longer supported):
  1. macOS High (10.12)
  2. macOS El Capitan (10.11)
  3. macOS Yosemite (10.10)

Canvas Draw 1 and 2 (No longer supported):
  1. macOS El Capitan (10.11)
  2. macOS Yosemite (10.10)

**Note: Canvas Draw versions 1 through 6 will not be MacOS Big Sur Compatible.

Please create a ticket if you have any problems or suggestions for this article. Thank you for using Canvas.

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