BIMcloud Basic – Future on macOS

[florianvoi]

I just read on IDC’s website (a Swiss Mac distributor) that BIMcloud Basic, the non-subscription version, will no longer be developed for macOS in the future.

At the moment, it still runs via Rosetta / Intel code, which means that at some point it will no longer be able to run on future versions of macOS. Apparently, there are currently no plans to port it to Apple Silicon.

So what does this mean for the future of Archicad on the Mac? Especially now that Apple is finally offering genuine professional computers again.

Please note: BIMcloud 2027 will be the last version to support macOS. Starting with BIMcloud 2028, there will no longer be a Mac version of BIMcloud.

[MSDC]

Wow we were so close to moving to mac a couple of months ago, this would have been an absolute nightmare.

Feel for those having to deal with this. How are you supposed to work with projects that require data to be held locally? 

[Tex]

Yes, Lucky you didn't. We have clients that require data be held on premises. The cheapest way for us to uphold these requirements is on MAC mini´s or Ultra´s.

[florianvoi]

I don’t get it. Why don’t they simply increase the price of the regular subscription and offer fully compatible Mac and Windows applications, including an offline BIM server, instead of pushing people into yet another subscription and forcing them to change their established and proven working environments?

Is their goal to increase revenue by losing their customer base? Who is advising this company?