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title: "Retrospect 12 for Mac System Requirements"
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# Retrospect 12 for Mac System Requirements

System Requirements

## System Requirements for Retrospect 12 for Mac

#### Supported Operating Systems

- Apple OS X El Capitan / El Capitan Server 10.11
- Apple OS X Yosemite / Yosemite Server 10.10.5
- Apple OS X Mavericks / Mavericks Server 10.9.5
- Apple OS X Mountain Lion / Mountain Lion Server 10.8.5
- Apple OS X Lion / Lion Server 10.7.5
- Apple OS X Snow Leopard / Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8

#### Supported Hardware

- Intel processor with one or more multicore processors

#### System Recommendations

- Latest Software Update for OS X
- 1 GB for each concurrent activity; 4 GB minimum
- 10-15 GB of temp hard disk space for each concurrent activity (backup, restore, etc.)
- Adequate storage for backups
- RAM that meets Apple’s guidelines for each OS

## System Requirements for Retrospect 12 Client for Mac

#### Supported Operating Systems

- Apple OS X El Capitan / El Capitan Server 10.11
- Apple OS X Yosemite / Yosemite Server 10.10.5
- Apple OS X Mavericks / Mavericks Server 10.9.5
- Apple OS X Mountain Lion / Mountain Lion Server 10.8.5
- Apple OS X Lion / Lion Server 10.7.5
- Apple OS X Snow Leopard / Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8

#### Supported Hardware

- Intel processor with one or more multicore processors

#### System Recommendations

- Latest Software Update for OS X
- RAM that meets Apple’s guidelines for each OS

#### Protecting Servers

Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available Server Client Licenses.

## System Requirements for Retrospect 6.3 Client for Mac

#### Supported Operations Systems

- Apple OS X Leopard / Leopard Server 10.5.8
- Apple OS X Tiger / Tiger Server 10.4.11
- Apple OS X Panther / Panther Server 10.3.9

#### Supported Hardware

- PowerPC G3, G4, or G5

#### System Recommendations

- Latest Software Update for OS X
- RAM that meets Apple’s guidelines for each OS

#### Protecting Servers

Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available Server Client Licenses.

## System Requirements for Retrospect 10 Client for Windows

#### Supported Operating Systems

- Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
- Microsoft Windows SBS 2003, 2008, 2011
- Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, 2008

#### Supported Hardware

- Intel processor (32-bit and 64-bit) with one or more multicore processors

#### System Recommendations

- Latest Service Pack for Windows
- RAM that meets Microsoft’s guidelines for each OS

#### Protecting Servers

Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available Server Client Licenses.

## System Requirements for Retrospect 10 Client for Linux

#### Supported Operating Systems

The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64:

- CentOS 6.4, 6.5 and 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Debian 7.6
- Ubuntu Server 14.04
- SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3

#### Protecting Servers

Backing up server OS clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server edition with available Server Client Licenses.

Last Update: October 20, 2015