# QA401 software on a Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 5, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189 "2020-11-05T00:10:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DDickey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DDickey](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/DDickey)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/1 "2020-11-05T00:10:14Z")

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Hi everyone, I just purchased a QA401 and I’m wondering if the software will run on Windows Parallels on a Mac?

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**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/2 "2020-11-06T06:35:34Z")

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Hi @DDickey, you should be OK as others are doing this. There have been some reports of DPI issues on higher resolution displays which you might run into. See an example [HERE](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-gui-and-desktop-scaling/155).

Please report back with what you see, and remember there’s a 15 day return policy for any reason in case it doesn’t work to your liking.

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**Author:** ![txturbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@txturbo](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/txturbo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/3 "2020-12-07T14:00:36Z")

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I use VMWare Fusion on my Mac with Win 10 and it works just fine.

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**Author:** ![Kl0neMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kl0neMan](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/Kl0neMan)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/4 "2024-03-26T17:50:01Z")

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Greetinga,

I am also an Apple Macintosh user. I have been loaned a QA403 and small windows PC with which to run the QA software. I also have installations of VMWare that I may try this on, once I accomplish some prior objectives, including familiarization and performance testing of an integrated amplifier that came in with the QA-403.

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**Author:** ![Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dan](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/Dan)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/5 "2024-03-27T16:53:24Z")

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Has anyone else encountered the problem of the QA403 getting disconnected? I’m using Parallels and Windows 11. I suspect this is actually macOS deciding to disconnect it, but could be wrong.

This can be easily fixed by physically removing and replugging the USB cable.

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**Author:** ![MarkT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MarkT](https://forum.quantasylum.com/u/MarkT)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.quantasylum.com/t/qa401-software-on-a-mac/189/6 "2024-03-27T20:23:36Z")

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I’ve not seen that, but I do have to startup the QA40x software before plugging in the USB otherwise it doesn’t detect it. And a few times it doesn’t quite work properly first-time and I have to restart the software and replug the USB. But not that often.