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How to install 1C on Mac OS: step-by-step instructions. Installing "1c basic" on Mac - step-by-step instructions 1c enterprise 8.3 mac os

Until recently, there were no 1C software products on the macOS system. After Mac users asked the company to adapt the programs, 1C responded. The software is currently available in beta, but it lacks most of the features found on Windows. How the classic version differs from the version for MacBook and how to install 1C is written in this article.

Features and differences between MacOS configurations

Characteristics of the current version on MacBook:

  1. Works in an unfinished demo version.
  2. The distribution kit is included.
  3. It is possible to upload the initial database to dt.
  4. It works via http, and there is also local and client-server work.
  5. Supports 64-bit type.
  6. Excellent compatibility with servers of the same product version.

The software runs smoothly on Retina screens. You can use several versions of the program at once. However, there are technologies that will never be introduced and those that will be added in new updates.


 Photo: Example of working with 1C on a MacBook

These functions will not be developed (available on Windows):

  1. Everything related to COM will not be supported (including COMObject, working in the program in Automation mode).
  2. There will be no administration console.
  3. There is no way to work with Mail. But this problem can be solved. In order to use mail forwarding, you can use the default application.
  4. And, of course, you cannot use file types specific to Windows. These are WMF and EMF.

What does not exist now, but will be implemented:

  1. Support for automatic work with information security.
  2. http protocol update.
  3. All external parameters of the Native API.
  4. Templates, creation and installation.
  5. Supports options with menu bar.
  6. Support for file types downloaded from the Internet.
  7. User authorization.

How to install 1C on MacBook?

Purchase an official license from http://v8.1c.ru/ or find free sources, fortunately, there are plenty of them (for example, from the portal https://portal.1c.ru/). Installation process:

  • Visit the site and click on install or update the software product. Find the file called “1C:Enterprise 8” in the list.

 1C on MacBook
  • Select the appropriate platform; the list should contain a line like “Client..for macOS”.


  • Wait until the download completes.

 1C on MacBook
  • Run the downloaded file and follow the instructions for installing 1C on a MacBook (selecting location, etc.).


If you are using hardware protection, then go to the official website of the developer and additionally install the HASP file.

For a long time, the 1C:Enterprise platform remained available only for Windows. The 1C company listened to the wishes of its customers and developed the long-awaited version of the platform for Mac OS and Linux. Now users have the opportunity to launch the information base on the operating system on which they are accustomed and comfortable to work. Although the Mac OS platform is still in beta testing, based on feedback from our company specialists, it works stably and quickly. For more than a year of using 1C:Enterprise on a Mac, no freezes, errors, or other factors interfering with the full functioning of the system were detected.

In this article we will demonstrate how to correctly install the 1C platform on Mac OS. You'll also learn how to set up security keys if you have a physical key and activate a PIN if you have a digital security key.

We hope that our guide will help you start working in 1C on Mac OS and enjoy it. Apple's operating system is distinguished by reliability, stability, security, performance, and, of course, excellent design.

How to install 1C on Mac OS: step-by-step instructions

Let's start with preparation. First, you will need to download the 1C platform for Mac OS from personal account on the ITS Portal website. A login and password, if you do not already have them, can be obtained from your service organization or registered yourself.

Step 1. On the ITS Portal website, go to the “1C: Program Update” section (Fig. 1).

Rice. 1. Section “1C: Software Update” on the ITS Portal website


Fig.2. Link "Download software updates"

Step 3. We go to the section “Technological platform 8.3” (Fig. 3.).


Fig.3. Section "Technology platform 8.3"

Step 4. Select the version of the platform to install on your computer. If you do not have any preferences regarding the version, we recommend installing the latest one. At the time of this writing, this is: 8.3.15.1534 (Fig. 4).


Fig.4. Selecting the version of the 1C:Enterprise 8 technology platform


Fig.5 Selecting the distribution package “1C:Enterprise Client for OS X”

Step 6. Finally you can download the distribution (Fig. 6)


Rice. 6 Link “Download distribution”


Fig.7 Downloading the distribution kit

Step 8 The distribution clientosx_8_3_15_1534.dmg is small program installations for Mac OS. By clicking on it twice, the distribution appears in file manager Finder as a mounted volume (similar to an inserted flash drive, but only software). After installation is complete, the program can also be extracted in the Finder by clicking on the arrow icon (Fig. 8).


Fig.8. Icon for extracting distribution in Finder

Step 9 After the archive is “mounted”, it will open. To do this, you need to double-click on the file 1cv8-client-8.3.15.1534.pkg and start installing 1C on Mac OS. From installation to Windows process not much different. It is also possible that the installer will ask you to enter the administrator password for your computer. During installation, follow the instructions on the screen (Fig. 9).


Rice. 9. Window “Installing 1C on Mac OS”

Step 10 The 1C:Enterprise distribution kit is being installed on Mac OS (Fig. 10)


Rice. 10. Installation process of “1C” on Mac OS

Step 11 At the end of the process, the “Installation completed successfully” window should appear (Fig. 11)


Fig. 11. "Installation completed successfully" window

Step 12 After installing 1C on Mac OS, the 1C:Enterprise icon will appear in programs. Let's launch it (Fig. 12)


Fig. 12. 1C:Enterprise icon

Step 13 After this, the “1C:Enterprise” launch window will open (Fig. 13). There are no added databases in the list yet; we’ll tell you how to add them a little later.


Rice. 13. Window “Launch 1C:Enterprise”

Step 14 If you have a 1C product with an electronic security key, then you need to activate it (since when you try to start 1C, a window will appear asking you to activate the system). This is easy to do: enter the program registration number and PIN code, then follow the instructions on the screen.

If you have a security key in the form of a USB flash drive, then you will need to install HASP for Mac so that your system will “see” the key. You can download the HASP for Mac installer on the 1C website. You need to choose latest version installer At the time of writing this article it is: 7.63 from 05/14/18. Next, select “Driver for Mac OS” (Fig. 14).


Fig. 14. Selecting a driver for Mac OS X


Rice. 15. “Download distribution” window

Step 16 After you have downloaded the distribution, you need to “mount” it by double-clicking on the file. A window will open in which you will see the files to be installed. You need to run the Install Sentinel Runtime Environment.pkg file (Fig. 16).


Rice. 16. Launch Install file Sentinel Runtime Environment

Step 17 The installation starts. Follow the instructions on the screen, everything is quite simple here. After installing the driver, insert the key into the USB port of your computer. The key should glow red, which means that the driver is installed and the system “sees” it.

Let's return to the issue of adding information databases, which we wrote about in paragraph 13. We add a new database if you plan to keep records from scratch and you need an empty database. In order to create an empty database, click the add button (Fig. 17).


Rice. 17. “Add” window information base»

Step 18 Leave the switch on the “Create a new information base” item and click the “Next” button. Then you will need to select a template (Fig. 18), from which you can create not only an empty database, but also a database with the desired configuration (for example, “1C: Accounting”, “1C: Salary and HR Management”, etc.)


Rice. 18. Selecting a template when creating an infobase

Step 19 If you don't have established template, put the switch on the item “Create an infobase without configuration” and click the “Next” button. Then you will need to enter the name of your database, it can be anything of your choice. (Fig. 19)


Rice. 19. Entering the name of the infobase

Step 20. Select the path to your database or agree with the proposed default path (Fig. 20).


Rice. 20 Selecting an infobase address

Step 21 Leave all the switches as they are and click the “Finish” button (Fig. 21)


Fig.21. Completing the creation of a new information base

Step 22 As a result of all actions, an empty database will be created. After this, you can load into the empty database either your archive, if you have one, or a CF file with the desired configuration. You can download the template with the configuration on the same resource ITS Portal. To do this, you need to find the latest distribution. If to download updates you download the “Update distribution”, then in this case you need to find the “Full distribution” (Fig. 22)


Fig. 22 “Full distribution” link for downloading the required “1C” configuration

If you already have an archive of your 1C database, then in this case you will need to create an empty database. To do this: go to the configurator, select the menu “Administration/load information base” (Fig. 23)


Rice. 23. Menu “Administration/load information base” in the 1C configurator

Step 24 Select the file and upload the 1C database archive into it. After this, you can launch 1C:Enterprise and start working.

All is ready! You have successfully installed 1C on Mac OS.

Bottom line

We hope that our guide helped you get started working in 1C on Mac OS. Apple's operating system is distinguished by reliability, stability, security, performance, and, of course, excellent design.

If you still have questions, you can always contact the specialists of 1C Business Architect for advice. We will be happy to help you. If you liked the article, share it with colleagues who might be interested in installing 1C:Enterprise on Mac.

Work in 1C with pleasure!

If you decide to completely abandon the use of the Windows operating system, then in addition to outdated banking software, you may also encounter resistance in the form of 1C company products if for some reason you cannot refuse to use them. Unfortunately, installing 1C enterprise on Mac computers Although possible, it is not without difficulties. But if you still decide to do this, then in this article I will tell you step by step how to do this using the example of installing the basic version of 1c.

I’ll say right away that we will still need a computer with the Windows operating system :)))) (fortunately, only for the installation period). So:

1. Go to the website portal.1c.ru and register there as described in the instructions that come with the purchased item license key(pin code) and download the distribution kit for Windows there:

2. Now we go to the website releases.1c.ru under the same login as for portal.1c.ru and download the distribution kit for OS X there (Yes, for some reason it is called a client, although this is a full-fledged program, but personally in mine In our understanding, a client is something designed to work with a server):

3. Install in the operating room Windows system both the package itself and the configuration (we will need the configuration, but we won’t be able to transfer it to a Mac without installing the package). You will see this picture if you run autorun from the full distribution and select a custom installation:

4. Launch Windows 1C Enterprise in the operating system and create an information base from the configuration:

5. Now in the Documents/1C/AccountingBase folder there will be the files that we need. We save them for use on Mac.

6. Install the so-called technology platform on Mac from the clientosx.dmg file. There are no problems with this point, so I will not describe it in detail. I will only say that in addition to 1C Enterprise itself, Thin and Thick Clients will also be installed in the Programs folder.

7. Launch 1C Enterprise and exit it (in this moment this is only needed to create the Documents/1C folder; if you create it yourself, for some reason it doesn’t work later)

8. Take the files saved in the Windows operating system and place them in the Documents/1C folder (AccountingBase as in Windows is not needed here). These are the files:

9. Launch 1C Enterprise and then - either the “1C-Enterprise” button or the “Configurator”. The following PIN code entry window should appear (the PIN code for the basic version consists of 16 digits, but if you see a different type of window open, with a field for the 15-character PIN code of the PROF version, then most likely you have done something not so in the previous steps, or this instruction is no longer relevant at the moment, because the program determines which version you have - basic or PROF based on the installed configuration):

10. After entering the PIN code and registering the program, you can start the actual installed base by clicking on the “1C Enterprise” button (be patient, the first time it may take several minutes to load, get into the situation, I’m sure the 1C programmers tried their best, and there is an objective reason for everything):



Update and operation

Next, a few words for those who, like me, have encountered this software for the first time and does not know the features of the system. 1C consists of two components - platform and configuration. Both require updating. Actually, what you are working with, the program interface, is the configuration; in order for, for example, document forms to comply with current legislation, it may need to be updated. In turn, the new version of the configuration may require new version platforms (but optional).

Updating Configuration on Mac

When working with the program, i.e. When launched by clicking the "1C:Enterprise" button, the program may offer to update the configuration, but when I tried to update from there, on a Mac I personally got a mysterious message like "Com objects are supported only on Windows." But you can update the configuration on a Mac; to do this, at startup you need to click not the “1C:Enterprise” button, but the “Configurator” button, and then:

1. Select "Configuration > Support > Update configuration" in the menu (if this menu item is not available, then click "Configuration > Open configuration")
2. Follow the instructions of the wizard, after actually updating the configuration, he will offer to update the database, this must be done
3. Launch the configuration by clicking the “1C:Enterprise” button and wait until the update occurs there too

Archiving the 1C database

To archive 1c data, you can use 2 methods:

1. Menu item "Save infobase" in the configurator (this will create a file with the dt extension, which contains both data and configuration)
2. Zip the “Documents/1C” folder through Finder (the 1C programmer advised me exactly this method, given the difficulties of installing the configuration on a Mac). In this case, both data and configuration will also be saved.

1C has finally included in the delivery package of platform 8.3.7.1845 user applications that work with the operating system mac system OS (OS X) 10.8 and older. A thick and configurator for 64-bit architecture has been implemented, so the accountant has the opportunity not only to use ready-made software products, but also to develop versions for own needs.

Previously, to install 1C:Enterprises under OS X used emulators Windows applications eg CrossOver. Correct setting Entire forums were dedicated to 1C programs on Macs. New Product for mac OS is designed taking into account the specifics of Apple computers (for example, Retina technology) and does not require additional tools for installation.

Software features of the presented version

  • Not supported automatic search a suitable platform option for interacting with the database. You must manually select the client version;
  • There is no provision for upgrading the system via the HTTP protocol;
  • External components developed using the 1C Native API system programming interface are not supported;
  • It is not possible to connect configurator distributions directly out of the box. To create a database using a template, you should copy its installation files to a computer in advance. mac control OS.

To get acquainted with the capabilities of the presented product 1C:Enterprise for mac OS X, the delivery set of platform 8.3.7.1845 includes a demo version of the information base in the form separate file with extension .dt.

The client for OS X allows you not only to work with 1C:Enterprise application solutions, but also to carry out full development of configurations.

Limitations 1C:Enterprise formacOS

The possibility of full functioning of 1C mac OS X imposes its own limitations:

  • 1C:Enterprise will not support COMObject and external components developed using this technology;
  • The program will not run in Automation-server automation server mode;
  • Working with the internal “E-mail” object is not supported. Instead, it is planned to use a pre-installed local or network mail service;
  • The administrator panel (console) for managing clusters of 1C servers is not supported. Instead, cross-platform tools will be used: command line and a separate management server;
  • There are no plans to support Windows WMF and EMF metafiles.

Security and Compatibility

Simultaneous installation possible on one machine different versions application client (as in Windows OS, under different licenses). The accounting application for mac OS works with various 1C:Enterprise services and components developed for other operating systems, if the platform versions are the same.

Hardware and software protection.

For use electronic key The HASP driver is independently written and installed into the directory for storing binary files from the developer’s website. To install the software, the “dinst” script must be run as an administrator through the Terminal with the “sudo ./dinst” command.

What is planned to be implemented in the final version of the product

1C:Enterprise functionality for mac OS, not included in the version, but planned for implementation:

  • In the new product, you can only work with files on the same machine where the client is installed. The final version will support working with file system via local and external networks;
  • Support for external data sources organized on the client side;
  • Manage accounting applications and configurator using the mac OS menu bar;
  • 1C mac OS user recognition will be done using its own means.

Features of using the new product

The new development is for informational purposes and only in limited cases can be used to solve operational problems of automation of organizations. While it is free, it does not require a separate license. The final 1C product for mac OS will be developed taking into account user feedback and suggestions.

Setup files for the presented version are available for download on the 1C server: Software Update. The documentation for the 1C:Enterprise 8.3.7 platform contains information on the client application for 1C mac OS.