Best for older Intel-based Macs, this free utility lets you install Windows on a separate disk partition. This offers the fastest performance since the software runs natively on the hardware. Note: This is not available for M1/M2/M3 Apple Silicon Macs.

This is the most popular solution for M1, M2, and M3 Mac users. It allows you to run a virtualized version of Windows 11 on top of macOS without rebooting. Version 19 or later is specifically noted for running QDA Miner smoothly.

Choose a virtualization tool (like Parallels ) or a compatibility layer (like CrossOver).

If setting up a Windows environment is too cumbersome, you may want to consider native macOS qualitative software like: QDA miner lite – free qualitative data analysis software

Provalis Research has tested several methods for Mac users to access QDA Miner and its free version, QDA Miner Lite: