"You cant use “MATLAB_R2011a_Student” with os x yosemite"

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I've installed OS X Yosemite on my MAC. But when I try to open Matlab I have the message: "You cant use this app version “MATLAB_R2011a_Student” with this version of OS X. You have MATLAB_R2011a_Student” MATLAB Release 2011a." How can I fix this problem?

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 18 Oct 2014
Well you're using an antique version of MATLAB that was released 3 years prior to your new operating system so I'm not too surprised. But I'm hearing that MATLAB doesn't run on Yosemite even for people on R2014a and R2014b. So you may be out of luck until they come out with a patch. I think there was a patch for some old versions of OSX or MATLAB but I didn't pay too much attention because I don't have a mac. You can search the forum for Yosemite to find those posts. Click on the yosemite tag shown above.
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Clay Campaigne
Clay Campaigne on 23 Nov 2014
Edited: Clay Campaigne on 23 Nov 2014
I had the java.lang.NullPointerException followed by abrupt closing of the application in the current Yosemite version. Student version R2014a.
The link for the patch, namely R2014a_patch_1098655.dmg.zip, on this page is currently dead. Absent any helpful material online from mathworks, I got a working but unverified patch from a sketchy link on stack overflow. (Using MATLAB with OS X 10)
I already had up-to-date Java and OSX. It was replacing info.plist in "MATLAB/Contents", and placing the new "patch" folder in the "MATLAB/java" that made it work.
Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 23 Nov 2014
Call them up on the phone. They will help you out and get you working. They give free telephone help for all installation issues, even the student version.

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Mateusz
Mateusz on 20 Oct 2014
You just have to update Java and X11 to the newest version. Since then my Matlab 2010b, 2011a and 2011b work perfectly.
Cheers
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Lourenço Peixoto
Lourenço Peixoto on 26 Oct 2014
Thank you! I have updated Java and installed newest version of X11. Now my Matlab 2011 is working perfectly!
Brooks Emerick
Brooks Emerick on 28 Oct 2014
This worked for me. Thank you. I have another problem, however. In the dock, my MATLAB logo still has an ``X'' through it and I can't start MATLAB using the dock icon. I can get it running using the terminal. Is there any way to get the icon working? Thanks in advance.

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Asim Mazin
Asim Mazin on 4 Nov 2014
Edited: Asim Mazin on 4 Nov 2014
I am running MATLAB 2010a Student Version just fine except the help product doesn't function. If anyone has a solution please post.
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Charles Flaum
Charles Flaum on 22 May 2015
Edited: Image Analyst on 22 May 2015
You need these steps to run MATLAB 2010 (a/b) on Yosemite:
  1. Install X11 (XQuartz 2.7.7)
  2. Download the Java Patch for Matlab 2011a from the Mathworks website
  3. Copy the contents of the mounted virtual disk with the patch to a folder on your hard drive.
  4. Edit the patch app on the hard drive by opening its contents and modifying the enclosed script file main.scpt to replace all instances of 2011a by 2010a (or 2010b, if that is what you have).
  5. Run the patch program.
  6. enjoy.
Matlab 2010 a/b will work after just step 1. But the help menus require the java patch.
Charles Flaum
Charles Flaum on 22 May 2015
Edited: Charles Flaum on 22 May 2015
Update on the above: Instead of steps 3-5, you can simply copy the "patch" folder enclosed in the patch file (matlab/java/patch) into the java folder in the contents of your MATLAB 2010a app.

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