EndNote X9 for Macs
Download & Installation
Attention EndNote for Mac Users
If you are using EndNote on a Mac, please update your EndNote software to version X9.3 before updating to the new Mac operating system (macOS) 10.15 Catalina. All older versions of EndNote will NOT be compatible with this new operating system.
- Make sure your Mac is updated to MacOS 10.10 or higher and close any Microsoft Office programs that are open.
- Click here to download EndNote X9 for Mac.
- If prompted during download, either select Save File or make sure that the Open with... option is set to Archive Utility.
- Open the Downloads folder on your Mac if it does not automatically open.
- If you did not use the Open with...Archive Utility option when downloading EndNote X9, you will need to extract EndNote X9 from the zip archive file with Mac's Archive Utility using one of the two methods outlined below.
The downloaded files must be unzipped & extracted in order to properly install EndNote X9.
Extraction Method #1
Find the EndNoteX9SiteInstaller_Mac.zip file in your Downloads folder. Double-click on the file to have Archive Utility unzip and extract the files into the EndNoteX9SiteInstaller_Mac folder.
Extraction Method #2
In your Downloads folder, right-click on the EndNoteX8SiteInstaller_Mac.zip file, go to Open With and select Archive Utility. The unzipped files should appear in folder titled EndNoteX9SiteInstaller_Mac.

- Open the unzipped EndNoteX9SiteInstaller_Mac folder and find the EndNoteX9SiteInstaller.dmg file. Double-click it to launch the EndNote X9 Installer.
- If an Application Warning appears, click Open and enter your Mac Username & Password to grant installation permission.
- When the EndNote X9 Installer window opens, double-click the EndNote icon to start the installer.
- In the EndNote X9 installation box, check to make sure that it shows Licensed to: UNIV OF CENTRAL FLOR before clicking on Install.
Warning!
If Licensed to: UNIV OF CENTRAL FLOR does not appear in the Install EndNote X9 box, or if the EndNote X9 Installer asks for a License Code during installation, then the unzipped files are not being used for the installation!
Cancel the installation and double-check that you are using the unzipped & extracted files to install EndNote X9 before re-starting the installation.
For further assistance, please contact the Health Sciences Library or your Personal Librarian.
- Follow any further instructions from the EndNote X9 Installer to finish installing EndNote.
- Once the installation is finished, EndNote X9 can be found in your Applications folder - ready to be added to your dock for set-up.
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