# New Mac Mini (M1 Chip) Cura Not Seeing Printer **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260 "2021-04-20T00:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![startrez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@startrez](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/startrez)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/1 "2021-04-20T00:45:24Z")
Upgraded my Mac Mini to M1 - Taz Pro Printer. Mac sees the printer on the USB bus, but Cura Version 3.6.20 does not see the printer. Any ideas appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Derek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Derek](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Derek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/2 "2021-04-27T04:39:19Z")
I have the same problem here on my m1 MacBook Air. Works fine via any other computer. Maybe it’s big sur? ---
**Author:** ![Mchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mchick](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Mchick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/3 "2021-04-27T14:06:54Z")
I have a Mac Mini M1 using Cura LE 3.6.20 that prints just fine using Octoprint/Octopi on a Raspberry Pi 3B. I use it both on a TAZ 6 and Mini 2. I have not tried USB on either. ---
**Author:** ![Derek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Derek](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Derek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/4 "2021-04-29T02:27:23Z")
Yeah no issues with octoprint, it’s not the same as connect directly. ---
**Author:** ![Derek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Derek](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Derek)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/5 "2021-05-09T20:32:02Z")
Hey, you can use parallels, sign up for the windows dev account and run the windows version of cura on you m1 through vm ware. It works fine for me. ---
**Author:** ![printermonkeys.ca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@printermonkeys.ca](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/printermonkeys.ca)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/6 "2022-06-14T17:46:10Z")
Has anyone found a solution to this? I am having the same issue, Cura LE does not see my printer when I am directly connected. This really limits my ability to flash hardware and change heads. Octoprint has no issue, as I’m using terminal commands thru there to work with the printer. I’m having to run third party firmware that I can flash directly thru the chrome ---
**Author:** ![McLeach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/mcleach/32/11215_2.png) [@McLeach](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/McLeach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/7 "2022-06-14T18:47:09Z")
Go ahead and download Cura LE 3.6.37. This version has had some upgrades to its pyserial dependencies and should have resolved the issue with the M1 Macs not connecting. ---
**Author:** ![printermonkeys.ca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@printermonkeys.ca](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/printermonkeys.ca)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/new-mac-mini-m1-chip-cura-not-seeing-printer/23260/8 "2022-06-14T21:47:48Z")
That fixed it, thank you very much