Cam and Gcode for Macbook Pro

The 1F has a hardware controller so you don’t need a dedicated PC to run a controller. However you need a CAM to generate the G-code from your model.

Your options on macOS are:

The first two only do 2D which is good to start but very quickly limiting. Fusion 360 is both CAD and CAM. I recommend you download trials and see what works best for you.
I initially thought that I would use FormZ —CAD— and MeshCAM but eventually I settled on Fusion for both CAD and CAM. So I’m glad I did not pay until I was confident!

MeshCAM is both impressively simple to use (it generates good G-code with absolutely minimal understand of CAM) and depressingly non-intuitive (the use of menu, for example, is very weird).

The killer for me though is that you have to change your decimal separator to a “.” in the system preference for all applications. Like all French speakers, I use coma so MeshCAM effectively breaks every other applications on my Mac.

As others have pointed you can run Windows software in a VM but it means you’re constantly reminded on why you did not choose a Windows PC :grin: I was not willing to go down that path.
If you really want a Windows CAM, an alternative could be to get a Windows VM at AWS.