This article applies to students who have been provided an SPSS license by their instructor. SPSS license codes are generated for specific versions of SPSS. For example, a code provided for SPSS 29 will not activate an installation of SPSS 28 and vice versa.
NOTE: macOS 14.0 Sonoma requires SPSS version 29.0.2 or later. If you were provided a license code for SPSS 28, please reach out to your instructor for support.
- Download the macOS SPSS installer from Canvas. You must choose the installer for the version of SPSS required for the license you were provided by your instructor.
- Open/run the installer. Continue through the installer steps using all of the default options, until the installation finishes.
- Open the application named "SPSS Statistics".
- If you don't already have an active license on your computer, you will receive a window saying that no license exists. Choose "Launch License Wizard".
- On the next window, make sure "Authorized user license" is selected, then click "Next".
- Enter the license code you were provided by your instructor, then click "Add", then click "Next".
- SPSS will then attempt to activate your license. Once it is successful, click "Next".
- On the next window you should see that the expiration date set for the following August. Click "Finish", and you will be prompted to restart SPSS.
