PixInsight 1.8.3 Ripley: New Mac OS X Distribution

[mcampagna]

Hi Juan, I just installed a new hard drive with a fresh installation of 10.12 today and came to this thread after I couldn't get PixInsight working.  I'd be happy to test out the beta version you've cooked up.

[mcampagna]

Ok.  I connected my old hard disk via an external enclosure and PixInsight was able to run in my new installation from the external drive.  Next I copied the PixInsight application folder to the application folder on my new disk and now it's working just fine.  Still running 10.12 and willing to help test out the new version if needed.  Let me know.

[Andrei Ioda]

I have a new version of the core application almost ready, which should work without problems on macOS 10.12 Sierra. However, I need some users to test it on their machines before an official release. Any volunteers?

Hi,

I want to test. On my macOS PI crashed every 15-20 minutes.

[Juan Conejero]

Version 1.8.4.1199 for Mac is now available on the software distribution server (commercial and trial versions). It should work without problems on macOS 10.12 Sierra, and works perfectly on OS X 10.10 and 10.11.

Besides being a new version, slightly more stable and efficient than 1.8.4.1195, build 1199 *requires* to be installed on the standard /Applications folder. Previous versions could be deployed anywhere on the local filesystem. This flexibility is now lost forever since macOS 10.12. Note however, that you can uncompress the distribution .zip file on /Applications and then copy or move the PixInsight.app application bundle anywhere. As long as the original PixInsight distribution folder is on /Applications, the application bundle can now be launched from any arbitrary location.

This is a temporary version to keep PixInsight running on newly installed macOS 10.12 machines. There will be a new release in October with new functionality and improved compatibility with current operating system versions.

Let me know if this version works on new macOS 10.12 installations. Based on your positive feedback, I'll make an official announcement. Thank you for testing.

[syscore]

My Mac has a clean install of Siera and I just installed 1199 and it works. Thanks!

[Maudy]

Hi,

I am new to pixinsight, and not new macs. I can test if you like.

Regards,
Stephen

[Barry-Wilson]

I have been using PI for the last 3 years on a Mac through various OS versions.

I upgraded to 01.08.04.1199 this morning - all installed correctly.

I then upgraded to OS Sierra (from Yosemite) and PI appears to be working correctly.

HTH

Barry

[Philippe B.]

Hi Juan
Installed PI 1199 on Sierra MBP.
All seems to work fine. I continue testing
Thank you !