Roger Hare Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, adrian brown said: I can't comment on any of the recent posts here as it goes way beyond my technical ability, etc... I'm happy that at least one person has benefited from my original suggestion. Alex's post indicating that WINE may well work is better news than was contained in my post about this software. I'm sorry now that I made the post - I did think carefully before making the post, but it seems to have done nothing but muddy the waters. This was not my intention. My apologies to anyone who has been confused by this. Mea culpa! Edited February 5, 2021 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Lederman Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I downloaded the package recommended above for Easy ABC but my Mac (with Big Sur) refuses to open it, saying it cannot verify the source. Any other ideas? Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 A perennial question with Macs. I'm only running Catalina, but you can go to System Preferences (Security and Privacy pane, perhaps?) where you can give permission to run apps not from Apple-recognized developers. Someone here will recall the specifics... Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 You’re on the right track, Ken. I’m running Big Sur. Opening the “General” pane of the “Security and Privacy” section of “System Preferences” after trying to open an app that the MacOS blocks will present you with an option to open it anyway. Once you allow it to open, the question won’t arise again unless you update the software. You need to take a leap of faith that you can trust the software, but nobody on this forum (or anywhere else that I am aware of) has reported problems resulting from downloading and running “EasyABC.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) More 'good news' relating to potential problems with Apple Macs! Seems as if the processors in new model Macintoshes are an entirely different architecture, leading to further problems, specifically with EasyABC. I haven't really followed it, as I'm not a Mac user, but a discussion on the ABCusers list can be found here. _______________________________________ [On the subject of running non-Macintosh software in general, I have an acquaintance who system has flatly refused to install/implement a language compiler using these "System Preferences" options. This compiler comes from a reputable U.S. university research group with an international reputation. So much for Macintosh! I'm really glad I don't have a Macintosh, and hope and pray that the same sort of situation never arises with Windoze machines... Is this bloody company called Apple or Macintosh, or what?] Edited June 21, 2021 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 13 hours ago, lachenal74693 said: More 'good news' relating to potential problems with Apple Macs! Seems as if the processors in new model Macintoshes are an entirely different architecture, leading to further problems, specifically with EasyABC. I haven't really followed it, as I'm not a Mac user, but a discussion on the ABCusers list can be found here. More recent additions to that discussion seem to suggest that the problem is resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 9 hours ago, David Barnert said: More recent additions to that discussion seem to suggest that the problem is resolved. Aye, I had another look. I freely admit that I know so little about Macs, that I couldn't really work out whether the problem had been fixed or not. It was just a 'heads-up' to alert folks to another potential bump in the road. If a fix has been found, that's good news 😎. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Thanks, by the way, for reconnecting me with the abcusers group. I was on it in the late 90s, early 2000s, and somehow fell off. I didn’t know it was still operating (it was an email list, not a group, when I knew it). I have now rejoined and still see some of the same names posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, David Barnert said: Thanks, by the way, for reconnecting me with the abcusers group... Heh! Apart from alerting Mac users to some possible problemettes with the Mac machines using these new architectures, the 'hidden agenda' was to make folks aware that 'ABCusers' existed. I dunno the full story, but I think the original forum/group/list died a slow lingering death, and it was revived on a new platform some time last year. The really bad news is that I joined, and now sometimes post there as well as here - there is no escape...😎 Edited June 23, 2021 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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