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Hardware => General hardware => Topic started by: marcusking70 on January 22, 2017, 06:47:37 PM

Title: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: marcusking70 on January 22, 2017, 06:47:37 PM

Starting from scratch....If I was to use Xlights and a raspberry pi to run my show, what specs are required on the mac I would use? Would a Mac mini work?


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Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: kevinp on January 23, 2017, 09:31:38 AM

xLights is built to run on OS X 10.7 and above I believe.  As with anything else, the more memory and faster processor(s) you have the better.

Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: bluemaster on January 23, 2017, 09:34:45 AM

I think it's above 10.7. My old 2006 Macbook Pro with 10.7 couldn't run the latest releases.


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Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: kevinp on January 23, 2017, 03:31:33 PM

Opening the code in Xcode shows a deployment of 10.7.  I know that did break this last year, but I thought Dan had fixed it.  I haven't tried it recently on my old lap top though.

Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: dkulp on January 23, 2017, 08:50:02 PM

Yea.. there were a few of the third party libs that were not build properly for 10.7, but those should all be fixed now.

Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: marcusking70 on January 28, 2017, 09:01:57 AM

Would it be safe to say that a MAC mini would work?


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Title: Re: Mac specs for xlights?
Post by: kevinp on January 29, 2017, 07:02:47 AM

Quote from: marcusking70 on January 28, 2017, 09:01:57 AM

Would it be safe to say that a MAC mini would work?

As long as the OS is 10.7 and above, yes it will work.  I can run the latest xLights (release 56) on a 8 year old Macbook under 10.7.