Sean Meighan

General => Lights => Topic started by: robbiet on January 17, 2019, 06:19:00 PM

Title: 2019 Xlights OSX Install
Post by: robbiet on January 17, 2019, 06:19:00 PM

I see the compressed “tar.gz” files are no longer available for the 2019 xlights versions in OSX. What is the best way to install?  I used to just drop the extracted folder it in my xlights folder. Does it need to go under applications now?  Sorry...feel dumb asking how to install a program.


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Title: Re: 2019 Xlights OSX Install
Post by: kevinp on January 17, 2019, 06:33:50 PM

Double click the dmg file you downloaded to open.  Drag and drop the contents anywhere you want on your machine.

Title: Re: 2019 Xlights OSX Install
Post by: robbiet on January 17, 2019, 06:36:37 PM

Ok...so no difference then really. Everything will still function the same. Cool. Thanks.


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Title: Re: 2019 Xlights OSX Install
Post by: dkulp on January 17, 2019, 07:33:27 PM

Just a basic reason: Apple has announced that starting soon, OSX won't (easily) run apps that aren't both signed and notarized.   That includes the package that the app comes in.   There isn't a way to sign/notarize a tar.gz so shortly the tar.gz won't be usable anyway.   Plus, I'm running out of space on my server so not uploading the tar.gz saves a little space.

Title: Re: 2019 Xlights OSX Install
Post by: robbiet on January 17, 2019, 07:49:18 PM

Ok. Thank you for the explanation.


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