OpenCPN and new Mac OS

[Snore]

Before I spend an hour chasing my tail I wanted to see if anyone else has had the following issue--recently upgraded my Mac OS and not the charts are not displaying. I get a pretty blue screen, my various routes- but no charts. I use chart groups, and have asked it to display all. The chart "buttons" appear on the bottom, but no charts.

Bill

[Pendragon35]

I have OpenCPN 5.01 running on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.15.1 (Catalina). Works fine. I find it's hard to control the zoom level (chart quilting enabled). But that's always been an issue. I use raster charts.

[Snore]

Originally Posted by Pendragon35

I have OpenCPN 5.01 running on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.15.1 (Catalina). Works fine. I find it's hard to control the zoom level (chart quilting enabled). But that's always been an issue. I use raster charts.

Thanks. This is exactly what I have.

Did you get a request about sharing the screen? I said no— that may be the issue.

Now to find that setting

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by Snore

Thanks. This is exactly what I have.

Did you get a request about sharing the screen? I said no— that may be the issue.

Now to find that setting

There is no setting in OpenCPN for sharing the screen. Might be you have something running like VNC or the such. Look in your MacOS settings.

[bcn]

With update to Catalina there is an issue of directory access permissions if the charts are not in the standard OCPN data directory.

In Options|Charts|Directories delete the directory and add it again. Apply.

[Snore]

Originally Posted by bcn

With update to Catalina there is an issue of directory access permissions if the charts are not in the standard OCPN data directory.



In Options|Charts|Directories delete the directory and add it again. Apply.

LOL, I deleted and re-added the chart directory and that fixed it. Then I saw your post.

Thanks

[SCarns]

So O5.0 works on Catalina? Any issues with installing new software/plugins?

[Snore]

Originally Posted by SCarns

So O5.0 works on Catalina? Any issues with installing new software/plugins?

Just got a chance to play with the program. The plug-ins work. Only issue was re-adding the directories.

[CarCode]

Originally Posted by SCarns

So O5.0 works on Catalina? Any issues with installing new software/plugins?

Catalina only uses 64bit software. That means any old 32bit driver for GPS devices or others does not work anymore. Actually there are even no 64bit printer drivers available for some printers. So be careful when switching to Catalina!

[Pendragon35]

Originally Posted by Snore

Thanks. This is exactly what I have.

Did you get a request about sharing the screen? I said no— that may be the issue.

Now to find that setting

No I didn't, it just worked.

[SCarns]

Just upgraded my Old MacBook Pro to Catalina. OCPN was a little weird at first, but after a database rebuild, it seems fine.

[Lufada]

Hello!
I am trying to run opencpn on my macbook pro M3, but it always crashes right after opening. I can see a map for less than a second and then boom, app closes automatically without any message on the screen.

Mac OS Sonoma 14.6, last version of open cpn for mac 5.8.4.

Any tips of what I can try to do to fix it?

thanks a lot

[CarCode]

Switch to qtVLM: https://www.meltemus.com/index.php/en/download

[emilecantin]

I'm still on Ventura, OpenCPN 5.8.4 runs fine on my M2 Macbook Pro.


Not a solution, just a data point, sorry.

[SoggyPaws]

You might try to beta version for Mac, posted here.
The Windows version I know is much more stable than 5.8.4, might be significant improvements in the Mac version too.
https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ed-288251.html