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Yosemite problems - read here

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Yosemite problems - read here

Postby Gijs » Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:07 am

If you've tried to run FlightGear versions prior to 3.4 on a Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite) system, you've probably found it does not work. Below we explain why that is and how you can get it to work.

Why do older versions FlightGear not run on Yosemite?
The simulator itself worked fine, but the default launcher failes because it is written in ruby/cocoa and Apple took away the ruby/cocoa library in OSX 10.10.

What can I do to run FlightGear on Yosemite?
In order to run FlightGear on Yosemite, you can do either of these:
What does the FlightGear team do to fix this?
With the 3.4 release this February, FlightGear is now shipped with a built-in launcher on Mac. The original launcher has been dropped. Future versions of FlightGear will have a built-in launcher on all platforms, phasing out any external launchers that you can currently get.
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Re: Yosemite problems - read here

Postby Definee » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:38 pm

Have FG 3.4 Fixed this problem?
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Re: Yosemite problems - read here

Postby VicMar » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:34 am

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Re: Yosemite problems - read here

Postby zbot473 » Sat Oct 15, 2016 8:07 pm

I tried downloading v3.6 and I can't even open the .dmg file. HELP! I run OSX 10.12 (os sierra; with siri).
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Re: Yosemite problems - read here

Postby Jet86 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:38 am

zbot473 wrote in Sat Oct 15, 2016 8:07 pm:I tried downloading v3.6 and I can't even open the .dmg file. HELP! I run OSX 10.12 (os sierra; with siri).

v3.6 was not released. Is there any reason you are trying to download it rather than 2016.3.1 which is the latest and works great on Sierra?
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