Testers Needed for Mac M1 packages

General Discussion
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I’ve been building on my M1-based MacBook Air and think I can distribute signed releases.

Is there anyone who’d like to test a build?

  • Do you see any “unknown developer” dialogs?
    • These builds should be properly signed / notarized … but it’s my computer’s certificate so I want to make sure they work on other Macs :slight_smile:
  • Do you find other errors after launching / running?
    • They should be bundled properly for an M1 machine, but again, it helps to know if it works on other people’s Macs…

Interested?

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Here’s the beta M1 package I can assure you that it’s signed and passed Apple’s notarization. It’s also the version I’m using on my laptop. Otherwise, it doesn’t have much testing yet, so help is appreciated!

[ Please use a download from the GitHub releases ]

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Hi, just downloaded the dmg, worked great! I’m still getting the ‘Error interpreting Open Babel output.’ output when trying to optimise geometry, but that was also a problem for me with 1.94 and 1.95

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Did any error message pop up about unknown developer, etc.?
(I’m trying to ensure the signature / notarization is solved.)

The Open Babel error is different - the “hardened runtime” required to sign apps requires a specific entitlement to load Open Babel’s plugins. Pretty sure I have that one solved now too.

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That sounds great! I only got the normal warning (downloaded from the internet) which I could immediately press “open”

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Hi, I tried installing the software on Macbook Air M1 and got the following error message
“Avogadro2” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

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Did you download the M1 link above (from Dropbox) or the M1 release

Because with 1.96 and 1.97 releases, the M1 versions are signed and notarized.

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Thank you prof. for the reply. Yes, I downloaded from the above link and just tried again to install. It is showing the same “Avogadro2” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

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I just downloaded the dmg file from the below link and it got installed. Thank you.
https://two.avogadro.cc/install/index.html

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That one is not arm64 version though.

this one gives the “unknown developer” dialog

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Huh. I’ll have to look into that. Thanks.

To double-check, the 1.97 x64 (non-arm64) release does not show the “unknown developer” but the M1 release does?

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Yes, that’s correct.