Arduino IDE will not start

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi.

This might be a simple problem to solve, but for me is totally stopping.

I have my MacPro and UNO in front of me. They are connected via USB. I have the IDE downloaded and unpacked the Arduino software for Mac OS X. I simply follow the instructions fom "Getting Started". The problem is the software will not start!! I have previously done this on both my Win7-laptop and my RaspberryPI without any problems.

Is there something on Mac that I should know in order to get this working?

/Herbert

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The Arduino IDE is a Java program. Perhaps there is something wrong with your installation of Java. Might be time to look for an update.

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Are you getting error message, If yes paste the sanp shot of it

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AMPS-N:
Are you getting error message, If yes paste the sanp shot of it

On Mac OS X you can see some error messages by running the "Console" app.

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I installed version 1.0.4 and it started OK.

It seems like there is something fishy with version 1.0.5 since I have experienced problem with this version on Windows 7 also.

So i currently use version 1.0.4 on both Windows 7 and OS X 10.5.8!

/Herbert

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heor:
So i currently use version 1.0.4 on both Windows 7 and OS X 10.5.8!

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) was released in late 2007 so it is over 6 years old and four major revisions back. It is not surprising that the Java it runs is not capable of supporting the latest Arduino IDE.