hi I'm using an iMac from 2008 running MacOS 10.11.6 .. when I download the IDE it installs then promptly quits, with no message. Is V.1.8.8 actually not compatible with this MacOS version? thanks
DrAzzy
February 12, 2019, 3:49am
2
Nobody else has reported compatibility issues with 1.8.8 and MacOS, and I've seen a number of other people using MacOS with 1.8.8 - so this is some other issue.
I don't know how to debug that issue on mac, though.
pert
February 12, 2019, 3:55am
3
Yes, Arduino IDE 1.8.8 is incompatible anything older than macOS 10.12:
opened 05:44PM - 08 Dec 18 UTC
closed 02:38PM - 11 Dec 18 UTC
Type: Bug
OS: OSX
Type: Regression
Upgraded from 1.6.6.
v1.8.8 immediately crashes on startup with exception in… log console and crash report:
```
Process: Arduino [1153]
Path: /Applications/development/Arduino.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino
Identifier: cc.arduino.Arduino
Version: 1.8.8 (1.8.8)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Arduino [1153]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2018-12-08 18:02:00.194 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G22010)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: D68992EA-87DB-CDED-6913-AA92AAE020A6
Time Awake Since Boot: 740 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 AppKit Thread Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSApplicationAWT setAutomaticCustomizeTouchBarMenuItemEnabled:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fd003d71ae0'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called
```
Java version is:
```
java version "1.8.0_102"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed mode)
```
Also removing `~/Library/Arduino15` did not help.
Downloaded 1.8.6. : no problems, only slow File menu.
You can use Arduino IDE 1.8.7.
This bug has already been fixed but there has not been a release of the Arduino IDE since that time:
arduino:master ← sandeepmistry:fix-mac_os_x-crashing
opened 03:01PM - 10 Dec 18 UTC
A potential fix to #8274.
If you really need something newer than Arduino IDE 1.8.7, you can use the hourly build of the Arduino IDE:
but you should be aware that it is intended primarily for beta testing and may have bugs.
pert
February 13, 2019, 12:25am
5
You're welcome. I'm glad if I was able to be of assistance. Enjoy!