IDE 2.x not installing on MAC (intel Silicon)

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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Hi, dragging and dropping into applications folder does not do anything. Might just be me. Tried a restart and nightly build. I figured it was a pc issue until I installed the latest 1.x IDE without issue (noting that I extracted and ran it from the applications folder).

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If you can help great, if not I'll use 1.8.10.

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Hi @christianinaus

Please provide a detailed description of what you expected it to do.

The expected result is that you should see a "Copying "Arduino IDE" to "Applications"" dialog appear:

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Once the copying process is finished, you should see the "Arduino IDE" file in your Applications folder:

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Are you getting different results from what I described?

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Hi ptillisch, unfortunately yes I have different behaviour to what you described. It just appears in the folder as if I moved it there, first time this has happened to me, although I've only been on a mac for 6 months - any ideas?

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That is exactly what you did so this is the expected behavior. Now double click on the "Arduino IDE" app in the Applications folder and the IDE will start up.

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My screen shot isn't very clear, it worked for 1.8.19, so the correctly installed arduino app you see in my screenshot to the left of "arduino-ide_2.1.1_macOS_64bit" installed is 1.8.19. If it's clearer I can uninstall 1.8.19 and send more screenshots.

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Please follow these instructions very carefully. If you experience any behavior that doesn't exactly match the expected result I describe, then post a detailed description of the behavior you experienced in a reply here.

  1. Double click on the Arduino IDE 2.1.1-nightly-20230712.dmg file.
    EXPECTED RESULT: A window that looks similar to this appears:
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  2. Move the mouse pointer over the teal Arduino logo icon in the window.
  3. Click the mouse button and hold the mouse button down.
  4. Move the mouse pointer over the Applications folder icon in the window.
  5. Release the mouse button.
    EXPECTED RESULT: The "Arduino IDE" icon is dragged over to the "Applications" icon and a "Copying "Arduino IDE" to "Applications"" dialog appears:
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  6. Wait for the copy operation to finish, as indicated by the progress indicator bar on the "Copying "Arduino IDE" to "Applications"" dialog and the eventual disappearance of the dialog.
  7. Open your "Applications" folder in Finder.
    EXPECTED RESULT: There is an "Arduino IDE" item in the Applications folder.
  8. Double click on the "Arduino IDE" item.
    EXPECTED RESULT: Arduino IDE eventually starts up.
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Thank you! turns out it was just me, how embarrassing. Thanks for teaching me step by step how to use the mac. Apologies for wasting your time.

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You are welcome. I'm glad it is working now.

No cause for apology. I'm always glad to have the opportunity to be of assistance.

Regards,
Per

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