Hi all,
I have updated to xquartz 2.8.7 beta 3 and  coot 0.9.8.96 working fine. I
am using Mac Tahoe 26.6.2.

Best

Kedar
On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 12:08 AM Oliver H. Weiergräber <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Engin and Matthew,
>
> Using Coot 0.9.8.96 (ccp4) on a Macbook Air M2 (running latest OS and
> XQuartz, as mentioned above), this is what I am getting (see attached
> screenshot).
> As you can see, the bottom row (for display of status information) is
> mostly drawn black, and there is an additional horizontal area on top
> which should not be there. Btw, the icons displayed there are actually
> copies of the main toolbar on the right, and their number may change
> when resizing the window. Clearly a case of graphics corruption.
>
> Of course I tried deleting the .coot-preferences directory as well as
> local state files, without effect.
>
> Best,
> Oliver
>
>
>
>
>
> On 22.08.26 21:12, Engin Özkan wrote:
> > For extra data on this, everything I could test was fine with an M1
> > MacBook Pro and Xquartz 2.8.6 (stable) on Tahoe 26.6.2. All pop-up
> > windows I tried worked as intended. This is with 0.9.8.96 (installed via
> > ccp4, version 9.0.017).
> >
> > The only issue I have is a thin row of corrupted space (same thickness
> > as the menu bar) under the menu bar, or sequence viewer when turned on,
> > but it does not affect usability much. An upgrade to 2.8.7beta3 does not
> > fix this issue, so I would not suggest it yet.
> >
> > Engin
> >
> >
> > On 8/22/26 12:41 PM, Matthew Snee wrote:
> >> Hi Oliver
> >>
> >> I have tested two macs now using xquartz 2.8.6 and coot 0.9.8.93 EL
> >> and both an M4 MAX studio and an M2 MacBook Air with the latest Tahoe.
> >>
> >> I tested looking at maps and some refinement features etc.. Obviously
> >> I cant test everything but dialogue boxes and stuff are all working
> >> fine for me.
> >>
> >> I'm not recommending anyone  assumes it will work with their hardware,
> >>  but I thought everyone was in the same boat as me where it wouldn't
> >> even launch?
> >>
> >> Best wishes
> >>
> >> Matthew.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> *From:* Oliver H. Weiergräber <[email protected]>
> >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 22, 2026 6:12 pm
> >> *To:* Matthew Snee <[email protected]>;
> >> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> >> *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] Quartz/Coot 0.9.8.96
> >> Dear Matthew,
> >>
> >> For me, using Tahoe 26.6.2 and XQuartz 2.8.6, Coot 0.9 starts up with a
> >> partly corrupted workspace.
> >> Are you maybe referring to XQuartz 2.8.7beta?
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Oliver
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21.08.26 18:27, Matthew Snee wrote:
> >> > Hi All
> >> >
> >> > Just to let everyone know,  but the latest Xquartz or Tahoe update
> >> > appears to have fixed the (OpenGL) issue in Xquartz that broke Coot
> 0.9
> >> > versions for mac.
> >> >
> >> > *Matthew Snee, PhD*
> >> >
> >> > Post-doctoral Research Associate
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The Baldock Lab | Michael Smith Building C3.214 | Wellcome Trust
> Centre
> >> > for Cell-Matrix Research |Division of Cell Matrix Biology &
> Regenerative
> >> > Medicine| School of Biological Sciences| Faculty of Biology, Medicine
> >> > and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT
> >> >
> >> > Lab Tel: +44 (0)161 306 2869
> >> >
> >> > cell-matrix-research
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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