Excellent. I look forward to seeing new versions of the OSX Utilities for the Elecraft line sometime soon then.
Regards Andy, G8TQH > On 27 Mar 2019, at 18:37, Charles Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, you are not the only person who uses a Mac with their Elecraft equipment > and macOS utilities. Elecraft is aware of the 32 bit limitation, and so is > the developer of the KX3 app for macOS. I expect 64 bit versions of all > Elecraft utilities will be released before the general release of the next > OS, assuming the pre-release developer versions have 32 bit support removed. > > 73, Charles, K4ZRJ > > > >> On Mar 27, 2019, at 2:10 PM, Andy McMullin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Charles. >> >> So, am I the only person interested in using my Elecraft kit with a Mac in >> the future? If not, how can we get this app updated to work on Macs from now >> on? Who do we need to ask? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 27 Mar 2019, at 17:55, Charles Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Unless Apple changes its position on 32 bit software like the KX3 Utility, >>> 32 bit apps will not run on the next major release of macOS. The warning >>> message is just that - a warning message that the app in question will not >>> run on future version of the OS. The warning messages appears at random >>> times, but is still valid. One can use the Activity Monitor app to >>> determine what software is 32 bit and what is 64 bit. >>> >>> I’m a registered Apple developer, and have updated my apps to 64 bit code >>> long ago, but some apps are written in such a way as to make conversion to >>> 64 bit code problematic. >>> >>> I believe Elecraft produces the Windows versions of the apps, but the macOS >>> and Linux versions are undertaken by others such as W4SMT. >>> >>> 73, Charles, K4ZRJ >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 27, 2019, at 12:05 PM, Andy McMullin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> This might seem like an odd question, but I’ve tried a search of the mail >>>> list archive and not found the answer. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if there is a trick or other way around the error >>>> messages from the KX3 Utility, when run on a modern Macintosh (mine’s >>>> running OS-X Mojave, 10.14.4), about the software not being usable on >>>> future versions? It’s to do with 32-bit versus 64-bit and future versions >>>> of the OS not running old software. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Andy, G8TQH >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
