How kind of you, I thank you very much and I will take your advice, it will surely help me. I wish you all the best!
> El 15 abr 2024, a las 3:07 p.m., Carl Sorensen <[email protected]> > escribió: > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 2:26 PM Alejandro Castera <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Good afternoon, community. >> >> I've been using Lilypond on Mac for a long time, but for a few years now >> they haven't released a new version to install in DMG format. There are some >> packages to install via "ports" (which I haven't understood what they are) >> and using MacPorts or Homebrew (which I haven't understood how to use >> either). All this through the Terminal command line, which I don't >> understand how to use. For this reason, I am still using LilyPond version >> 2.20 because it was the last one installable as DMG. Please, if someone can >> guide me to install the latest version of LilyPond 2.24.3 because I have >> tried several times in different ways and have not succeeded. >> >> Please, LilyPond developers, we need a DMG installer because not all of us >> Mac musicians know the Terminal command line. > > Dear Alejandro, > > Due to Apple's policies on creating applications, there will not be any more > .DMG installs of LilyPond. > > However, you can get LilyPond to work on your Mac without using the Terminal. > > You will want to download Frescobaldi, which is available as a DMG. > https://www.frescobaldi.org/download > > And then you will install LilyPond as an executable file. We currently have > x86 applications that can be run even on Apple Silicon Macs, but will be a > bit slower than the native M1 build: https://lilypond.org/development.html > > We also have an M1 build available: https://cloud.hahnjo.de/s/x9D62eASSn6Ng7D > > Once you have LilyPond installed, you will need to set the Lilypond > Preferences in Frescobaldi to point to your LilyPond executable. Once you > have done that, you can use Frescobaldi to edit your lilypond files. It's so > much better than the LilyPad editor that you will love it. > > Detailed instructions for doing this are found in the Learning Manual: > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/learning/graphical-setup-under-macos > > You don't need to use the Terminal at all if you follow these instructions. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Carl Sorensen
