Hi, I’ve just started using Gramps having downloaded onto my M1 MBP. However it seems to be a bit glitchy… occasional black screens, and I seem to have to click buttons twice to get them to work. Mouse will not work in drop down menus… Is there a specific version of the software for M1 Macs? - cou…

Hi Neil, Let’s start by with a rundown of your software configuration. Could you install the Prerequisites Checker Add-on gramplet and post a copy’n’paste of the readout?

Gramps is written in Python with absolutely no assembly anywhere. Consequently, it should work on any platform where Python is installed. But, in order not to reinvent the wheel, it uses many “external” libraries like gtk+, cairo, pango, … You can have the list of these libraries by running the foll…

MacIona:~ Iona$ gramps -v -bash: gramps: command not found MacIona:~ Iona$ gramps-v -bash: gramps-v: command not found MacIona:~ Iona$ gramps -v -bash: gramps: command not found MacIona:~ Iona$

thanks for responding - Diagnostic Gramplet to help evaluate if Gramps has all prerequisites installed. You have Gramps 5.1.5 installed; an unreleased development version. Thank you for contributing and testing; please report any issues. Backups are your friend. REQUIREMENTS The following packag…

In a terminal window, cd to the Gramps app. Then go down the Contents/MacOS folder. From there, run the gramps -v. For instance, I have the Gramps app on my desktop cd ~/Desktop/Gramps\ 5.1.5.app/Contents/MacOS ./Gramps -v I have a macbook air with an M1 running Monterey OS and have no issues. …

I don’t have an Apple-silicone machine (Yet!) but… I experience the issue of needing to click twice on my Intel Mac. In certain situations, a dialog box will open but you need to click it once for it to get ‘focus’. Then click again to do whatever it was you wanted to do in the first place. Sorr…

Troubleshoot Gramps on Mac M1?

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