Running LC Windows 64-bit on MacOS 14
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:20 am
Caveat: This concerns running the LC 9.6.3 Community Windows 64-bit version: your mileage may differ.
So:
1. WINE screws up on MacOS 14 betas 1 & 2: it installs on beta 3.
2. Select the 'All Users' option when installing LC.
3. The IDE will NOT accept key commands: it's all mouse and menu, happy people.
4. To QUIT LC running in WINE you have to use the Force Quit menu item in the Apple Menu.
5. Kinky types who might want to install earlier versions of LiveCode will NOT manage that with any of the 32-bit versions [such as 7.1.4].
6. Once the thing has been installed, to run it you will have to click on this:
/Users/yourAccount/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Run Rev/LiveCome Community/LiveCode Community.exe
which as it is a "right bother" can be made easier by dragging the LiveCode Community.exe thing to the Dock and ALSO making sure it is set to be opened by WINE every time.
Just to make things "extra jazzy" the LiveCode Community.exe icon will NOT 'sit' among the other App icons, but has to be parked along with the folders next to the trash icon:
- - - -
The brown icon is the LiveCode Community.exe link.
So:
1. WINE screws up on MacOS 14 betas 1 & 2: it installs on beta 3.
2. Select the 'All Users' option when installing LC.
3. The IDE will NOT accept key commands: it's all mouse and menu, happy people.
4. To QUIT LC running in WINE you have to use the Force Quit menu item in the Apple Menu.
5. Kinky types who might want to install earlier versions of LiveCode will NOT manage that with any of the 32-bit versions [such as 7.1.4].
6. Once the thing has been installed, to run it you will have to click on this:
/Users/yourAccount/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Run Rev/LiveCome Community/LiveCode Community.exe
which as it is a "right bother" can be made easier by dragging the LiveCode Community.exe thing to the Dock and ALSO making sure it is set to be opened by WINE every time.
Just to make things "extra jazzy" the LiveCode Community.exe icon will NOT 'sit' among the other App icons, but has to be parked along with the folders next to the trash icon:
- - - -
The brown icon is the LiveCode Community.exe link.