topic Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10 in Collaboration with other software

ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:46:03 GMT

Hi Guys

ArchiCAD crashes all the time on OS X Yosemite 10.10.

When is ArchiCAD 18 being released which will be more stable Yosemite.

Cheers
Joe

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:13:29 GMT

You are completely joking, right?

The Yosemite mass beta was just released last week. By the time that Yosemite is on the App Store for public consumption this Fall, Graphisoft will probably have a hotfix for 18. But, with some OS X releases, Apple has changed things in the final release vs the betas and Graphisoft and others were not able to release compatibility updates until after the public release.

Apple is very clear about not running the Yosemite beta on a production machine - even going so far as to suggest that a second Mac be used for Yosemite beta testing, not even using a partition on a primary machine.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:09:51 GMT

The OS X Yosemite beta version has been out for developers for a while. Surely i'm allowed to ask without getting my head ripped off.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:32:04 GMT

Not really. Again, if you read Apple's own guidelines for beta testing, you shouldn't expect Yosemite to be usable in a production environment.

We'll get an announcement when GS is ready to support Yosemite. With pretty much every release of OS X, GS advises not upgrading until they have tested things. I do not recall them ever releasing any kind of interim fixes for beta versions of any OS.

Graphisoft's developers are busy rolling out all of the international versions of AC 18 for the officially supported hardware/OS platforms. Whether they can spare someone until that is complete to start working on the Yosemite beta is something that they likely won't share with us.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:07:53 GMT

The basic answer is that with luck AC will be compatible with 10.10 once 10.10 ships meanwhile you should not expect any hotfix that will address incompatibility with a beta OS. We might wish that it were otherwise but that has been the case since I remember which was 10.3 Panther.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:59:55 GMT

joe1828 wrote:
When is ArchiCAD 18 being released which will be more stable Yosemite.

Hi Joe,

we've been actively testing ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10 since the first development preview. Also we are in touch with Apple to make sure we sort out all possible issues for the time 10.10 will be publicly available this Fall. After the release we will publish our compatibility notes on HelpCenter, please only migrate after considering those.

Of course any feedback is absolute welcome until then. Post them either here or PM me.

To check the crashes please PM me the bug ID our crash reporter gives and I will look them up.

Regards,
Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:34:21 GMT

Marton wrote:
joe1828 wrote:
When is ArchiCAD 18 being released which will be more stable Yosemite.
Hi Joe,

we've been actively testing ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10 since the first development preview. Also we are in touch with Apple to make sure we sort out all possible issues for the time 10.10 will be publicly available this Fall. After the release we will publish our compatibility notes on HelpCenter, please only migrate after considering those.

Of course any feedback is absolute welcome until then. Post them either here or PM me.

To check the crashes please PM me the bug ID our crash reporter gives and I will look them up.

Regards,
Marton

Thank you, when it crashes next i'll send you a PM. Thanks

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:02:28 GMT

All,

we've identified the source of these crashes and the good news is that it won't affect the final version of 10.10. The crash is related to the presence of Apple's built in Feedback tool in the Help Menu.

From our end we are working on a solution, but this menu item won't be there in the final OS X 10.10 anyways.

Until the final Yosemite arrives a possible workaround would be moving the Documentation, Help and WWLinks folders out of the ArchiCAD folder. Make sure to move these back after migrating to the final OS X and before applying any ArchiCAD updates.

Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:44:40 GMT

has anybody tested ArchiCad 17 on Yosemite? won´t be able to upgrade Archicad until Feb 2015 and would like to upgrade my OSx this fall

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:45:26 GMT

BIMx doesn't work at all on Yosemite B3. The application will not launch manually or when double-clicking a BIMx model file to open it.

I haven't tried publishing or saving a BIMx model in Yosemite B3.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:51:27 GMT

Eric wrote:
BIMx doesn't work at all on Yosemite B3. The application will not launch manually or when double-clicking a BIMx model file to open it.

I haven't tried publishing or saving a BIMx model in Yosemite B3.

Thanks for the heads up Eric, we are working on a solution.

Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:14:23 GMT

Something else I've noticed on Yosemite B3 is that the screen flickers whenever an operation is performed that requires a screen redraw (like zooming, for example).

Any remedy for that? Changing the 2d acceleration didn't do anything.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

NCornia — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:54:30 GMT

Just a word of common sense about upgrading any OS. Before any operating system upgrade we advise that you:

a. Have external back-ups of your data.
b. Pick an appropriate time to upgrade the OS (when deadline pressures are lower)
c. Have a method to restore computer to its previous state if needed.

Usually if you have these things in place very little to nothing will go wrong and the precautions will go unused. If these precautions are not put in place then you are almost guaranteed to have bumps in the road. Murphy's law.

A CNET article I recommend (from last year but contains universal advice that still applies):CNET | 5 things to do before upgrading to OS X Mavericks

HTH

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:34:09 GMT

Eric wrote:
Something else I've noticed on Yosemite B3 is that the screen flickers whenever an operation is performed that requires a screen redraw (like zooming, for example).

Any remedy for that? Changing the 2d acceleration didn't do anything.

Eric,

we are testing 10.10 on a great number of Macs, but so far we haven't noticed flickering.
Could you share the specs of the Mac you have 10.10 on?

Thanks,
Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:39:09 GMT

Marton, specs are in my signature.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:56:22 GMT

Eric wrote:
Marton, specs are in my signature.

OK, thanks. Which generation is it? About this Mac, System Report, Model Name - like 10,1

Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

aahatimo — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:38:20 GMT

yosemite now available, who is trying it first?!

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Marton Kiss — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:52:32 GMT

aahatimo wrote:
yosemite now available, who is trying it first?!

Before trying it please read our compatibility notes: http://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/?p=42283

Marton

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:24:27 GMT

Will the 18 hotfix be coming anytime soon?
We'd like to upgrade but incompatibility issues with BIMx
(not to mention the stability issues between Cadimage/Maxwell and AC18) have us in a holding pattern.

Re: ArchiCAD on OS X Yosemite 10.10

aahatimo — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:48:52 GMT

plus will not be able to use a new retina iMac preloaded with 10.10. but overall it looks like main 10.10 & archicad issues are with bimx and some add ons, right?