Mark, thanks for your answer. Is it possible to compile KiCAD allowing version 7 to use Catalina instead of BigSur as the minimum OS? Version 6 I can run in Catalina and works. I just finished testing KiCAD version 7 under Windows 10 (under Virtual Box 6.142). It works without using OpenGL and for a small project it works with some slowness. Virtual Box has a proprietary video driver that seems to not use OpenGL, although the MACmini videocard is an Intel HD3000 which is capable to use OpenGL3.1 (as I saw in a Microsoft forum). Another possibility for me would to install a Linux or Windows in the Macmini to test if they can run natively using the HD3000 Video card directly. This would not run under MAC OS and Virtual Box and will take some days to learn how to do it and install. Em quarta-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2023 às 21:50:52 UTC-3, mark....@gmail.com escreveu:
> We aren't using Metal at all, for now. > > > >KiCAD is not a SW that demands high CPU power > > Computational geometry is actually quite demanding of CPU power as board > complexity increases, so your statement is completely false. > However for simple designs yes, it isn't a real needed. > > Most of your slow issues such as resizing windows is not a KiCad problem. > We don't do anything special, in fact it's most likely your old hardware > not playing nice with newer macos. > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 7:32 PM 'Marco Aurélio Carvalho' via KiCad > Developers <dev...@kicad.org> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I would like to ask developers of KiCAD to keep compatibility of KiCAD 7 >> with older MAC machines that do not have GPU METAL compatibility. Maybe >> selecting properly options to not use the new METAL resource. >> In my case I have a MACMINI Server mid 2011 with SSD and 16GB of RAM. The >> machine is still capable of running actual SW, even running Catalina, Big >> SUR, Monterey and Ventura versions of MAC OS (with open core legacy >> patcher). But cannot use the GPU if the METAL interface is used. So graphic >> design is done by SW and very very slow. >> KiCAD is not a SW that demands high CPU power. But since version 6 (and >> now 7 requiring Big SUR) is not possible to use comfortably the SW. Version >> 6 with Catalina is slow to resize windows but still usable. But version 7 >> (with Ventura and open core) is to slow to do everything. I am going to >> test version 7 under Windows running on Virtual Box to see if it is usable. >> But in that scenario there are many resources to run windows. Since there >> is a native MAC OS version it is a waste to use it under a virtual machine >> and windows. >> There must be a lot of MAC users that do not have modern machines but >> still have old ones that are used for most of tasks. >> Thanks >> Marco Aurelio >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "KiCad Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to devlist+u...@kicad.org. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/1229fc00-5baf-47d9-8f63-6007962e320cn%40kicad.org >> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/1229fc00-5baf-47d9-8f63-6007962e320cn%40kicad.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Mark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to devlist+unsubscr...@kicad.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/0d3299fb-0e6b-4099-a9a1-2a2a71116eedn%40kicad.org.
