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Topic: Armory on macOS 11 (Big Sur) (Read 11989 times)

legendary
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Armory Developer
July 12, 2024, 12:00:18 AM
#11
Couple people helping me push 0.97 through the door, that should run on macOS just fine (fingers crossed).
legendary
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bitcoincleanup.com / bitmixlist.org
June 20, 2024, 04:46:10 AM
#10
Is there any status update on MacOS support?

Catalina, and for the matter Big Sur, support ended quite a while ago.

It would be easier to just port the whole thing to Python 3, wouldn't it?
legendary
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Armory Developer
April 13, 2022, 04:13:44 AM
#9
Is there any way to run it on macOS Monterey 12.2.1 (21D62)?

Unlikely 0.96.5 would run on a recent macOS
newbie
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April 12, 2022, 11:10:21 AM
#8
Is there any way to run it on macOS Monterey 12.2.1 (21D62)?
sr. member
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August 24, 2021, 09:41:26 AM
#7
Thanks, that's gonna be though as I don't have any other PC right now.

VMware Fusion is free and works fine.
legendary
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Armory Developer
August 14, 2021, 06:21:59 PM
#6
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Do you think is possible that Armory wallet will be upgraded to recent MacOS version?

WIP
newbie
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August 14, 2021, 04:34:53 PM
#5
Thanks, that's gonna be though as I don't have any other PC right now. Do you think is possible that Armory wallet will be upgraded to recent MacOS version?
sr. member
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August 11, 2021, 09:38:46 AM
#4
I wanted to download Armory because I wanted to sell a bit of my BTC which I have a paper backup.

The problem is MacOS 11.4 system on which I can't download Armory and BitcoinCore. I am very new in crypto.
Are you able to tell me how to restore my BTC in that case?

Install Armory on another PC (or a virtual machine) and import your paper backup over there. That's the only real option for now. I'm not going to touch the build system and get a modern macOS build ready until 0.97 stabilizes.
legendary
Activity: 3766
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Armory Developer
August 10, 2021, 12:42:58 PM
#3
Set this topic as the new MacOS sticky. For reference, this is the previous sticky thread:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/armory-on-macos-1015-catalina-5200633
newbie
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August 10, 2021, 09:40:28 AM
#2
Hi droark

I wanted to download Armory because I wanted to sell a bit of my BTC which I have a paper backup.

The problem is MacOS 11.4 system on which I can't download Armory and BitcoinCore. I am very new in crypto.
Are you able to tell me how to restore my BTC in that case?


sr. member
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March 01, 2021, 10:49:16 PM
#1
Hello. FYI, if you're not on macOS 11 yet, and Armory support is important to you, please don't upgrade. Apple has finally prevented Qt 4 from loading. There are two options at the moment for getting around this restriction.

- Don't upgrade. macOS 10.15 does work, at least in some cases.
- Install Parallels or VMware Fusion, install an appropriate OS (Windows or Ubuntu, or a pre-11 macOS ISO if you know what you're doing), install Armory and Bitcoin Core on it, and run Armory from there. If you don't want to download the blockchain again, it is possible to set up shared folders such that Core and Armory can use the data you've already downloaded. You can also copy the data into the VM, although that's an awful lot of redundant storage. (WARNING: Trying to go between Windows and macOS data may be problematic. I can't confirm it.)

Again, when I have time, I'll look into getting a better build system set up such that everything will be fine as of 0.97. The current setup is too much of a pain in the butt to maintain. I refuse to support it any further. Future builds will require a few more Homebrew installs but that's trivial. Also, it'll be online-only. If you somehow have an offline-only setup, please look into migrating elsewhere. Raspberry Pis cost virtually nothing and will receive far more support than an offline Mac setup.

Thanks.
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