[digiKam-users] digikam won't open on mac

[Jorge Rosa]

Thank you for prompt and helpful advice.

best regards and keep safe.
jorge

> On Sep 11, 2020, at 7:23 AM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Your error is due to Metal API from Apple unavailable on your MacOX version.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_(API)
> 
> Metal is only public with MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra), and digiKam is
> compiled with a backward binary compatibility with this release.
> Previous MacOS version will not work.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le ven. 11 sept. 2020 à 04:21, Jorge Rosa <jrosa at gizelleimports.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Greetings;
>> Hope you are in a good.  I have an apple computer with os 10.10.5.  Installed de Digicam software and the following error apears.
>> 
>> dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Metal.framework/Versions/A/Metal
>>  Referenced from: /opt/digikam/libexec/qt5/lib/QtWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWidgets
>>  Reason: image not found (1005)
>> 
>> Please advise what could be the trouble.
>> best regards
>> Jorge Rosa
>>