Vectorworks 2015 Install Problem with Macbook Air OS10.13

[lysafish]

Attempting to download and install 2015 on a Mac Book AIr 13 inch with 8GB Ram. Installers flashes up for a second and then nothing. Is it possible to install on Macbook AIr ? Is the Vectorworks too old ? any help ?

[Nicolas Goutte]

VW 2015 is pretty old for macOS 10.13. In the knowledge base, there is an article with compatibility problems for 2017 and 2018 (see below).

 

If you have an installed version somewhere else, you might try to copy it. (It may work, it may not work.)

 

 

 

[lysafish]

Thanks Nicholas. I have it installed on other Mac's with 10.11 and 10.12 (thank god I did not update), so I am guessing it has something to do with launching the installer ? I am guessing that if they were working to resolve the issue on September 27 last year and its still a problem then nobody found a solution ? 

[Nicolas Goutte]

macOS 10.13 is more picky on signatures of the installer (as every version of macOS in the last years has become more picky each time).

 

Therefore an old installer might not work correctly. That is why I thought you might have luck by copying a complete installation.

 

As for newer version of VW, they install fine on macOS 10.13 (I am currently writing this text from a Mac using macOS 10.13 😉 ). What I meant is that if the article was about VW 2017 and 2018, then the behavior of previous versions is undefined, which is mostly a bad sign.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Nicolas Goutte