![]() Usually they are stored in ~/Library/Application Support so that they are ‘protected’ from inadvertent user tinkering. The libraries can be stored wherever you like. I have KiCad working very well on Catalina (both stable and nightly) so can confirm it works. Getting this working seems a bit of a pain but is worth it. I’d appreciate any help on this particular issue, and I’d also welcome a “heads-up” if the macOS port of KiCAD is simply not ready for prime time… I don’t want to make a career of coaxing KiCAD to run on a platform it’s ill-suited for. Nevertheless, the KiCAD install seems to be the most obstinate & confusing I’ve encountered. I should say that I expect non-Apple apps to have all sorts of installation issues - because Apple sucks at openness (and other things). If my question sounds a bit “short”, please forgive me. Can someone explain this? - or clarify the opaque options here?Īnd why is this dialog designed to “lock” my system up such that I must summon “Activity Monitor” to “Force Quit” the app?!? That’s not right… Which file or folder am I looking for exactly? The default choice is greyed out for some unknown reason (did I do something wrong?), and the dialog nor the referenced answer give any clues about where or what this “global symbol library table file” is. The first prompt box shows asks the user to CONFIGURE YOUR GLOBAL SYMBOL LIBRARY TABLE. Kicad does start it soon become apparent that the program is not finding the installed library files. About 6GB of files were installed and this seems to suggest the libraries are installed. ![]() ![]() Using the DMG installer I managed to drag and install the two folders one for the application and the other to the ‘Application Support’. Mac Install Problem - Global Symbol library table Software
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