Run Vectric VCarve Pro and Aspire v12 on a Mac! 

Thanks for the heads up. I have not had that problem (yet) but I’ll keep an eye out for it.

I am having that issue as well... I wonder if it is a 12.004 issue vs the 12.003 in this video. I also cant get a 3d preview to work at all.

I just installed the 12.004 Aspire update and I am not seeing any issues yet. Preview works fine. 3D rendering is responsive. @cstull - can you give an example of a dialog box popping up by hovering? I'd like to test that but I don't know where a dialog pops up by hovering.

@cstull I am also having the exact issue.

To be clear - there is NO Mac version of Vectic software, it is a Windows-only product. You can run Windows on a Mac using either VMWare Fusion or Parallels and installing Windows. A 2010 Mac is probably going to be too underpowered. You can actually try it for free though and I'd recommend using Parallels as it seems to have better performance on Intel based Macs. Get the free trial of Parallels, install Windows 11 (they make it easy to do this by downloading a trial from Microsoft) and then installing your Vectric software. This should give you a good idea how it works. If you do try it, please post a comment here on how it works!

What version of windows Home or Pro? I use Pro, maybe Home is missing some required dlls. Can you post the names of the dlls?

I posted another video that goes through my entire configuration in detail including all versions. Make sure windows, parallels, and aspire are all up to date AND make sure you have free disk space. No disk space is a show stopper. Your aspire issue seems similar to the issue that was fixed in the 12.005 release. Report back when you’ve worked through the configurations please.

I have not seen that but I’ll do some experiments today to see if I can reproduce it. I assume you are running the latest windows 11 (home or pro?) and MacOS. That MacBook Pro should handle it fine.

@@AHackOfAllTradesMy old MacBook can no longer be updated to newer OS since it tells me it’s no longer compatible. It’s stuck with OS 10.13.6. The HP laptop is only about a year old, so I’m guessing it’s pretty up to date.

I've seen this on both Parallels and VMware Fusion when the Mac goes to sleep with the VM running. Didn't find a workaround besides restarting the Vectric software.

On an Intel based Mac you can indeed run Boot Camp and Vectric software, but not on an Apple Silicon based Mac.

@jamesstuart5997 - what version of parallels? I posted a new video yesterday that goes through my complete setup of versions and Parallels configuration at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Ki7OArqWWE.htmlsi=pC17YSxRkOzAnKbK Perhaps there is something useful in it. This crashing issue is odd. Are you saying that Aspire shows a PP warning as soon as you launch it? Is there anyway you could send (email or message or Facebook message) me the post processor? And what does the warning dialog say? This seems like something that is solvable! I am not sure what you are referring to with "Release Notes option buttons". Selecting Release Notes from the Help menu launches a browser window - whatever browser your Windows system is configured to launch,. I use Chrome. I do know (because I have experienced it) that there are issues with Microsoft Edge browser. In the video I linked to above I opened a carve file that had a Notes field configured to display a dialog when the file is loaded. As you'll see, I could dismiss that dialog with the button. This would be something for you to test - create a simple file and add a note that starts with a "." - like ".this is a test" and then save and load the file. Does this crash when you click a buttion?

@@AHackOfAllTrades Best I can tell all my software/systems are up to date. When I 1st tried V12 it was V12.003, then V12.004 and yesterday I uninstalled V12 then downloaded and reinstalled and now have V12.005. The crash w/mouse hovering over buttons only seems to be with warning notices. All the design and toolpath buttons seem to work along with the Notes that open w/Aspire (".") As to the PP notice on startup that has been happening for quite awhile on Desktop V11.5, Aspire V11.5 and now Aspire V12.005; I haven't found anyone that knows how to eliminate it. I will attempt to show PP used as well as the notice. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Aspire X [Configuration PP] POST_BASE is no longer supported. Please update your post to the latest version, or merge it with the base post "Next_Wave_CNC_inch.pp". On line 27 of file C: \ProgramData\Vectric\Aspire\V12.0\My_PostP\Next_Wave_CNC_mm.pp Line POST_BASE = "Next_Wave_CNC_inch.pp" OK ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Machine Shark HD 510 - Default Post Processor Next Wave CNC (inch) (*.tap) _________________________________ I sent an email of my 1st Reply to your other video to Vectric Support, maybe they will have a solution. I could not figure out how to send you an email.

James, my email is mhackney@eclecticangler.com

James, I understand the reason for the POST_BASE error and know how to fix it. Vectric deprecated the POST_BASE variable as of v11. There is info on it that even uses your PP as the example: docs.vectric.com/docs/V11.0/Aspire/ENU/Help/form/migrating-post-processor-post_base/index.html However, I went to the Next Wave site and see that they have an updated PP for v11 and later at nextwaveautomation.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046235651-Next-Wave-CNC-Post-processors You should use this one and it should be available from Aspire’s post processor list. Email me if you need help.

I have Parallels Desktop 19 Pro Have just upgraded Win 11 Home to Win 11 Pro No improvement; Mouse hover on warning/alert buttons cause Aspire V12.005 to crash. No crash on Design or Toolpath buttons.

My iMac 2019 Intel processor has 64Gb. My MacBook Air M2 has 16Gb. I didn’t do anything special, what VM are you running and what version of macOS and windows?

@@AHackOfAllTrades Parallels running Windows 11 - MacOs 13.4.1. When I open a file, takes 20-30 seconds to get the Notes box to open up.

@@AHackOfAllTrades In case you are interested, I upgraded from 13.4 to Sonoma (14.4) and everything works and has great performance. Thank you for the feedback...Subscribed!

That's great! And I'll file that in the "maybe this info will help someone else" department. Yeah, my performance is spectacular, every Mac M1/2/3 processor should be similar.