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<p> We've been getting a lot of e-mails about various issues getting ECMLink to install or run on Mac systems. </p> <p> There are least TWO BIG issues with our Mac support efforts. First, Apple keeps breaking stuff with every single release. It's not just ECMLink, it's anything Java related and even plenty of stuff not Java related. They seem to have no problem just having applications suddenly stop working and leaving it up to the user to figure it out. So to support all these different versions of MacOS, we'd have to have a Mac with every single version installed on it! </p> <p> Which brings us to our second biggest issue with Mac support…we don't actually have a Mac here. We released Mac-based software as a sort of "because we can" type thing. Because ECMLink is Java based, it runs more or less the same on Windows, Mac and Linux. Windows is still by FAR the most common install base, so that's where we put our effort. But if we can just rebuild slightly for Mac and Linux, why not offer it? If someone can figure out how to get around the various OS issues Apple keeps throwing up at them, great. If not, we really don't have time to put much effort into debugging it on our end. </p> <p> Instead, what we'll do is provide this page as a reference for people when they're having Mac issues. We'll try to copy in various solutions people have posted to our forums over the years and hopefully one or two will trigger a solution to whatever problem you're currently having. </p>