[LOGGED] MacOS Tahoe and Screen Capture

James Russell

Hi All,

Just looking into an interesting one on Izz4.1.3, installed on a M1 Max MacBook Pro - a show machine I've been running for years now.

Screen Capture in macOS Sequoia - works, tick.

Screen Capture after updating to macOS Tahoe - crashes the moment the node is placed down.

I've done a full reinstall of Izz4.1.3.

I've unchecked and rechecked all options in the OS for Screen Recording permissions.

The issue does not occur in Izz3.1.7b31 on Tahoe (which I also have installed for older show files), Screen Capture just works as expected.

Could someone have a look if you're also on 4.1.3 and macOS Tahoe and let me know if the node does or doesn't work for you? (That'll help inform my next steps!)

Cheers,

James

Woland

@james-russell

I have logged this as an issue but as a best practice I highly suggest not updating to the newest version of macOS for at least a year after release. Personally I only ever update the OS on my machines when absolutely necessary, especially show computers. If a computer I have is doing everything I need it to do, I see no reason to introduce risk by changing the OS. To me it's comparable to going to a mechanic right before taking a big road trip and asking them to randomly swap out some parts of the engine. Yes, in theory the new parts are supposed to work the same or better, but the new parts could also be faulty or get installed improperly. If I instead stick with the old parts I know it will continue to work the way it has before. A more relevant example is that, during the run of a show I would never arbitrarily swap out what computer I'm using or change out all the signal cables, extenders, or projectors. Even if I were swapping to identical or theoretically better gear, it would be introducing risk and new potential points of failure to a system that I knew was already working before.

Apple rushes these new versions of macOS out the door every year and they don't care what they break or for whom, so early adopters basically just end up being lab rats as they're the first ones to run into any issues Apple may have introduced.

In general software and hardware developers need a few months to catch up and discover what changes Apple has made that cause problems for users of their products and in what ways. Even huge companies like Adobe and Ableton have this issue every year when Apple releases a new version of macOS.