Leaf Capture will run up to 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) but not newer OS. I have a bunch of Mac's that run 10.6.8 and the LC (Version 11.3.6 which you can download) runs fine. Here's what I've been told but have not confirmed first hand: In order to use a new Mac, I was told by the business rep at the Mac store that I could use Bootcamp on a new machine to partition the HD and load 10.6.8 so that it will effectively run both Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion.
While I did end up buy a new Mac for editing purposes, I haven't yet had the need to try the above, so I can't confirm that it will work.
Let me know if I can help-
Hi all,
I just received a Mercury Universal Camera from a Kickstarter campaign. It came with a Leaf Valeo 22wi back. Hence, I just found "Leaf Valeo users?" on GetDPI. I like the "?" in the name. It seem appropriate since the last post was from early 2016.
Is anyone still on this forum? Is anyone still using a Leaf Valeo?
Vis-a-vis the thread about running Leaf Capture 11.5.1 on a modern Mac running the latest OS: Does a Mac Pro late 2013 running OS Sierra 10.12.6 / OS High Sierra 10.13 qualify?
To be sure, since I just received the camera, I haven't had the time to connect it to the HP iPAQ via Bluetooth, or connect it to LC 11.5.1 running on my Mac Pro, and actually import images.
That said, I have fired up LC on both OS versions and have screen shots of the LC screen with the the "About This Ma" dialog box in front of it. So I know it works. I just don't know how well.
To be sure, Apple will stop supporting 32 bit in the near term, as they recently did with iOS.
But for now, if you have a modern Mac you can run LC 11.5.1 on OSX 10.12.6 or 10.13.
The issue is the SIP that was instituted with El Capitan 10.11 and carried over into 10.12 and 10.13.
SIP means System Integrity Protection, which protects the Application directory so it is read-only and rootless. That means old stuff, and stuff from unknown/non-certified developers can't be installed.
But LC actually can:
- First, enable your root user on your mac
- Second, boot into recovery mode (Cmd -R)
- In the pulldown menu, choose the Command line util - Type in :
CODE: SELECT ALL
csrutil disable
- reboot and login normally - Open a command line
- Type in:
CODE: SELECT ALL
cd /
sudo chmod +w Applications
sudo chown root:wheel Applications
Then install Leaf capture
You need to restore SIP
Do the same procedure, but with the command:
CODE: SELECT ALL
csrutil enable
Reboot and fire up LC. Everything should be fine.
On a side note: I just discovered that there was a DP-67 coiled cord that connects the Valeo to the iPAQ.
I know I don't need it since the Valeo 22wi will connect via Bluetooth, but just for grins I'd like to buy or make one. Buying will be hard since the cable seems to be non-existant after all this time.
However, if any of you out there have such a cable, if you could take some macro closeup pics of the RJ45 connector showing the colored leads, I might be able to make up a cable from a iPAQ USB cable.
Thanks, and my the Valeo be with you.
Loren