Sorry, spoke too soon, got it working again now. So, almost back where we
started. I can confirm though that the generated .ps files do open fine in
other programs. So I guess the problem must be the pstopdf stage.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 9:29 PM Stephen Wilkinson <
stephen.wilkinson...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >While it doesn’t help much to have someone tell you it works on their
> machine, it does at least tell you it's possible.
> Good to know, thanks!
>
> I've been playing around with a few of the suggestions, including Homebrew
> and updating Ghostscript, and have now helpfully got to the point where
> Lilypond won't open at all, on its own or in Frescobaldi. Using --V comes
> up with the same 'unsupported compressor' errors as before, and then it
> just hangs without fully opening. So, fun times...
>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 8:47 PM Stan Sanderson <stans...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I’m running  Mac OS 10.14.2 with Lilypond 2.19.82 installed from the
>> site’s disk image and using Fescobaldi 2.20.0, Frescobaldi is set to output
>> pdf and does so without a problem. ps2pdf is located in
>> /usr/local/bin/ps2pdf.
>>
>> Compiling a file directly from the Lilypond app also produces the
>> expected pdf file.
>>
>> While it doesn’t help much to have someone tell you it works on their
>> machine, it does at least tell you it's possible.
>>
>> In my case, I have been using Lilypond somewhat continuously on Macs over
>> the years and upgrading the OS as it comes. I have never experienced the
>> problem you mentioned.
>>
>> (off-topic: The only concern I have is that the next version of the OS
>> will require 64-bit apps; Lilypond is 32)
>>
>>
>> > On Jan 8, 2019, at 11:32 AM, Stephen Wilkinson <
>> stephen.wilkinson...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Sorry, not sure if I've posted this twice
>> >
>> > I've recently installed Lilypond (2.18.2) onto a new Mac (OS X 14.2),
>> but have run into a problem at the beginning. Lilypond hangs when rendering
>> a file at the 'Converting to .pdf.' stage.
>> >
>> > I've tried this both with the default test file and scores I've already
>> got, and both through and without Frescobaldi. I've got it rendering to
>> SVGs as a workaround, but Frescobaldi's handling of them isn't quite as
>> fluent, so it would be nice to be able to make PDFs as normal. Any ideas?
>> Thanks
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>>
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