Re: [Qgis-user] Mac problem

2023-02-01 Thread John Layt via QGIS-User
Hi, Yes, the QGIS instructions are wrong due to confusion over left and right click of the mouse. If you right-click, you don't need the Option key for as long as I can remember. However, Macs don't have right-click turned on by default, so right-click may not work for some users. The preferred i

Re: [Qgis-user] Mac problem

2023-01-26 Thread John Layt via QGIS-User
Hi, Apple has some extra security checks when running apps for the very first time. If the app is signed with a developer certificate purchased from Apple, then you can just double-click to run the app and it gets approved. If the app is not signed, as in the case of QGIS, then you need to manuall

Re: [Qgis-user] "QGIS" can't be opened because Apple....

2022-08-08 Thread John Layt via Qgis-user
Hi David, You need to right-click on the QGIS app and choose Open. Then it will show another warning, but this time will give you the option to Open the app, after which it will not ask again. Side-note for the list: I thought the QGIS board had approved buying a certificate from Apple to solve t

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS and geopackages in sharepoint environement

2022-08-08 Thread John Layt via Qgis-user
Hi, We use Google Drive on Macs for shapefile and GeoPackages. The first thing we always tell our users is to set the files to Available Offline, so all reads/writes are local before being synced up to the cloud. That reduces issues, but all the obvious ones around file corruption and overwriting

Re: [Qgis-user] Mac OS QGIS installer 3.16

2022-04-21 Thread John Layt via Qgis-user
Hi, The downloads now live in https://download.qgis.org/downloads/macos/ (note the lower case macos). Note however the latest live links are at https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html. Cheers! John. On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 10:44, Sebastian Gutwein via Qgis-user < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.o

Re: [Qgis-user] RAM and processing speed requirements for QGIS

2022-04-20 Thread John Layt via Qgis-user
On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 19:46, Helena Farrell via Qgis-user < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Hello, I am seeking input on whether my 7 year old Mac with 8GB RAM and a > 2.7gigahertz processor is likely to perform poorly at running QGIS. Since > these are like the bare minimum in terms of power