Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-24 Thread John Nelson via wsjt-devel
Hi Alex, I also use Activity Monitor to check whether the system really does have sleep disabled. This is where I have noticed that after a reboot the answer is often no. I have yet to find a consistent way of doing this which will stick… — John G4KLA smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptogr

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-23 Thread Alex Lelievre
Hi John, Thanks for helping to test this fix. You can read the settings back using: defaults read org.k1jt.wsjtx I just rebooted and checked they were still there. Also, I'd like to report that I haven’t seen the app nap yet. :) alex K6LOT > On Jun 23, 2021, at 12:18 PM, John Nelson via wsjt

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-23 Thread John Nelson via wsjt-devel
HI Alex and Bill, I am trying this scheme (NSAppSleepDisable) as well, using a local rather than Global domain. It is not clear that this will will survive a reboot, but some further checks are in progress. — John G4KLA smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature __

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-22 Thread Alex Lelievre
Hi Bill, Thanks for offering to update the Info.plist file but unfortunately that hack didn’t work. It could be because I modified the app after it was signed- or simply that it isn’t supported. I’ve been trying to build WSJT-X on my Mac but have run into some issues with gfortran complainin

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-22 Thread Bill Somerville
On 22/06/2021 02:48, Alex Lelievre wrote: Just to follow up on this-  I think I might have found a solution that I’m testing now with 2.4.0 on MacOSX 11.1. John G4KLA suggested using the NSAppSleepDisabled key globally which got me to thinking I could use it locally, so I added: NSAppSleepDi

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-21 Thread Alex Lelievre
Just to follow up on this- I think I might have found a solution that I’m testing now with 2.4.0 on MacOSX 11.1. John G4KLA suggested using the NSAppSleepDisabled key globally which got me to thinking I could use it locally, so I added: NSAppSleepDisabled to the app’s Info.plist file an

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-21 Thread Alex Lelievre
Hi John, Thanks for the suggestion. I wish I could only turn off App Nap for WSJT-X because I have a ton of other apps running and want the benefit of better battery life and better foreground app performance. Apps that support App Nap can be individually disabled by going to Finder's Get Inf

Re: [wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-21 Thread John Nelson via wsjt-devel
Alex, Why not disable App Nap completely: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES To re-enable it try: defaults delete NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled — John G4KLA smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ wsjt-d

[wsjt-devel] Problem with WSJT-X when in background on MacOS X

2021-06-21 Thread Alex Lelievre
This is my first post to this mailing list so please excuse me if it’s already been asked: Sometimes I find that WSJT-X isn’t fully decoding messages in the background after a few minutes. Sometimes this doesn’t happen for days but lately this has been happening to me everyday. I’ve spent abo