[BUG] Seemingly crash on startup on M4 MacBook

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Describe the Bug

Installed on an MBAir, had to install Xcode, the installed the pkg version of npm and nodejs. Ran a git clone.
npm -v gives 11.6.2
node -v gives 24.13.0

Gives same prompts etc that it did for linux for npm install, had to run npm audit fix --force, ran npm install again, no errors.
Then run npm start. Gives the standard msgs I see on Linux, with version 3.12.0

BUT I don't see any of the messages that I see piped to stderr from a Linux install, and running in Safari, Firefox or Brave all will flash the screen, then disappears and goes to a black screen in the browser.

NEVER see msgs pop up while it's running in the foreground on the terminal window. Series of messages while starting shows:

vite v7.3.1 building client environment for production...
✓ 116 modules transformed.
dist/index.html 1.28 kB │ gzip: 0.58 kB
dist/assets/index-CslFexM8.css 15.47 kB │ gzip: 3.49 kB
dist/assets/satellite-B-qQ4sTP.js 22.17 kB │ gzip: 10.81 kB
dist/assets/vendor-N--QU9DW.js 140.91 kB │ gzip: 45.31 kB
dist/assets/index-d8NLJCs1.js 677.51 kB │ gzip: 194.08 kB

(!) Some chunks are larger than 500 kB after minification. Consider:

• Using dynamic import() to code-split the application
• Use build.rollupOptions.output.manualChunks to improve chunking: https://rollupjs.org/configuration-options/#output-manualchunks
• Adjust chunk size limit for this warning via build.chunkSizeWarningLimit.
  ✓ built in 618ms

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Expected Behavior

Msgs to appear in terminal window showing the info of what is being retrieved, etc. And a screen to appear within at least one of the browsers.

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Environment

• OS: macOS Sonoma running on M4 (ARM) processor
• Browser: Safari 17, Brave 1.86.146
• Node.js Version: 24.13.0
• OpenHamClock Version: 3.12.0
• Running As: [browser

Console Errors

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No apparent crash logs/system logs, etc on the MacOS side in console app.

## Additional Context
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[accius]

thanks i will look into this when i get a second. I am curious though as to why you have chosen to install to mac os instead of running in browser at openhamclock.com? let me know, and I will get back to you when I have a second to look at all of this.

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To be honest - the live site isn’t “highlighted” as a preferred method.  Just a one line ‘blurb’ (from https://github.com/accius/openhamclock ).  I might mention that several other users in a couple other local clubs don’t seem to have realized that - or they just want to run locally - not sure which.  The remainder of that page goes into installing on your system.  So it’s not clear that running it from your site is preferred.And part is if I use the live site, I’m not sure of data usage.  If I install locally that should keep traffic to a ‘minimum’ when running off my phone hotspot.  Yeah - it’ll be traffic to get the data from the app, but all the other interaction with the browser will be local - not going out over a hotspot.I’m much more a portable/POTA user - so far.  So it will be running over a hotspot the vast majority of the time.  I’d install on a Raspi, and have it log into the hotspot, then my laptop or table into the hotspot so I’m on the same network to access openhamclock from another machine via browser - all locally.   (FYI - to date, I have installed on a Raspi Zero 2 W for grins, and it seems to be running fine with another system accessing it to get the website provided by the app.  Also works well on a Pi400 which is just a Raspi 4B anyway with an attached 10” LCD - again installed locally).Sent from my iPadOn Feb 3, 2026, at 6:37 PM, accius ***@***.***> wrote:accius left a comment (accius/openhamclock#101) thanks i will look into this when i get a second. I am curious though as to why you have chosen to install to mac os instead of running in browser at openhamclock.com? let me know, and I will get back to you when I have a second to look at all of this. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>