MacOS Support

[nf]

This is an issue to track MacOS support for RetroPlug.

What's involved in building for MacOS? I see there's an xcode project file in the repo, but it fails to build on my system because I'm missing the AAX SDK. What is that?

[tommitytom]

You can follow mac support in the following branch: https://github.com/tommitytom/RetroPlug/tree/mac-build

It's actually mostly complete, but there is a bug when resizing the window in Ableton, so I've not wanted to make a release until that is fixed.

[dotmatrixgirl]

Is there any possibility of this being released? I'd really love to be able use lsdj easily in a daw, but can't cause I'm on mac.

[tommitytom]

I'm working on it! My Macbook is too old so I'm putting together a Hackintosh but that comes with its own challenges! Hopefully will have it up and running in the next couple of days so I can get the Mac build working and properly signed/notarized!

[peterswimm]

Just plussing one here!

[Glaferg]

This should happen.
Plus One!!

[esphynox]

Hit me up if you need specific help with iOS or MacOS development - I might be able to help :)

[Nightsquid7]

Mac support would be super sweet!!

[Maokus]

Plus one!

[peterswimm]

I would like to elevate this to auv3 support so it works in iOS too :)))

[lluisgerard]

Hi! What's the status on this?

I went ahead and tried to compile the code myself using branch mac. I first executed configure-mac.sh and then I opened the workspace build/xcode4/RetroPlug.xcworkspace but I can still see references to windows stuff and I'm not sure what target do I need to compile or what steps to take to have a final build.

[tommitytom]

Hi! The mac build is currently a bit broken, though with a couple of days debugging I should be able to get it up and running. I've got the mac build actually building in a VM locally but I can't actually run it in the VM, I need an actual Mac to do that. If someone donates me a machine then I'll work on it, but it's difficult to justify the high cost of a new machine that I will only use for a hobby project!

[lluisgerard]

@tommitytom Thanks for the quick reply. I totally understand! I wish I could help with that but it's a bit pricey for a plugin I just wanted to try out haha. I may look into what are the prices for renting a mac in the cloud or something similar. Or if enough people were interested in the project with small donations we could get there... I just learned about the project yesterday so I'm not sure about how many people would like to have mac support. As far as I know there are no other VSTs that can run a GameBoy, or any app that can get MIDI (emulating the arduinoboy could be a way).

[esaruoho]

i kinda fooled around with configure-mac.sh - should i post the changes as a pr suggestion?

[tommitytom]

So as an update: I now have an M1 Mac Mini. Standalone, VST2, and VST3 xcode builds are now building locally, though I have a few problems with code signing that I'm still working through, but everything seems to be working. I still need to do a few things to get the new version up to speed on all platforms, but the next release should have Mac builds :)

If anyone has any experience dealing with code signing issues (especially for VST plugins), guidance would be appreciated! From googling it seems like a pretty common problem, and the error messages from the code signing tool are pretty shoddy!

[circuitcreature]

@tommitytom Not sure if this helps with codesigning, https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/wiki/macOS-Signing-and-Notarization