2.4.0~RC1 hangs on macOS

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Works here, on Sonoma both Intel and Silicon, and Monterey (12.7.2).

I would propose:

   rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.4

the double click on the LyX icon in /Applications, wait until it is
finished. Quit normally and then double click on a .lyx file.

greetings, el

On 18/01/2024 10:47, list_email at icloud.com wrote:
> I downloaded LyX 2.4.0~RC1 just now, copied to /Applications on macOS
> 12.7.2. The “default” file opened telling me how great LyX is (I
> already knew). There was a rapidly repeating series of messages in
> the status bar--something about indexing and then looking for font
> Minion etc. After a while I clicked on a red circle with a white “x”
> in it but nothing happened. I started a new file, typed one sentence
> into it, and it successfully made a PDF. When I tried to close the
> new file window LyX refused saying it was busy with a background
> process. Same when I tried to quit normally, Command-Q. After about
> five minutes I force-quit LyX. Double-clicked to re-launch, got Apple
> menu item and LyX menu item and then got a hang (pinwheel, system log
> report). Had to force-quit again. Repeated attempts to re-launch are
> the same.
>
> Jerry
>