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Platform Specific Notes

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macOS

Applications and Precompiled Demos

D-Type applications & tools (PowerDoc Editor, Font Utility, Font Converter, 3D Viewer, VIVO Image Vectorizer) are provided for both macOS ARM (Apple Silicon) and macOS x64 (Intel) platforms.

Precompiled D-Type demo programs are provided as native macOS ARM (Apple Silicon) executables. To rebuild them as macOS x64 (Intel) executables, use the instructions and build scripts located in the /examples-cpp/scripts/ folder.

Launching Applications and Precompiled Demos

On macOS Catalina and later, when launching D-Type applications and precompiled demo programs for the first time, you will likely encounter a security dialog stating that Apple could not verify that the application is free of malware or that it’s from an identified developer. As a result, the launch will be blocked. This occurs because D-Type binaries have not been notarized by Apple.

To bypass this restriction, you can use any of the three methods below:

Method 1: Use System Settings

Attempt to launch the application. When the security dialog appears, click Done.
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
Scroll down to the “Security” section and locate a message stating that “[App Name] was blocked to protect your Mac” or “[App Name] was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer”.
Make sure [App Name] refers to the D-Type application or precompiled demo you attempted to launch in Step 1. If so, click Allow Anyway or Open Anyway.
Relaunch the application and click Open when prompted one last time.

Method 2: Clear the Quarantine Attribute

To run the precompiled binaries, you can also use the provided script to clear the quarantine attribute from all D-Type tools and demos at once. This is much faster than authorizing the apps individually using System Settings:

Open Terminal and navigate to your ZIP package extraction folder:
cd <path_to_zip_extraction_folder>
Run the following script:
./exec/utils/clear_quarantine_osx

That’s it. All D-Type tools and demo programs can now be launched without triggering any security prompts.

Method 3: Recompile Locally

Finally, you can rebuild the demo programs on your own machine using the provided build scripts and the Apple clang compiler. The scripts are located in the /examples-cpp/scripts/ folder, and the build process typically takes less than 15 seconds.

Open Terminal and navigate to the appropriate build folder within your ZIP package extraction folder. Assuming you want to build for macOS ARM (Apple Silicon), type the following:
cd <path_to_zip_extraction_folder>/examples-cpp/scripts/osx-arm64-static/
Run the build and copy script:
./01-make_all_examples
./02-copy_all_examples_to_exec

This will build all demo programs and copy them the appropriate /exec/ folder. Refer to the provided readme.txt file for detailed instructions.

Building Demos or Your Apps

To build the demo programs or your own D-Type based apps, Apple clang version 12.0.0 or higher is recommended.

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