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Is Mathematica 11 compatible with Mac OS Mojave

Posted 7 years ago

any problem with Mojave before I switch to it?

POSTED BY: michel
24 Replies
Posted 6 years ago

A similar message is available in macOS Mojave, and if you open up a 32-bit app while running Mojave, you're going to see an alert letting you know a specific app won't work with future versions of macOS unless it's updated.

While if you're using Mathematica 12, which has been fully tested on macOS 10.14 (Mojave), you may still see the warning since it's not completely rebuilt with 64-bit architecture. To determine whether Mathematica is 64-bit or 32-bit:

In menu bar, Click on About This Mac > System Report > Applications > Scroll all the way to the right to see the 64-bit list.

For elder version of Mathematica, it's suggested to uninstall it first and reinstall with the current version. Here's an easy Mathematica uninstall guide to follow.

POSTED BY: Clem Harvey
Posted 7 years ago

I hav the same (correct) result. No issue with Mojave so far.

POSTED BY: michel
Posted 7 years ago

this formula gives the following answer: 1 - (Q^2 r^2)/6 + (Q^4 r^4)/120

No problem here

POSTED BY: michel

Sorry for the typo. (fixed).

No clue what the expression should evaluate to. My only concern was getting some kind of reasonable output.

For what's worth, I get the same output with the Mathematica 12 beta, which has not been released. (I don't keep older versions around.)

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Posted 7 years ago
POSTED BY: Updating Name

Is Mathematica 11 compatible with Mac OS Mojave

POSTED BY: Jean Guy Lussier

I am puzzled... Maybe it has to do with MacBookPro with solid-state drive. Is my Mathematica version corrupted?

Update:

The expression does not simplify even after re-downloading Mathematica 11.3 and reinstalling under Mojave. Never heard of version 11.4. Not available for download.

POSTED BY: Jean Guy Lussier

I just tested your input on 11.3 under Mojave. Seems to work ok.

In[1]:= expansion=Series[Sin[Q r]/(Q r),{r,0,5}]

Out[1]= 1-(Q^2 r^2)/6+(Q^4 r^4)/120+O[r]^6

I've had no issues using 11.3 under Mojave, but (obviously) I have not tested all functionality.

Restarted the computer, restarted Mathematica.... Still the same problem with Series.

I am a heavy Mathematica user and the only thing I changed is the installation of Mojave...Notebook output

POSTED BY: Jean Guy Lussier

Does anyone have information about whether Mathematica 10.0.2 works fine on Mojave?

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát

It is very unlikely that this has anything to do with Mojave. Have you tried restarting Mathematica? OS upgrades would typically cause problems with the front end only.

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát

I updated to Mojave on my MacBook Pro last week and this morning I got problems with Mathematica 11.3...

expansion = Series[Sin[Q r]/(Q r), {r, 0, 5}]

gave me a rubbish output with missing factors in the terms. (I tried to paste the output here but it is difficult to read).

POSTED BY: Jean Guy Lussier
Posted 7 years ago

Since I started this discussion, I switched to Mojave and had no problem so far with Mathematica 11.3.

POSTED BY: Updating Name
Posted 7 years ago

Hello, Thanks for your reply. I've tried your suggestions, twice, but I still have the same problem. I'll contact Support. Thank you.

POSTED BY: Updating Name
Posted 7 years ago

If you can't figure out the issue, I'd first recommend resetting Mathematica to its default configuration as oftentimes that will help with any issues you come across.

If it's still failing to start properly after deleting the directories mentioned in the above article I would then contact support.

POSTED BY: Kyle Martin
Posted 7 years ago

I've switched to Mojave and now the Front End doesn't open. The app runs in background but there is no way to use it (except from a Terminal).

I've reinstalled 11.3.0 on the Mac but the problem persists.

Does anybody have an idea about what the problem could be? Thanks.

An analysis on the process shows:

2018-10-01 17:13:55.066 sample[26384:827987] Failed to create CSSymbolicatorRef for pid 26375 Mathematica

Sampling process 26375 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples

Sampling completed, processing symbols...

Analysis of sampling Mathematica (pid 26375) every 1 millisecond

Process: Mathematica [26375]

Path: /Applications/Mathematica.app/Contents/MacOS/Mathematica

Load Address: 0x1000

Identifier: com.wolfram.Mathematica

Version: ???

Code Type: X86

Parent Process: ??? [1]

Date/Time: 2018-10-01 17:13:55.011 +0100

Launch Time: 2018-10-01 17:13:49.876 +0100

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.14 (18A391)

Report Version: 7

Analysis Tool: /usr/bin/sample

Physical footprint: 8K

Physical footprint (peak): 8K

Call graph:

2677 Thread_827531: Main Thread   DispatchQueue_<multiple>

  2677 ???  (in <unknown binary>)  [0xcfc000]

Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):

Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):

    ???  (in <unknown binary>)  [0xcfc000]        2677

Binary images description not available

Sample analysis of process 26375 written to file /dev/stdout

POSTED BY: rui agostinho
Posted 7 years ago

Other apps do see the same message, notably Adobe Application Manager which is part of Creative Cloud. I've heard that under Mojave the warning repeats every thirty days. Under High Sierra it was indeed first time only.

POSTED BY: Andy Parker

Are there any known compatibility problems with earlier versions of Mathematica than 11.3, back to 10.0.2?

I am only interested in new compatibility problems specific to Mojave, not those that were also present in High Sierra (such as the one with the font chooser dialog).

POSTED BY: Szabolcs Horvát

I think we have to distinguish here that the kernel is already 64 bit, but the 11.3 frontend is 32 bit. But version 12 will be have a 64 bit front end… (see e.g. Twitch videos indeed).

POSTED BY: Sander Huisman

Thanks for the update on the official support. The dialog that Mojave puts up when starting a 32 bit app can be a bit confusing, though. Mathematica is my only "critical" app that is not yet 64 bit, and if others are in the same boat, Mathematica maybe the only app where they see the dialog, though.

Posted 7 years ago

Mathematica 11.3 does officially support macOS Mojave, as documented here.

POSTED BY: Kyle Martin

Mathematica 11.3 has a 32 bit Front end. Mojave runs 32 bit apps, but gives you a warning. The next macOS will not run 32 bit apps.

The next release of Mathematica will surely be 64 bit -- as shown in Stephen Wolfram's Twitch sessions -- so other than the warning (which appears just once, I believe), we are ok.

Oh yes. After updating, when I first launched the App, I saw popup

WARNING MESSAGE

After this, Mathematica opened up as usual and everything looks fine so far. I will update this if I notice any other changes in Mathematica in macOS Mojave.

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