5.42 Still Won't Work on Mac

MrSlow&Steady · 11-01-2020, 12:46 AM

I downloaded 5.42 having heard it was supposed to fix the bug that prevented me from using it on my MacBook. And it still. Does. Not. Work.

Please someone help me!

Bampfer · 11-01-2020, 11:49 AM

Calibre 5.4 is crashing when I launch it. I can't seem to find a crash report though. Is that the problem you are having?

Strangely, if I run calibre-debug instead it seems to work. To try this, open a Terminal window and paste the following command:

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g

Bampfer · 11-01-2020, 11:55 AM

I just tried calibre 5.42 and after one false start it now seems to work. So your problem is probably different. Still, try running calibre-debug and see if that works.

MrSlow&Steady · 11-01-2020, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bampfer

Calibre 5.4 is crashing when I launch it. I can't seem to find a crash report though. Is that the problem you are having?

Strangely, if I run calibre-debug instead it seems to work. To try this, open a Terminal window and paste the following command:

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g

It only pops up the older version. 5.2

DNSB · 11-01-2020, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSlow&Steady

It only pops up the older version. 5.2

Which, again, suggests that you have not installed calibre 5.3 or higher.

A quick walk through. You downloaded calibre-5.4.2.dmg. You opened it and dragged and dropped calibre.app on the Applications folder shortcut. When you got the "An older item named "calibre.app" already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the newer one you're moving?" popup, you clicked on Replace. After this you opened Terminal and entered the command line? The following text is what I see on my Mac VM:

Spoiler:

Code:

Last login: Sun Nov  1 12:45:53 on console
davidb@Davids-VMMac ~ % /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g
calibre 5.4.2  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
macOS-10.15.7-x86_64-i386-64bit Darwin ('64bit', '')
('Darwin', '19.6.0', 'Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Mon Aug 31 22:12:52 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64')
Python 3.8.5
OSX: ('10.15.7', ('', '', ''), 'x86_64')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: EpubCheck (0, 2, 3) && FanFicFare (3, 24, 0) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 82, 3) && Kobo Books (1, 8, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 11, 8) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 1) && Modify ePub (1, 6, 1) && Open With (1, 5, 12) && Quality Check (1, 10, 1) && SmartEject (2, 3, 0)
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 72.0 x 72.0
physicalDpi: 72.00000108133152 x 72.00000108133152
Using calibre Qt style: True
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.02] Showing splash screen...
Unable to create basic Accelerated OpenGL renderer.
Unable to create basic Accelerated OpenGL renderer.
Core Image is now using the software OpenGL renderer. This will be slow.
[0.29] splash screen shown
[0.29] Initializing db...
[0.31] db initialized
[0.31] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
FFF: INFO: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,349: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(215): Attempting to read settings from predecessor--FFDL
FFF: INFO: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,349: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(220): Using default settings
FFF: DEBUG: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,354: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(210): Plugin FanFicFare macmenuhack file_path:/Users/davidbowerman/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
QLayout::addChildLayout: layout "" already has a parent
DEBUG:    1.0 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected
DEBUG:    1.0 rebuild_menus - self.supports_ratings=None, self.supports_tiles=None
DEBUG:    1.0 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None'
DEBUG:    1.0 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders

Driver: KoboTouchExtended'
[2.49] main UI initialized...
[2.49] Hiding splash screen
Starting QuickView
[2.79] splash screen hidden
[2.79] Started up in 2.79 seconds with 3 books

If you delete the calibre.app currently existing in your Applications directory and re-add the calibre 5.4.2 calibre.app, does it still show as calibre 5.2? If you do a search on your hard drive for "calibre', does it come up with more than one instance of calibre.app?

ownedbycats · 11-01-2020, 04:19 PM

It sounds like you might have a mixed installation. That happened to me just today (messy situation involving multiple upgrades, in-use files, and Windows Update rebooting my computer) and on Windows it left me with a Calibre that just wouldn't launch.

MrSlow&Steady · 11-01-2020, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Which, again, suggests that you have not installed calibre 5.3 or higher.

A quick walk through. You downloaded calibre-5.4.2.dmg. You opened it and dragged and dropped calibre.app on the Applications folder shortcut. When you got the "An older item named "calibre.app" already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the newer one you're moving?" popup, you clicked on Replace. After this you opened Terminal and entered the command line? The following text is what I see on my Mac VM:

Spoiler:

Code:

Last login: Sun Nov  1 12:45:53 on console
davidb@Davids-VMMac ~ % /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g
calibre 5.4.2  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
macOS-10.15.7-x86_64-i386-64bit Darwin ('64bit', '')
('Darwin', '19.6.0', 'Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Mon Aug 31 22:12:52 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64')
Python 3.8.5
OSX: ('10.15.7', ('', '', ''), 'x86_64')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: EpubCheck (0, 2, 3) && FanFicFare (3, 24, 0) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 82, 3) && Kobo Books (1, 8, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 11, 8) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 1) && Modify ePub (1, 6, 1) && Open With (1, 5, 12) && Quality Check (1, 10, 1) && SmartEject (2, 3, 0)
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 72.0 x 72.0
physicalDpi: 72.00000108133152 x 72.00000108133152
Using calibre Qt style: True
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.02] Showing splash screen...
Unable to create basic Accelerated OpenGL renderer.
Unable to create basic Accelerated OpenGL renderer.
Core Image is now using the software OpenGL renderer. This will be slow.
[0.29] splash screen shown
[0.29] Initializing db...
[0.31] db initialized
[0.31] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
FFF: INFO: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,349: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(215): Attempting to read settings from predecessor--FFDL
FFF: INFO: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,349: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.prefs(220): Using default settings
FFF: DEBUG: 2020-11-01 12:52:32,354: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(210): Plugin FanFicFare macmenuhack file_path:/Users/davidbowerman/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
QLayout::addChildLayout: layout "" already has a parent
DEBUG:    1.0 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected
DEBUG:    1.0 rebuild_menus - self.supports_ratings=None, self.supports_tiles=None
DEBUG:    1.0 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None'
DEBUG:    1.0 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders

Driver: KoboTouchExtended'
[2.49] main UI initialized...
[2.49] Hiding splash screen
Starting QuickView
[2.79] splash screen hidden
[2.79] Started up in 2.79 seconds with 3 books

If you delete the calibre.app currently existing in your Applications directory and re-add the calibre 5.4.2 calibre.app, does it still show as calibre 5.2? If you do a search on your hard drive for "calibre', does it come up with more than one instance of calibre.app?

I have installed 5.42 though. That's the problem.

MrSlow&Steady · 11-01-2020, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

It sounds like you might have a mixed installation. That happened to me just today (messy situation involving multiple upgrades, in-use files, and Windows Update rebooting my computer) and on Windows it left me with a Calibre that just wouldn't launch.

I don't know enough about tech so I really am struggling to understand this.

ownedbycats · 11-01-2020, 11:10 PM

If the 5.2 files got jumbled in with the 5.4.2 files, Calibre doesn't know how to handle that.

Uninstall 5.4.2 and make sure there's no remnants of Calibre anywhere on the system (aside from your library and application settings). Then reinstall 5.4.2.

TheDreamer · 11-02-2020, 09:40 AM

5.4.2 doesn't work for me. I tried a clean reinstall, thinking it might have gotten damaged during the overwrite. No joy. Reverted back to 5.3.

MrSlow&Steady · 11-02-2020, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

If the 5.2 files got jumbled in with the 5.4.2 files, Calibre doesn't know how to handle that.

Uninstall 5.4.2 and make sure there's no remnants of Calibre anywhere on the system (aside from your library and application settings). Then reinstall 5.4.2.

I am nervous but I'll give it a try and I'll tell you how it goes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDreamer

5.4.2 doesn't work for me. I tried a clean reinstall, thinking it might have gotten damaged during the overwrite. No joy. Reverted back to 5.3.

5.3 didn't work for me either.

MrSlow&Steady · 11-02-2020, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

If the 5.2 files got jumbled in with the 5.4.2 files, Calibre doesn't know how to handle that.

Uninstall 5.4.2 and make sure there's no remnants of Calibre anywhere on the system (aside from your library and application settings). Then reinstall 5.4.2.

Did it. Didn't work.

I deleted everything besides library, application settings, Calibre-Ebook.com, and QtWebEngine. What did I do wrong?

Riot Nrrrd · 11-02-2020, 07:45 PM

Do you have SIP enabled?

Open a Terminal window and at the command prompt, enter

csrutil status

and see if it says

System Integrity Protection status: enabled.

or

System Integrity Protection status: disabled.

I have SIP disabled, am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6, and calibre 5.4.2 works fine for me.

Bampfer · 11-02-2020, 08:30 PM

I have SIP disabled, am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6, and calibre 5.4.2 works fine for me.[/QUOTE]

FYI 5.4.2 works for me on Catalina 10.15.7, even with SIP enabled.

(I do think it's worth running calibre-debug because it might print out the version even if the UI doesn't launch. Also, calibre-debug 5.4 did run for me even when the application wouldn't.)

kovidgoyal · 11-02-2020, 09:15 PM

In Terminal.app

rm -rf /Applications/calibre*

Then, install calibre via a fresh download. The in Terminal.app run

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre

calibre will work fine. If clicking on the calibre icon in finder/dock does not work it will be because the Launch Services cache on your machine is screwed up, resetting it will fix that.

11-01-2020, 12:46 AM	#1
MrSlow&Steady Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Kindle	5.42 Still Won't Work on Mac I downloaded 5.42 having heard it was supposed to fix the bug that prevented me from using it on my MacBook. And it still. Does. Not. Work. Please someone help me!

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11-01-2020, 11:49 AM	#2
Bampfer Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Calibre 5.4 is crashing when I launch it. I can't seem to find a crash report though. Is that the problem you are having? Strangely, if I run calibre-debug instead it seems to work. To try this, open a Terminal window and paste the following command: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-debug -g

11-01-2020, 11:55 AM	#3
Bampfer Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I just tried calibre 5.42 and after one false start it now seems to work. So your problem is probably different. Still, try running calibre-debug and see if that works.

11-01-2020, 04:19 PM	#6
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,975 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	It sounds like you might have a mixed installation. That happened to me just today (messy situation involving multiple upgrades, in-use files, and Windows Update rebooting my computer) and on Windows it left me with a Calibre that just wouldn't launch.

11-01-2020, 11:10 PM	#9
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,975 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If the 5.2 files got jumbled in with the 5.4.2 files, Calibre doesn't know how to handle that. Uninstall 5.4.2 and make sure there's no remnants of Calibre anywhere on the system (aside from your library and application settings). Then reinstall 5.4.2.

11-02-2020, 09:40 AM	#10
TheDreamer Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Kansas City, MO Device: Kobo Forma, Kindle: Touch, Touch/3G, 8th Gen, Oasis	5.4.2 doesn't work for me. I tried a clean reinstall, thinking it might have gotten damaged during the overwrite. No joy. Reverted back to 5.3.

11-02-2020, 07:45 PM	#13
Riot Nrrrd Bookworm Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Lost Androideles Device: iPad	Do you have SIP enabled? Open a Terminal window and at the command prompt, enter csrutil status and see if it says System Integrity Protection status: enabled. or System Integrity Protection status: disabled. I have SIP disabled, am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6, and calibre 5.4.2 works fine for me.

11-02-2020, 08:30 PM	#14
Bampfer Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I have SIP disabled, am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6, and calibre 5.4.2 works fine for me.[/QUOTE] FYI 5.4.2 works for me on Catalina 10.15.7, even with SIP enabled. (I do think it's worth running calibre-debug because it might print out the version even if the UI doesn't launch. Also, calibre-debug 5.4 did run for me even when the application wouldn't.)

11-02-2020, 09:15 PM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In Terminal.app rm -rf /Applications/calibre* Then, install calibre via a fresh download. The in Terminal.app run /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre calibre will work fine. If clicking on the calibre icon in finder/dock does not work it will be because the Launch Services cache on your machine is screwed up, resetting it will fix that.