MacOS 11.7.1, Sigil last version doesn't work - Page 2

KevinH · 08-13-2025, 10:08 PM

Unfortunately, I found that due to this change:

https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/...e0deac5aad3767

which shows an incompatible change in QSysInfo in the machineUniqueId() routine (where your crashes are happening).

Which lead me to the following discovery:

The minimum macOS version supported by Qt 6.8.0 is macOS 12 (Monterey). This applies to both Intel and Apple silicon (ARM) architectures.

So Sigil 2.6.0 will not work on MacOS 11 because of the Qt library it uses.

I will change our docs and builds to reflect that.

The latest version of Sigil that uses Qt 6.7.2 is Sigil 2.4.2 which should work on your machine.

Sorry about that.

KevinH · Yesterday, 10:38 AM

I have now pushed to master the changes that document and enforce the use of Mac OS 12 as the new minimum since that is required by Qt for 6.8.0 and later.

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08-13-2025, 10:08 PM	#16
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,859 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Unfortunately, I found that due to this change: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/...e0deac5aad3767 which shows an incompatible change in QSysInfo in the machineUniqueId() routine (where your crashes are happening). Which lead me to the following discovery: The minimum macOS version supported by Qt 6.8.0 is macOS 12 (Monterey). This applies to both Intel and Apple silicon (ARM) architectures. So Sigil 2.6.0 will not work on MacOS 11 because of the Qt library it uses. I will change our docs and builds to reflect that. The latest version of Sigil that uses Qt 6.7.2 is Sigil 2.4.2 which should work on your machine. Sorry about that.

Yesterday, 10:38 AM	#17
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,859 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I have now pushed to master the changes that document and enforce the use of Mac OS 12 as the new minimum since that is required by Qt for 6.8.0 and later.

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