Any plans to make this upgrade or is version 6 the last for Mac OSX? If no upgrades coming, can you offer those of us who have 6 pro an upgrade path to Starry Night?
Thanks!
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Keiron Smith Jerry,
We will announce here future plans for SS7 on MacOS.
Maybe Pedro Braganca can share his vision at this time.
Thanks!
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Don Martin Is there an update to this?
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Keiron Smith No update at this time.
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Willem Jan Drijfhout Apart from 'when', I was wondering 'if' there will be a version 8 of SS? I've invested in both SS on iOS as well as MacOS and use them in conjunction. So I would be very disappointed if SS would not be continued on MacOS.
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Keiron Smith Willem,
We are not developing SS7 for MacOS at this time. Sorry, I can not offer an ETA on any future, or 'if' development.
It is highly likely SS7 for MacOS will be developed and released, as there has always been a Mac version too.
Thanks!
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Albut Next year?
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Keiron Smith Not this year, for sure.
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Peter Nosworthy I got an email today from promotions@skysafariastronomy.com with the subject line:
"July Astro Events & SS7 Pro on macOS!"
This implies that Sky Safari 7 is available on macOS.
Blow I include a screenshot from the email which again strongly implies that SS7 is now available on macOS. However I can't find it in the app store or on the web site.
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Willem Jan Drijfhout It appears that SS7 for MacOS only works on M1 Macs... If you have an Intel-based Mac it doesn't show up in the store. This is a very quick hardware deprecation by Simulation Curriculum. Two years.... Even Apple keeps supporting hard- and software for a much longer period than that. It's quite an experience that my Mac Pro from 2020 cannot run SC's software.
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Willem Jan Drijfhout I just downloaded it on my M2 MacBook Pro. Turns out it is just the regular iPad app, not a MacOS app. MacOS support now iPad apps to run on MacOS. Not a great user experience. Touchscreen works very different than trackpad, let alone mouse.
This "buy one OS, get one free" is a bit of a bold statement, since it literally is the same app.
If you really want to run it on a Mac, at least there is now an option. The other option is using the web-based app. I tried that, but underwhelming experience compared to the regular app, so quickly canceled my premium subscription.
Version 6 is actually generally fine. But my scope displays are not working anymore. They behave completely erratic. It probably is a sync issue with LiveSky, but even full uninstall and re-install did not solve the issue.
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Albut Exactly Willem. Not great customer support.
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James Wilson I just downloaded it on my Mac Mini M1 OS. As said above it's the iPad app. How in the Hell do you zoom in or out with a mouse?
Thanks - James
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Peter Nosworthy Thanks for the info.
This is very deceptive marketing.
I normally run SF6 on an Intel Mac, but I also have an M2 Macbook Air, so I tried installing it - the first time I've tried an iPad app on the Mac. It's not too bad, but the deal breaker is that the window is a fixed size. So you're stuck with that size or full screen. So even on the M2 Mac, SF6 is a much better experience.
I wonder what this means for future support on the Mac? Will there ever be another proper Mac version of SF or are we stuck with SF6 forever?
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Albut Surely if version works on true MacOS then they can get version 7 to work. Just laziness I guess.
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