I tried to install Flame 2025.2.1 on the new MacBook Pro tonight. It just bounces in the dock a few times before exiting without an error message. Has anybody else succeeded? Is the M4 Max chip supported yet? I will admit that this machine is a is a migration from my old M1 Max. But I must say that…

Sorry Sam to hear you had a bad installation experience on your new MBP. Next time Flame does not start, just launch the Service Monitor application (part of Flame installation), visit the Diagnostics tab and then run Errors / Warnings last day. This will print the various issues and often help fi…

[image] Waldi: Would it be possible SamE to share Flame Benchmark results from the M4 Max please? X2

What configuration did you get? Looking to purchase one as well.

I maxed everything but the storage, where I held the line at 2TB. Yes I migrated from my MacBook Pro M1. Still not working. Hopefully I’ll have time to sort things out soon, and do some benchmarks.

Does Flame 2025 runs on Sequoia?

It does on my M3Max MacBook Pro…

I picked up a Macbook Pro M4 Max Sequoia 15.1, and I had no issues installing Flame, although I’ll admit I didn’t install the current release, I installed a Beta release. But no issues.

I would start fresh on a new machine especially if the hardware is different.

I appreciate all the ‘fresh install’ advice, but honestly, a Mac app should run on a machine that has my other needed applications and files on it. Unfortunately I didn’t buy this laptop only to run flame. I guess I could forego the $1500 trade in for my old laptop, and chalk it up to the Autodesk …

Seems frustrating for sure. Before you do a fresh install, I would just install another version of Flame to test. On Mac they happily co-exist in neighboring folders. Maybe install 2025.1 to test. Make sure to configure full disk access. Good to run the diagnostic to double check from the service …

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Waldi November 20, 2024, 5:21pm 11

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