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Meld v3.21.0(r4) hotfix on MacOS with Sonoma(14) Intel CPU / Apple silicon (M1,M2,M3) CPU with Rosetta
### Test on https://github.com/yousseb/meld/releases/tag/osx-20
### OSX - 3.21.0 (r4) Sonoma
### !!! Note: You need put the Meld.app r4 build to the /Applications path first.
#!/bin/zsh
#Fix libpng16.16.dylib not found
install_name_tool -change /usr/local/opt/libpng/lib/libpng16.16.dylib @executable_path/../Frameworks/libpng16.16.dylib /Applications/Meld.app/Contents/Frameworks/libfreetype.6.20.0.dylib
#Fix libbrotlidec.1.dylib not found
install_name_tool -change /usr/local/opt/brotli/lib/libbrotlidec.1.dylib @executable_path/../Frameworks/libbrotlidec.1.dylib /Applications/Meld.app/Contents/Frameworks/libfreetype.6.20.0.dylib
#Make MacOS trust Meld.app
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Meld.app
#if CPU type is Apple silicon, use Rosetta to execute
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :LSRequiresNativeExecution false" /Applications/Meld.app/Contents/Info.plist
#Try to open Meld
open /Applications/Meld.app
#Meld CLI Setup
curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/syneart/4a8724cd479d31f0f742f499f807dcb2/raw/meld_setup_cli.sh | zsh
#!/bin/zsh
RC_FILES=( .bashrc .zshrc )
for RC_FILE in "${RC_FILES[@]}"
do
[ -f ~/${RC_FILE} ] && {
( cat ~/${RC_FILE} | grep "alias meld=" ) && {
echo "Already put it at ~/${RC_FILE}"
}|| {
echo "alias meld='meld_script(){ /Applications/Meld.app/Contents/MacOS/Meld \$* 2>/dev/null & };meld_script'" >> ~/${RC_FILE}
. ~/${RC_FILE}
echo "Put it at ~/${RC_FILE} .. ok"
}
}
done
echo "[!] You may need to reopen your Terminal."
@robwilkerson
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Can confirm that these steps work, @syneart , thank you again! I can launch app and, from the command line, diff both files and directories. Your patch seems to give me everything I really expect from Meld, so I'm crazy happy that I don't have to start using diffmerge or something else that just isn't as good.

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sowmyy commented Jun 28, 2024

Works like a charm !!! thanks much :)

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