Re: considering getting a new mac that has the new M chip; does Lilypond install/run ok?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Thank you for another data point! Will probably be going to the Mini,
not sure yet.

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:16 PM Jacques Menu <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
> I use the MacPort version in the command line and scripts seamlessly.
>
> My work doesn’t lead me to create big scores with Lily these days, but 
> compiling my C++ library is way faster on the Mac mini than on my 2015 
> MacBook Pro.
>
> JM
>
> > Le 25 sept. 2021 à 03:41, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a 
> > écrit :
> >
> > Yeah, I don't use Frescobaldi, just Lilypond.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 5:52 PM Mark Probert <probertm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm considering getting a new mac that has the new M chip; does
> >>> Lilypond install/run ok?
> >>>
> >> Perfectly. The "trick" is to install it using MacPorts not Homebrew. I
> >> have been using 2.22.1 with added fonts and stuff and it works
> >> perfectly.
> >>
> >> Oh. This is the command-line version, not the GUI, but for me that -is-
> >> lilypond :-)
> >>
> >> This on a 2021 Mac Mini M1 with 16Gb
> >>
> >> Hope this helps
> >>
> >> ..mark.
> >
>