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From: Pacci Evaristo, Felipe Fabricio (felipepacci_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 14 2020 - 09:37:03 CST

Hi John,

Wonderful! Thank you so much for doing that!

Are the new macOS versions posted the final ones or beta tests for now?

Thanks,

Felipe.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:12 AM John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Dear VMD-L,
> I have just posted new test builds of VMD compiled with
> developmental FLTK cross-platform GUI libraries and Tcl/Tk
> versions that appear to run correctly on the latest
> MacOS Big Sur operating system.
>
> Beyond just the usual 64-bit build for Intel x86, I've
> also posted the first build of VMD that runs natively
> on the new Apple ARM-based "M1" Mac models:
> https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
>
> Since both versions are compiled from literally the latest
> available developmental versions of FLTK, Tcl/Tk, there could
> be new bugs that didn't affect prior test builds.
>
> I expect to post a new 64-bit Windows build as soon as I
> complete building and testing a new Windows installer compilation.
>
> Best regards,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
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