Re: LilyPond 2.21.81 installer on MacOS 11

[Hans Åberg]

> On 3 Dec 2020, at 16:58, Thomas Scharkowski <t.scharkowski@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
>> Am 03.12.2020 um 14:29 schrieb Hans Åberg <haberg-1@telia.com>:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 3 Dec 2020, at 11:36, Thomas Scharkowski <t.scharkowski@t-online.de> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Am 02.12.2020 um 18:54 schrieb Hans Åberg <haberg-1@telia.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2 Dec 2020, at 18:30, Thomas Scharkowski <t.scharkowski@t-online.de> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have just tried - does not install on Catalina, macOs 11 required.
>>>> 
>>>> Good to know. The other way around worked, though one cannot be sure the 
>>>> installed program is fully correct.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> One addition:
>>> 
>>> The LilyPond 2.21.81 works on Catalina when installed through MacPorts (as 
>>> expected).
>> 
>> If you can run directly from MacPorts, that is better, as it is regularly 
>> updated. I found though MacOS 11 more stable than 10.15, but make a backup 
>> before upgrading: The first release deleted the Sent messages in Mail, but 
>> hopefully fixed by now.
>> 
>> Also, to update the command-line tools, I had to remove them [1] and then do 
>> 'xcode-select --install', otherwise the SDKs in 
>> /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools are not updated.
>> 
>> 1. 
>> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2339/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40014588-CH1-HOW_CAN_I_UNINSTALL_THE_COMMAND_LINE_TOOLS_
> 
> Unfortunately my iMac (late 2013) is too old for macOS 11.

Unless you are trying something like this:
https://www.archyde.com/trick-get-macos-big-sur-to-work-on-older-macs/