VESC Tool & Ackmaniac Vesc Tool Mac Builds

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Hi guys, several people asked how to run VESC Tool or Ackamaniac VESC Tool under mac, many suggested to install Windows through Bootcamp, but I thought it’s a bit overkill so I went and built both tools for Mac.

The only problem is that if you running latest version Gatekeeper will not allow running unidentified applications. At the moment I don’t have Apple Developer license membership so I can’t sign these applications to run without problem. But there is a fix:

You will need to open the application called Terminal which is located in:

/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/

and paste this line of code to disable Gatekeeper (allows to run apps not verified by apple)

sudo spctl --master-disable

and enter your password and press enter now it should work.

If I am missing latest version just mention me in this topic I will build and release it right away :wink:

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Thank you! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Nice job !

But I think there is an error in your first phrase (windows instead of mac)…

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Oh thanks for notice :stuck_out_tongue:

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What’s the difference with the official VT already available from @rpasichnyk repo ?

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No difference I guess :wink: I just saw people asking, so I went and made it, as I am compiling it for myself already :slight_smile: I guess there are probable every tool compiled to mac, but just lost in the posts :slight_smile:

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I was able to run acks esc tool no problem only problem I encountered was the freezing after firmware update. but after that it ran with no issues

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It’s mac issue with serialport sometimes it freezes then can’t find serialport…

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I can’t run it because it says macOS version might be different. What version is this for?

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Ahm, minimum version is 10.11

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WOW thank you so much i hate having to run bootcamp, if it wasnt for my AEM computer for my car i use for tuning id get ride of bootcamp all together but that damn thing only works on windows

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Not sure what I’m doing wrong, but I have followed the link for the ackmaniac download and when I try open it I get this message.

32%20pm

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It’s a zip file dont know what are you doing wrong mac should support zip files :wink:

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I had problems to extract the zip file. Tried it on a windows pc and made it with ignoring all error messages but didn‘t tried on Mac yet if really all files extracted

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Ahm what kind of error messages? I have tried on multiple macs without a single error on extracting zip file. There was issues with ack build as I haven’t included linked QT libs inside application but I fixed it.

Vesc tool is better use the one @Pimousse linked I am bit lazy to go god lengths to relink global libs to internal ones…

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You have to enable the ability to download from an unsecured site basically Max’s really only want to download from the App Store

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I think his issue is either zip file is not recognised or he tries to open something wrong. @ArnhemAnt can you make a screenshot what you trying to open?

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Something like …not possible to encrypt file… Unfortunately i‘m out of the office and didn’t made a screenshot. But in the end it unzipped. Don’t know if everything but will check it in the evening

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Sorry for the delay. I’ve played around with this a little more and have discovered that my OS version is not supported - bugger… 02%20am

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Just update your OS to El Capitan or High Sierra