As long time user of KiCad 4 - 7 I recently installed KiCad 8.01 from the download dmg. The main project window opens as usual but neither Schematic or PCB editors will execute. Receive error message “Application cannot start” with content: 16:24:47: Unhandled exception class: N8pybind1117error_…

You tried the sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/KiCad/KiCad.app command? Because, I’m running 8.0 on an M1 Mac.

KiCad 8 installed on Mac OSX can not run

3Dogs March 28, 2024, 2:08am 2

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