Mac OS Sierra and Footprints

[kira12]

Hello all,

i installed 5.0.0-3 on Sierra and the Path to the Footprints are right but after settle a Resisor in the circuit are no Foorprint available. I copy the Footprint-master into the right Path. How can i get it work?

best regards René

[Rene_Poschl]

Is it possible you had v4 installed previosly?

I had KiCad 4 installed previosly. Now i updated to v5. Now i have some problems with the library setup

Recommended reading: Library management in KiCad version 5 KiCad does not automatically discover libs. Nor does it update the list of libraries on update. If you had KiCad 4.0.x installed previously then i would bet you still have parts of its configuration surviving. Most importantly the fp-lib-table. This file controls which footprint libs you use. If this is the case then you probably still run the on demand online footprint libs originally “distributed” with KiCad 4.0.x installations. The …

[kira12]

Hello Rene

thanks for this Information, now it works fine. I had try to install the 5 as i had installed 4. After some Errors i delete 4 and installed 5 without Errors, but the footprints are not functionaly. Now its all fine

best regards René