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ENVI 5.6 and IDL 8.8 are not compatible with MacOS 12 Monterey, but here’s a work-around

ENVI 5.6 and IDL 8.8 are not compatible with MacOS 12 Monterey, but here’s a work-around

11/12/2021

Apple released the newest iteration of MacOS, known as Monterey or MacOS 12, in October 2021. This version of MacOS is not officially supported by ENVI 5.6.x or IDL 8.8.x and there are known issues, mainly: ENVI will not launch at all. IDL graphics may fail to display, giving the following error output:     ... Read More >
NV5 Geospatial Software product support for the Apple Silicon (ARM-based) macOS platform

NV5 Geospatial Software product support for the Apple Silicon (ARM-based) macOS platform

11/13/2020

The upcoming IDL 8.8.1 and ENVI 5.6.1 product update (release expected in late summer 2021) has been successfully tested to run and will be supported on the new ARM-based Apple Silicon / M1 platform with macOS 11 (Big Sur).  IDL and ENVI on this platform require use of the Rosetta 2 translation environment and a compatible version of... Read More >
What to do When Receiving an Error Saying IDL/ENVI Installer Can't be Opened on macOS Catalina or Later

What to do When Receiving an Error Saying IDL/ENVI Installer Can't be Opened on macOS Catalina or Later

4/10/2020

(This help article applies to both ENVI 5.5.3 / IDL 8.7.3 and ENVI 5.6 / IDL 8.8. We are working to resolve this issue in a future release of ENVI and IDL.) If you receive an error on macOS Catalina saying IDL/ENVI can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software, here are the steps to get up and running. If... Read More >
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