Bob . . .
On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 04:12:19 -0800, "Bob AA1HM" <bobzahn65@...> wrote:
Looking for advice on how to get CHIRP to work with my MacBook and UV-S9Plus. I¡¯ve reviewed a number of YouTube videos but everyone is using Windows. The displayed ¡°upload to Baofeng¡± remains an inactive prompt. The online CHIRP directions are not working for my hardware/software.
thanks for any help
I am not a MAC user, but I have no issues with the OS other than what some call
the "Apple Tax" (higher cost for otherwise similar to PC hardware). It's a great
OS and I think they just didn't market it well when Microsoft was bringing
Windows to market, so Windows became the dominant OS, followed by MAC OS, then
Linux.
I know in Linux I can use WINE to allow me to run my Windows email program Forte
Agent, and it runs just like in Windows.
I know that there is a program called Crossover for MAC* that allows you to do
the same in the MAC OS, and there is a way to get WINE to run on your OS so you
can run Windows programs. I won't be able to help you with this, but if you
don't want to install Windows as a virtual machine, the second section of the
following article, titled "Use Wine to Run Windows Apps With Wineskin" may help.
If you get it working, it should run like it does in Windows. Pay attention to
the COM port used so you choose the correct one in CHIRP.
If you get it working with WINE, please let us know. You might be able to write
up a small article for the group that we can store in the files section.
Donald KX8K
* I've used Crossover for Linux and it works well for me. It's not free, though
there is an evaluation period, which might give you enough time to program your
radio. I think the evaluation is not feature-limited.
If you contact Codeweavers, you can inquire about becoming a beta tester for the
Crossover for MAC product, and if you actively test and feedback your test
results, you get a free license for it.
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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
