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Pharo News of the Week 44/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 44/2025 [Paper] Coypu: Gnawing Music On-The-Fly With Pharo https://zenodo.org/records/15528063 New wanted! You can add your news to this list (that is, next week) using this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 12 - Pharo 12 backport: fix cache flush SystemDictionary>>#add: #18807 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18807 - P12 - 18785-OmTimeStampSuffixStrategy-could-generate-duplicated-values #18786 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18786 # Pharo 13 - Update Spec to v2.0.4 in P13 #18776 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18776 - P13-18785-OmTimeStampSuffixStrategy-could-generate-duplicated-values #18787 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18787 - Re-add SpWindowPresenter>>#restore. #1837 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1837 - Update paginator when switching themes #1835 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1835 - Morhic adapter: use #when:do:for: instead of #when:do: #1834 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1834 # Fixes - Fix initialization of Clipboard #18809 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18809 - Fix for the browser line number parameter #18775 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18775 - Update text fields background color when switching themes #18740 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18740 - fix some clap glitches #18694 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18694 # Refactoring Engine - More efficient feedback for ReRenameClassrefactoring #18626 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18626 - Improvement of ReTemporaryToInstanceVariableRefactoring #18654 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18654 # Newtools - Cut dependency of Monticello to UIManager #1271 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1271 - Pass the application in Cavrois #1270 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1270 - Add back the build number in the about. #1269 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1269 - move wrong class-side methods to instance-side #1268 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1268 - add an accessor for application in morphs #1267 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1267 - Fixing some CmCommandAborted should be pass an application!!!!! #1266 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1266 # Spec - add an API to take snapshot of a presenter in PNG #1794 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1794 - Re-add SpWindowPresenter>>#restore. #1836 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1836 - Morhic adapter: use #when:do:for: instead of #when:do: #1833 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1833 - Making sure that cm2 commands with their spec extensions can talk to the application #1831 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1831 - Update paginator when switching themes #1829 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1829 - fix the finder focus bug #1824 https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec/pull/1824 # Cleanup Dependencies /Bootstrap / Morphic Cleanup - Remove dependency of Monticello to the UIManager #18796 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18796 - Clean multiple dependencies #18789 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18789 - Old ring chunk importer should depend on Ring-Definition-Core #18782 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18782 - Introduce BaselineOfFonts #18779 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18779 - Move loading of the UIManager to hermes phase by cutting the last dependencies to it in the kernel #18772 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18772 - Clean multiple dependencies to reduce dependencies to Morphic #18770 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18770 - Rename System-BasicCommandLineHandler to System-CommandLineHandler #18768 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18768 - Reduce depenencies to UIManager #18766 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18766 - Move loading of NumberParser to hermes phase #18765 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18765 - Cleanup in the first bootstrap packages #18763 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18763 - Merge System-CommandLineHandler and System-BasicCommandLineHandler #18761 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18761 - Simplify bootstrap scripts #18756 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18756 - Move loading of FileSystem-Path to Hermes phase #18754 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18754 - Move loading of Collections-Stack to Hermes phase #18753 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18753 - Cleaning of the bootstrap and of Pharo dependencies #18737 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18737 - Clean number printing #18705 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18705 # Inform related cleans - Fixes: #18757 #18759 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18759 - Fix #18758 / Fixes #18758 #18764 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18764 # Tests - improved #testAddFlushesClassCaches #18808 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18808

Oct. 31, 2025

A thought for Vanessa Freudenberg

by stephane ducasse

Hello Pharoers Today I just learned that Vanessa Freudenberg passed away. And Iâm super sad. I knew her from Squeak Central, Impara and the funny Plop Project. Vanessa pushed SqueakJS and more projects. At ESUG this year we had fun with the new version of Plop. I do not have contact with her family and friend but I want to express my sincere condolences. Please pass them this message if you get in touch with them. S.

Oct. 30, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 43/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 43/2025 News wanted! You can add your news to this list (that is, for next week) using this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo 11 - Faster Implementation for Step Through in P11 #18698 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18698 - Backport Ph11 for #18716 - Fix: #18702 by making OCBlockScope >> inComingCopiedVarNames consistent to Set inconsistent results #18726 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18726 # Pharo 12 - Backport Ph12 for #18716 - Fix: #18702 by making OCBlockScope >> inComingCopiedVarNames consistent to Set inconsistent results #18725 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18725 # Pharo 13 - Backport Ph13 for #18716 - Fix: #18702 by making OCBlockScope >> inComingCopiedVarNames consistent to Set inconsistent results #18724 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18724 - Update Toplo World Menu entry to load 'Pharo13' branch #18709 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18709 # Fixes - Fix issue #18598: Duplicating a class fails to log methods in Epicea (clean) #18706 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18706 # Refactoring Engine - Refactoring engine UI fixes #18728 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18728 - Adding tests for RBProtectInstanceVariableRefactoring #18715 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18715 # Compiler - Fix: #18702 by making OCBlockScope >> inComingCopiedVarNames consistent to Set inconsistent results #18716 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18716 - Simplify the registering of OpalCompiler #18710 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18710 # Debugger - Faster implementation for StepThrough in P14 #18693 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18693 # Bootrap - Add class initialization in Hermes #18680 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18680 # Cleanup - Morphic: Deprecate some scrollers and tabs #18677 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18677 - Move RunArrayTest #18712 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18712 - Move model update methods from Object to System-Model #18714 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18714 - Remove class added accidentally #18717 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18717 - Remove double registration of OSEnvironment to SessionManager #18723 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18723 - Simplify Metacello scripting mecanism #18665 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18665

Oct. 28, 2025

UKSTUG Meeting: HernÃ¡n Wilkinson & Juan Vuletich - Keeping up with Cuis Smalltalk - 29 October 2025

by UK Smalltalk

For our October meeting, HernÃ¡n Wilkinson and Juan Vuletich will tell us about recent developments in Cuis Smalltalk ( https://cuis.st/ ). These range from kernel functionality like Ephemerons and the Sista Bytecodes set to app developer tools like a visual GUI Designer and additional Layout policies. HernÃ¡n Wilkinson ( https://github.com/hernanwilkinson ) Passionate programmer. Smalltalk lover. Founder of 10Pines and FAST (Argentine Foundation of Smalltalk). Professor of the FCEyN at the UBA. Teaches OO and Agile techniques at the university and the industry. Key Note Speaker of many national and international conferences. Contributes to many Smalltalk opensource projects. Promotes self organized organizations and agile methodologies. You can follow him in Twitter at @hernanwilkinson Juan Vuletich ( https://www.jvuletich.org/ ) Juan Vuletich is the founder and lead developer of Cuis Smalltalk. He is a long-standing Open Source Smalltalk community member, having contributed kernel code to Cuis, Squeak and the OpenSmalltalk VM for over 25 years. Juan has been programming since he was 14, and doing it professionally since he was 17. He holds an MS.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires. He works at LabWare. This will be an online meeting. If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/311117386/ ) to receive the meeting details.

Oct. 27, 2025

Pharo News of the Week 42/2025

by Marcus Denker

# Pharo News of the Week 42/2025 - [Video] Pharo : 1. Introduction to Pharo & Counter App https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdWNlGD_FzQ - [ANN] Coypu is now listed on https://github.com/toplap/awesome-livecoding If you want to add your news to this list, use this form: https://tinyurl.com/4c89buy4 # The week on the Pharo Issue Tracker # Pharo13 - P13 backport: Alternative fix to the Epicea naming hack #18664 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18664 # Features - Allow using symbols in #reduce: and #inject:into: #18510 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18510 - Add an inspection of Clap match using Roassal #18650 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18650 # Fixes - Add back removed method #18701 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18701 - fix eval command use of OPbject>>#inform #18687 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18687 # Compiler - fix compiler plugin call of semantic analysis #18699 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18699 - Add first version of DebugInfo object #18644 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18644 # Epicea/FileOut - Reintroducing the openFileInOS feature for the fileout #18676 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18676 - Fixing saving of protocole + unskip the tests #18696 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18696 # Refactoring - ReExtractMethodDriver fixes from Balsa's review #18685 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18685 - Generic nonViolators for ReConditions (retry) #18651 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18651 # FFI - UnifiedFFI refactors for compatibility #18660 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18660 # Cleanup - Cavrois Removing Object >> inform: usage We will fix it later #1264 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1264 - fix bad initialisation of StFileBrowserAbstractPresenter hierarchy #1261 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1261 - Cleanup: remove an override of #== #1253 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1253 - Less UIManager default (in Calypso and Epicea) #18662 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18662 - Make sure that we move on Morphic fading out. #18657 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18657 # Packaging improvements - Move ProvideAnswerNotification to Morphic core #18683 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18683 - Move Float print policies and #printOn:base: to System-NumberPrinting #18692 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18692 - Simplify BaselineOfMorphic post loads (first step) #18690 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18690 # CI - add back execution permission to shell scripts #18681 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18681 - Add test to ensure we do not depend on deprecated package #18643 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18643 - Make testStepToNextCallInClassNeverFinishes a bit more robust #1265 https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools/pull/1265 # Documentation - fix:#18658 convert comments into examples #18659 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18659 - fixing announcement doc to use recent class syntax #18700 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18700 - Add documentation on Clap #18663 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18663 - typos in clap documentation #18671 https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/18671

Oct. 20, 2025

Re: Problem reinstalling PharoLauncher under macOS arm64

by Tomohiro Oda

Phil and Masaya, I also tried PharoLauncher 3.4.1 on my Tahoe 26.0.1. When I open PharoLauncher 3.4.1 alone, it runs as I expect. When I open an older version (3.2) and try to open also 3.4.1, 3.4.1 fails to connect to files.pharo.org. I don't know what's the cause nor how to fix it, but I hope this info could help digging the issue. --- tomo 2025å¹´10æ17æ¥(é) 2:53 IDEGUTI Masaya via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org>: > > Hi Phil, > > Thanks for your message. Iâm afraid I donât have a perfect solution at the moment, but I can share what Iâve observed: > > - The latest PharoLauncher 3.4.1 seems to have an issue: it hangs immediately on startup, both on Sequoia (your environment) and Tahoe (my environment). > - PharoLauncher 3.2-2024.05.24 starts up, but trying to launch a Pharo 12.0 image produces a PhLTranslatedModeWarning and fails to open (tested on Tahoe). > - Selecting a Pharo 13.0 image with 3.2-2024.05.24 works (tested on Tahoe). > > So unfortunately, the âgeneral solutionsâ I mentioned earlier donât really help in the current situation. I wish I could offer a clearer fix, but for now this is all Iâve observed. > > Sorry I canât be more helpful at the moment! > > Best, Masaya > > > On Oct 16, 2025, at 19:44, Phil Gray via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > Hi Masaya, > > Many thanks for your message. Iâve gone through the steps you suggest, but I still have problems. > Hereâs what happened with each of your numbered steps: > (1) Curl returned âHTTP/1.1 200 OKâ. I assume version 1.1 is ok. I was able to access files.pharo.org ok. > (2) When I looked for the PharoLauncher file in /Library/Application Support, no file was there. I tried launching PharoLauncher again, but still no file. > (3) This wasnât relevant as PharoLauncher never reached a state where I could select an image file. > (4) I set the firewall to allow PharoLauncher to accept connections. > (5) I was able to execute using the âarch -arm64â command. Same result as before. > (6) Launching from a command line generated no errors. The application just hangs. Iâve attached a screen dump of the PharoLauncher window. > > I hope you can help! > Thanks, Phil > > > On 15 Oct 2025 at 17:05:20, IDEGUTI Masaya via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Phil, >> >> I understand youâre having trouble with PharoLauncher on your M3 MacBook Air, hanging when trying to connect to files.pharo.org. Here are several steps that usually help resolve this issue: >> >> 1. Check your network connection >> Open Terminal and run: >> curl -I https://files.pharo.org >> >> â¢ If it returns HTTP/2 200, the connection is fine. >> â¢ If it fails, try switching Wi-Fi networks or disconnecting from VPN. >> â¢ Also check that you can open https://files.pharo.org in your browser. >> >> 2. Clear PharoLauncher cache >> Old settings or caches can cause the launcher to hang: >> mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher.bak >> >> Then restart PharoLauncher. It will create fresh settings. >> >> 3. Manually download a Pharo image >> â¢ Go to https://files.pharo.org and download the image you need (e.g., Pharo 10 latest stable). >> â¢ Unzip the .zip file, which will contain a .image and .changes file. >> â¢ In PharoLauncher, use Add Local Image to select the .image file and start it. >> >> 4. Check macOS security & firewall >> â¢ Go to System Settings â Network â Firewall. >> â¢ Make sure PharoLauncher is allowed to connect. >> â¢ If using Intel (x86) binaries on Apple Silicon, consider using the native ARM64 version. >> >> 5. Apple Silicon specific note >> â¢ Make sure you downloaded the ARM64 version of PharoLauncher for your M3 Mac. >> â¢ You can test by launching from Terminal: >> arch -arm64 /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher >> >> 6. Debugging >> Launch PharoLauncher from Terminal to see logs and connection errors: >> /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher >> >> If network issues persist, manually downloading the image and using the local image option is a reliable workaround. >> I hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any further issues. >> >> Best regards, >> Masaya >> >> >> On Oct 15, 2025, at 21:49, Phil Gray via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: >> >> >> Hi >> >> >> Iâm having trouble reinstalling PharoLauncher on an M3 MacBook Air running Sequoia 15.6.1. >> >> >> I uninstalled a working version of PharoLauncher (long story) and then downloaded and installed a new version. On launch, a Pharo window opens and then it hangs trying to connect to âfiles.pharo.orgâ. >> >> >> Iâd be grateful for any help. >> >> >> Phil >> >> > <PharoLauncherScreenDump.jpg> > >

Oct. 17, 2025

Re: Problem reinstalling PharoLauncher under macOS arm64

by IDEGUTI Masaya

Hi Phil, Thanks for your message. Iâm afraid I donât have a perfect solution at the moment, but I can share what Iâve observed: - The latest PharoLauncher 3.4.1 seems to have an issue: it hangs immediately on startup, both on Sequoia (your environment) and Tahoe (my environment). - PharoLauncher 3.2-2024.05.24 starts up, but trying to launch a Pharo 12.0 image produces a PhLTranslatedModeWarning and fails to open (tested on Tahoe). - Selecting a Pharo 13.0 image with 3.2-2024.05.24 works (tested on Tahoe). So unfortunately, the âgeneral solutionsâ I mentioned earlier donât really help in the current situation. I wish I could offer a clearer fix, but for now this is all Iâve observed. Sorry I canât be more helpful at the moment! Best, Masaya > On Oct 16, 2025, at 19:44, Phil Gray via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > Hi Masaya, > > Many thanks for your message. Iâve gone through the steps you suggest, but I still have problems. > Hereâs what happened with each of your numbered steps: > (1) Curl returned âHTTP/1.1 200 OKâ. I assume version 1.1 is ok. I was able to access files.pharo.org <http://files.pharo.org/> ok. > (2) When I looked for the PharoLauncher file in /Library/Application Support, no file was there. I tried launching PharoLauncher again, but still no file. > (3) This wasnât relevant as PharoLauncher never reached a state where I could select an image file. > (4) I set the firewall to allow PharoLauncher to accept connections. > (5) I was able to execute using the âarch -arm64â command. Same result as before. > (6) Launching from a command line generated no errors. The application just hangs. Iâve attached a screen dump of the PharoLauncher window. > > I hope you can help! > Thanks, Phil > > > On 15 Oct 2025 at 17:05:20, IDEGUTI Masaya via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> wrote: >> Hi Phil, >> >> I understand youâre having trouble with PharoLauncher on your M3 MacBook Air, hanging when trying to connect to files.pharo.org <http://files.pharo.org/>. Here are several steps that usually help resolve this issue: >> >> 1. Check your network connection >> Open Terminal and run: >> curl -I https://files.pharo.org <https://files.pharo.org/> >> >> â¢ If it returns HTTP/2 200, the connection is fine. >> â¢ If it fails, try switching Wi-Fi networks or disconnecting from VPN. >> â¢ Also check that you can open https://files.pharo.org <https://files.pharo.org/> in your browser. >> >> 2. Clear PharoLauncher cache >> Old settings or caches can cause the launcher to hang: >> mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher.bak >> >> Then restart PharoLauncher. It will create fresh settings. >> >> 3. Manually download a Pharo image >> â¢ Go to https://files.pharo.org <https://files.pharo.org/> and download the image you need (e.g., Pharo 10 latest stable). >> â¢ Unzip the .zip file, which will contain a .image and .changes file. >> â¢ In PharoLauncher, use Add Local Image to select the .image file and start it. >> >> 4. Check macOS security & firewall >> â¢ Go to System Settings â Network â Firewall. >> â¢ Make sure PharoLauncher is allowed to connect. >> â¢ If using Intel (x86) binaries on Apple Silicon, consider using the native ARM64 version. >> >> 5. Apple Silicon specific note >> â¢ Make sure you downloaded the ARM64 version of PharoLauncher for your M3 Mac. >> â¢ You can test by launching from Terminal: >> arch -arm64 /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher >> >> 6. Debugging >> Launch PharoLauncher from Terminal to see logs and connection errors: >> /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher >> >> If network issues persist, manually downloading the image and using the local image option is a reliable workaround. >> I hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any further issues. >> >> Best regards, >> Masaya >> >> >>> On Oct 15, 2025, at 21:49, Phil Gray via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Iâm having trouble reinstalling PharoLauncher on an M3 MacBook Air running Sequoia 15.6.1. >>> >>> I uninstalled a working version of PharoLauncher (long story) and then downloaded and installed a new version. On launch, a Pharo window opens and then it hangs trying to connect to âfiles.pharo.org <http://files.pharo.org/>â. >>> >>> Iâd be grateful for any help. >>> >>> Phil >> > <PharoLauncherScreenDump.jpg>

Oct. 16, 2025

Re: Problem reinstalling PharoLauncher under macOS arm64

by Phil Gray

Hi Masaya, Many thanks for your message. Iâve gone through the steps you suggest, but I still have problems. Hereâs what happened with each of your numbered steps: (1) Curl returned âHTTP/1.1 200 OKâ. I assume version 1.1 is ok. I was able to access files.pharo.org ok. (2) When I looked for the PharoLauncher file in /Library/Application Support, no file was there. I tried launching PharoLauncher again, but still no file. (3) This wasnât relevant as PharoLauncher never reached a state where I could select an image file. (4) I set the firewall to allow PharoLauncher to accept connections. (5) I was able to execute using the âarch -arm64â command. Same result as before. (6) Launching from a command line generated no errors. The application just hangs. Iâve attached a screen dump of the PharoLauncher window. I hope you can help! Thanks, Phil On 15 Oct 2025 at 17:05:20, IDEGUTI Masaya via Pharo-users < pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > I understand youâre having trouble with PharoLauncher on your M3 MacBook > Air, hanging when trying to connect to files.pharo.org. Here are several > steps that usually help resolve this issue: > > 1. Check your network connection > Open Terminal and run: > curl -I https://files.pharo.org > > â¢ If it returns HTTP/2 200, the connection is fine. > â¢ If it fails, try switching Wi-Fi networks or disconnecting from VPN. > â¢ Also check that you can open https://files.pharo.org in your browser. > > 2. Clear PharoLauncher cache > Old settings or caches can cause the launcher to hang: > mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher ~/Library/Application\ > Support/PharoLauncher.bak > > Then restart PharoLauncher. It will create fresh settings. > > 3. Manually download a Pharo image > â¢ Go to https://files.pharo.org and download the image you need (e.g., > Pharo 10 latest stable). > â¢ Unzip the .zip file, which will contain a .image and .changes file. > â¢ In PharoLauncher, use Add Local Image to select the .image file and > start it. > > 4. Check macOS security & firewall > â¢ Go to System Settings â Network â Firewall. > â¢ Make sure PharoLauncher is allowed to connect. > â¢ If using Intel (x86) binaries on Apple Silicon, consider using the > native ARM64 version. > > 5. Apple Silicon specific note > â¢ Make sure you downloaded the ARM64 version of PharoLauncher for your > M3 Mac. > â¢ You can test by launching from Terminal: > arch -arm64 /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher > > 6. Debugging > Launch PharoLauncher from Terminal to see logs and connection errors: > /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher > > If network issues persist, manually downloading the image and using the > local image option is a reliable workaround. > I hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any further issues. > > Best regards, > Masaya > > > On Oct 15, 2025, at 21:49, Phil Gray via Pharo-users < > pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > > Hi > > > Iâm having trouble reinstalling PharoLauncher on an M3 MacBook Air running > Sequoia 15.6.1. > > > I uninstalled a working version of PharoLauncher (long story) and then > downloaded and installed a new version. On launch, a Pharo window opens and > then it hangs trying to connect to âfiles.pharo.orgâ. > > > Iâd be grateful for any help. > > > Phil > > >

Oct. 16, 2025

Re: Problem reinstalling PharoLauncher under macOS arm64

by IDEGUTI Masaya

Hi Phil, I understand youâre having trouble with PharoLauncher on your M3 MacBook Air, hanging when trying to connect to files.pharo.org. Here are several steps that usually help resolve this issue: 1. Check your network connection Open Terminal and run: curl -I https://files.pharo.org â¢ If it returns HTTP/2 200, the connection is fine. â¢ If it fails, try switching Wi-Fi networks or disconnecting from VPN. â¢ Also check that you can open https://files.pharo.org in your browser. 2. Clear PharoLauncher cache Old settings or caches can cause the launcher to hang: mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher ~/Library/Application\ Support/PharoLauncher.bak Then restart PharoLauncher. It will create fresh settings. 3. Manually download a Pharo image â¢ Go to https://files.pharo.org and download the image you need (e.g., Pharo 10 latest stable). â¢ Unzip the .zip file, which will contain a .image and .changes file. â¢ In PharoLauncher, use Add Local Image to select the .image file and start it. 4. Check macOS security & firewall â¢ Go to System Settings â Network â Firewall. â¢ Make sure PharoLauncher is allowed to connect. â¢ If using Intel (x86) binaries on Apple Silicon, consider using the native ARM64 version. 5. Apple Silicon specific note â¢ Make sure you downloaded the ARM64 version of PharoLauncher for your M3 Mac. â¢ You can test by launching from Terminal: arch -arm64 /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher 6. Debugging Launch PharoLauncher from Terminal to see logs and connection errors: /Applications/PharoLauncher.app/Contents/MacOS/PharoLauncher If network issues persist, manually downloading the image and using the local image option is a reliable workaround. I hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any further issues. Best regards, Masaya > On Oct 15, 2025, at 21:49, Phil Gray via Pharo-users <pharo-users(a)lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > Hi > > Iâm having trouble reinstalling PharoLauncher on an M3 MacBook Air running Sequoia 15.6.1. > > I uninstalled a working version of PharoLauncher (long story) and then downloaded and installed a new version. On launch, a Pharo window opens and then it hangs trying to connect to âfiles.pharo.orgâ. > > Iâd be grateful for any help. > > Phil

Oct. 15, 2025

Problem reinstalling PharoLauncher under macOS arm64

by Phil Gray

Hi Iâm having trouble reinstalling PharoLauncher on an M3 MacBook Air running Sequoia 15.6.1. I uninstalled a working version of PharoLauncher (long story) and then downloaded and installed a new version. On launch, a Pharo window opens and then it hangs trying to connect to âfiles.pharo.orgâ. Iâd be grateful for any help. Phil

Oct. 15, 2025