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@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@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/>
⢠If it returns HTTP/2 200, the connection is fine. ⢠If it fails, try switching Wi-Fi networks or disconnecting from VPN. ⢠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 ⢠Go to https://files.pharo.org <https://files.pharo.org/> and download the image you need (e.g., Pharo 10 latest stable). ⢠Unzip the .zip file, which will contain a .image and .changes file. ⢠In PharoLauncher, use Add Local Image to select the .image file and start it.
4. Check macOS security & firewall ⢠Go to System Settings â Network â Firewall. ⢠Make sure PharoLauncher is allowed to connect. ⢠If using Intel (x86) binaries on Apple Silicon, consider using the native ARM64 version.
5. Apple Silicon specific note ⢠Make sure you downloaded the ARM64 version of PharoLauncher for your M3 Mac. ⢠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@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
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