Recent changes to macOS compilation

macOS compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:12:00 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Requirements
 --------------------
 - OS X 10.12 or above
-- Xcode 8 or above with command line tools
+- Xcode 9 or above with command line tools
 - Qt 5, at least 5.9, 5.12 is recommended

 Installing Qt

macOS compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:11:16 -0000

--- v7
+++ v8
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Requirements
 --------------------
-- OS X 10.11 or above
+- OS X 10.12 or above
 - Xcode 8 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.10, 5.11  or above is recommended
+- Qt 5, at least 5.9, 5.12 is recommended

 Installing Qt
 -----------------
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 Qt instalation is pretty simple, don't worry if you know nothing about Qt and do its instalation first time.

-[Download Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download), run it and follow its instructions. Qt acount is optional.
+[Download Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download), run it and follow its instructions.
 You can safely uncheck everything suggested execpt _clang_, _macOS_, _OS X_ (name my vary with version).

 Getting sources

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:33:14 -0000

--- v6
+++ v7
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Requirements
 --------------------
-- OS X 10.9 or above
-- Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.6, 5.8  or above is recommended (and [required](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56565) for macOS Sierra and newer)
+- OS X 10.11 or above
+- Xcode 8 or above with command line tools
+- Qt 5, at least 5.10, 5.11  or above is recommended

 Installing Qt
 -----------------
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@

 Notes
 --------
-if you building for macOS Sierra and newer, use Qt 5.8 or above or [build Qt 5.6 from git](https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git).
+if you building for macOS Sierra and newer, use Qt 5.11 or above.

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:35:06 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --------------------
 - OS X 10.9 or above
 - Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.6, 5.8 is recommended (and [required](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56565) for macOS Sierra)
+- Qt 5, at least 5.6, 5.8  or above is recommended (and [required](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56565) for macOS Sierra and newer)

 Installing Qt
 -----------------
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@

 Qt instalation is pretty simple, don't worry if you know nothing about Qt and do its instalation first time.

-[Download Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/), run it and follow its instructions. Qt acount is optional.
+[Download Qt installer](https://www.qt.io/download), run it and follow its instructions. Qt acount is optional.
 You can safely uncheck everything suggested execpt _clang_, _macOS_, _OS X_ (name my vary with version).

 Getting sources
 -----------------------
 There are 2 ways to get sources:
-1. download archive from [release files](https://sourceforge.net/projects/digitalclock4/files/) (**stable** code)
+1. download archive from [release files](https://github.com/Kolcha/DigitalClock4/releases) (**stable** code)
 2. download snapshot/clone [repository](https://sourceforge.net/p/digitalclock4/code/) (**latest** code)

 Also you will need in [resources](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fa5k3e3y7myn37g/AACypLRTo9iLm7XurVPwtSQea?dl=0) (skins, textures, etc.)
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 * open terminal and navigate to clock sources root (```CLOCK_SRC_PATH``` value)
 * run build script: ```./scripts/create_bundle.sh```

-Compilation will take about 1 minute, and as result you will get *Digital Clock 4.app* and *digital_clock_4-macosx.dmg* alongside with sources folder.
+Compilation will take about few minutes, and as result you will get *Digital Clock 4.app* and *digital_clock_4-macosx.dmg* alongside with sources folder.

 Notes
 --------
-if you building for macOS Sierra, use Qt 5.8 or [build Qt 5.6 from git](https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git).
+if you building for macOS Sierra and newer, use Qt 5.8 or above or [build Qt 5.6 from git](https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git).

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 04:50:38 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --------------------
 - OS X 10.9 or above
 - Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.6
+- Qt 5, at least 5.6, 5.8 is recommended (and [required](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56565) for macOS Sierra)

 Installing Qt
 -----------------
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 * extract all downloaded archives
 * move resources to one folder
 * open ```scripts/create_bundle.sh``` from sources folder in any text editor and change ```QT_ROOT, CLOCK_SRC_PATH, CLOCK_DATA_PATH``` variables corresponding to your system
-* in same file find line with ```QMAKE_MAC_SDK=macosx10.9``` and change it to needed value. this option can be safely removed, _default Xcode SDK_ will used in this case.
 * open terminal and navigate to clock sources root (```CLOCK_SRC_PATH``` value)
 * run build script: ```./scripts/create_bundle.sh```

@@ -36,4 +35,4 @@

 Notes
 --------
-if you building for macOS Sierra, use Qt 5.6.2 at this moment, Qt 5.7.0 doesn't support Xcode 8.0
+if you building for macOS Sierra, use Qt 5.8 or [build Qt 5.6 from git](https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git).

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 05:03:22 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --------------------
 - OS X 10.9 or above
 - Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.4. it is recommended to use Qt 5.6 or newer, because with Qt 5.6 Retina support was significantly improved
+- Qt 5, at least 5.6

 Installing Qt
 -----------------

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:27:49 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --------------------
 - OS X 10.9 or above
 - Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
-- Qt 5, at least 5.4. it is recommended to use Qt 5.6 or newer, because with Qt 5.6 Retina displays support was significantly improved
+- Qt 5, at least 5.4. it is recommended to use Qt 5.6 or newer, because with Qt 5.6 Retina support was significantly improved

 Installing Qt
 -----------------

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:24:04 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 1. download archive from [release files](https://sourceforge.net/projects/digitalclock4/files/) (**stable** code)
 2. download snapshot/clone [repository](https://sourceforge.net/p/digitalclock4/code/) (**latest** code)

-Also you will need in [resources](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fa5k3e3y7myn37g/AACypLRTo9iLm7XurVPwtSQea?dl=0)) (skins, textures, etc.)
+Also you will need in [resources](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fa5k3e3y7myn37g/AACypLRTo9iLm7XurVPwtSQea?dl=0) (skins, textures, etc.)

 Compilation
 -----------------

macOS (OS X) compilation modified by Nick Korotysh

Nick Korotysh — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:21:06 -0000

Requirements

OS X 10.9 or above
Xcode 6.2 or above with command line tools
Qt 5, at least 5.4. it is recommended to use Qt 5.6 or newer, because with Qt 5.6 Retina displays support was significantly improved

Installing Qt

You can skip this section if you know how to do it.

If don't have Xcode, time to install it. It must be installed and runned at least one time before Qt instalation.

Qt instalation is pretty simple, don't worry if you know nothing about Qt and do its instalation first time.

Download Qt installer, run it and follow its instructions. Qt acount is optional.
You can safely uncheck everything suggested execpt clang, macOS, OS X (name my vary with version).

Getting sources

There are 2 ways to get sources:
1. download archive from release files (stable code)
2. download snapshot/clone repository (latest code)

Also you will need in resources) (skins, textures, etc.)

Compilation

extract all downloaded archives
move resources to one folder
open scripts/create_bundle.sh from sources folder in any text editor and change QT_ROOT, CLOCK_SRC_PATH, CLOCK_DATA_PATH variables corresponding to your system
in same file find line with QMAKE_MAC_SDK=macosx10.9 and change it to needed value. this option can be safely removed, default Xcode SDK will used in this case.
open terminal and navigate to clock sources root (CLOCK_SRC_PATH value)
run build script: ./scripts/create_bundle.sh

Compilation will take about 1 minute, and as result you will get Digital Clock 4.app and digital_clock_4-macosx.dmg alongside with sources folder.

Notes

if you building for macOS Sierra, use Qt 5.6.2 at this moment, Qt 5.7.0 doesn't support Xcode 8.0