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Denny Sheirer
2023-12-02 02:43:50 -05:00
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#### How can I use SDRPlay receivers on a Mac OS Computer?
##### A: **SDRPlay API version 3.12+ for Mac OS**
A new release of API version 3.12 of the Mac OS API was published on 2-Dec-2023. This release enables sdrtrunk to use the SDRPlay receiverss without requiring any additional steps. If you downloaded and installed Mac OS API version 3.12 prior to this release date, download a fresh copy and reinstall it.
##### A: **SDRPlay API version 3.11 (and older) for Mac OS**
Java is unable to use the SDRPlay API installed driver as it is named, so you have to create a symbolic link to the driver that uses the filename that sdrtrunk is expecting. The SDRPlay folks are going to update the installer in a future release to use the *.dylib file extension for their Mac OS driver.
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sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.dylib
```
##### A: **SDRPlay API version 3.12 for Mac OS**
The installer for this version has some issues. After installing the API, use the following (additional) instructions:
Run the following commands in an admin window:
```
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
sudo ln -s /Library/SDRplayAPI/3.12.0/lib/libsdrplay_api.3.12.0 /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3.12
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3.12 /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api_arm64.so.3.12
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3.12 /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api_x64.so.3.12
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3.12 /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so.3 /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.dylib
```
Try sdrtrunk. If it doesn't work, these additional commands are known to work for Mac M1 Mini:
```
sudo cp /Applications/SDRconnect.app/Content/MacOS/libusb-1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
```
(Note this requires SDRconnect to be installed first!)
On my machine the service did not start for some reason, so the following was added:
```
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sdrplay.service.plist
sudo launchctl enable system/com.sdrplay.service
sudo launchctl start system/com.sdrplay.service
```
You can check the service is running by doing this:
```
sudo launchctl list | grep -I sdr
```
After a reboot the service should run ok without further intervention.
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## Launching sdrtrunk Application