Roon fails to start on Mac Mini OS 10.15 after update (ref#IIN4BS)

[fredericfield]

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· Roon is slow, freezing or won’t start

Roon is slow, freezing or won’t start

· Roon won’t start up at all

Tell us what's going on

· Roon is running on a mac mini OS 10.15 and after a recent update will not start.

Tell us about your home network

· The roon app in the lower tray on the server is crossed out and will not start.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

See the release notes, which provide a link to download the previous version:

@vova

For Mac users who are not yet able to update to macOS 12 or later, we’re also making a pre-update installer available as a temporary option. This version will not receive future updates or security fixes, and may become incompatible with current Roon Remote or ARC versions over time. You can find the installer here.

Going forward, a free option is to update your Mac with the OCLP app. This works with nearly all Intel Macs at least to update to macOS 12, which is all you need.

Upcoming Roon Minimum System Requirements

It’s really just: Download the installer app Start the installer app, insert USB stick into Mac, click Create macOS Installer and choose the USB stick Start another app and click button to choose what you want to do (i.e., Build and Install OpenCore) Reboot Mac and start from the inserted USB stick The instructions are step by step with pictures, it’s not more difficult than installing Roon ROCK (I’d say less difficult) and everyone managed that. But up to you, a Nucleus One or new Mac Min…

[connor]

Hi @fredericfield,

We’re sorry to hear you’re temporarily without Roon. As others have mentioned, this is a result of the updated minimum requirements for running Roon.

You have a few options to get things running in the meantime:

To run the server on an older Intel Mac, you’ll need to use a third-party app like OCLP to update to MacOS 12.0.

If you’re only running Roon Remote on this Mac, you can use a temporary download link to keep the older, compatible build. You can find the installer here.