Can't install this on Mac OS Ventura...

[tabascoman77]

It attempts to drop stuff in my Library folders...but then kicks back a huge error and quits. After that, the app is completely inoperable with the same error.

[section83]

Many thanks for posting.

That error rings vague bells. MacYTDL doesn’t call anything in that location. So, something else is going on. Can you answer a few questions ?

• Are you using Homebrew or Macports installs of YT-DLP or FFmpeg ?
• Have you installed Python - if so, which package ?
• From which location are you running MacYTDL ? Applications ?

I will have a closer look later today (Sydney time).

Cheers.

[tabascoman77]

1. I believe this is Homebrew.
2. I believe Python is installed but I don't recall which package.
3. Yes, the Apps folder.

[section83]

Thanks for that. I suspect MacYTDL is misbehaving on Macs which have a separate Python install. BTW, YT-DLP has a Python 3.8 runtime built in.

I can’t look at MacYTDL for at least a few days (family emergency). Will post here when I have something useful.

Thanks.

[section83]

tabascoman77

I'm back from the family emergency and looking at this issue. Have you found a fix for your problem ?

The "xcrun" error normally is not related to Python installs but is related to Xcode installs when a new version of macOS is installed. There are quite a lot of discussions about it although all posters are developers running into trouble with GIT and other developer tools. Here are some of the discussions:

• Xcode poblem
• xcrun: error: invalid active developer path
• [SOLVED] Mac OS: xcrun: error: invalid active developer path, missing xcrun

The fix nearly always involves this Terminal command:

xcode-select --install

Have you installed Xcode ?

[ghost]

Does Xcode CLI tools work? If so, it could be helpful if it's stated in the install.

[section83]

Xcode and the CLI tools are not used/required for MacYTDL.

I'm not expert at all with Xcode and CLI tool. However, I believe they can get out of sync, which might cause problems with facilities such as Python. I think that if you are not a developer you do not need Xcode and CLI tools. If you wish to retain Xcode and the separate Python and YT-DLP installs, I recommend looking at the discussions on xcrun error that I posted above.

I got the xcrun error in a app I use for notarizing MacYTDL. The problem was a setting in Xcode. These images show the setting before the fix and after:

[ghost]

I see, thanks!