# Paraview-5.8.1 not working on MacOSX BigSur
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621 "2021-03-04T19:52:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/1 "2021-03-04T19:52:13Z")
Hello All: I am unable to run ParaView-5.8.1 (downloaded from [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)) on my MacBookPro which is running the BigSur OS. Symptom: when I launch the application, the “wheel of death” keeps spinning forever. Unfortunately, I need to use 5.8.1 since I have to use this version of the ParaView client to be able to connect to the 5.8.1 pvserver on a computer at a large computing facility. So, I am afraid I will not be able to use 5.9.x. Do you, perhaps, have a more recent 5.8.1 build that I can try, which may resolve the problem I am facing? Any suggestions, please?
Thanks,
Fluid Mechanic
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/2 "2021-03-04T20:08:55Z")
Welcome to the ParaView community, Ramesh!
Is it an M-1 chip? This is still not supported. [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20352](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20352)
Alternatively, try reinstalling, as listed here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20332](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20332)
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/3 "2021-03-04T20:12:52Z")
Hi Fluid Mechanic,
When did you download 5.8.1? Just recently, or a while ago? If it was a while ago, please download it and install it again as there was a minor change to how we sign the packages that may affect your use of it.
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/4 "2021-03-04T20:23:18Z")
Thanks, @wasott. It’s a Intel i7 based MacBook Pro.
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/5 "2021-03-04T20:24:58Z")
Hello Cory, I downloaded 5.8.1 a few minutes ago and noticed the spinning wheel when I clicked on the installed application. I have tried running the client that was installed after installing the 5.8.1 .dmg and, later, the .pkg downloads. No success with both.
FM
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/6 "2021-03-04T20:28:26Z")
Do you have any external volumes mounted on the system that your user account may not have permission to access by chance?
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/7 "2021-03-04T20:28:50Z")
No, there are no external volumes.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/8 "2021-03-06T18:45:49Z")
If you force quit ParaView 5.8.1, does macOS pop up a dialog asking if you want to report a problem? If so, click yes and copy and paste the error report here, please.
Otherwise, I don’t know what the issue could be. I know people have been able to run on BigSur on Intel hardware without problems in some instances, so there is probably something different about your system.
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/9 "2021-03-06T23:02:44Z")
# Here is an abbreviated error report (I cannot post the whole text since I cannot exceed 32000 characters)
Date/Time: 2021-03-06 13:20:18.920 -0600
End time: 2021-03-06 13:22:20.255 -0600
OS Version: macOS 11.2.2 (Build 20D80)
Architecture: x86\_64h
Report Version: 32
Data Source: Stackshots
Shared Cache: 77B63435-1866-32DD-98A1-47090B666EFA slid base address 0x7fff202bf000, slide 0x2bf000
Command: paraview
Path: /Applications/ParaView-5.8.1.app/Contents/MacOS/paraview
Identifier: org.paraview.ParaView
Version: 5.8.1 ()
Parent: launchd [1]
PID: 1032
Time Since Fork: 133s
Event: hang
Duration: 121.34s
Duration Sampled: 1.80s (process was unresponsive for 120 seconds before sampling)
Steps: 18 (100ms sampling interval)
Report threshold: 2.5s
Hardware model: MacBookPro14,3
Active cpus: 8
Time Awake Since Boot: 356s
Time Since Wake: n/a (machine hasn’t slept)
Fan speed: 5910 rpm
* * *
## Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting
Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:
18 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 87585) [0x7fff205eb621]
18 main + 577 (paraview + 74385) [0x10b4a1291]
18 QCoreApplication::exec() + 402 (QtCore + 1987010) [0x10cb811c2]
18 QEventLoop::exec(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) + 418 (QtCore + 1967538) [0x10cb7c5b2]
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 212640) [0x1201caea0]
18 -[NSApplication run] + 586 (AppKit + 194186) [0x7fff22ed768a]
18 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) \_nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1366 (AppKit + 250231) [0x7fff22ee5177]
18 \_DPSNextEvent + 883 (AppKit + 256433) [0x7fff22ee69b1]
18 \_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64 (HIToolbox + 201039) [0x7fff2894e14f]
18 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 709 (HIToolbox + 201772) [0x7fff2894e42c]
18 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292 (HIToolbox + 202288) [0x7fff2894e630]
18 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 563 (CoreFoundation + 521934) [0x7fff206c66ce]
18 \_\_CFRunLoopRun + 890 (CoreFoundation + 524577) [0x7fff206c7121]
18 \_\_CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 248 (CoreFoundation + 530159) [0x7fff206c86ef]
18 \_\_CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 180 (CoreFoundation + 530804) [0x7fff206c8974]
18 **CFRUNLOOP\_IS\_CALLING\_OUT\_TO\_A\_SOURCE0\_PERFORM\_FUNCTION** + 17 (CoreFoundation + 530956) [0x7fff206c8a0c]
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 209506) [0x1201ca262]
18 QTimerInfoList::activateTimers() + 885 (QtCore + 2357749) [0x10cbdb9f5]
18 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 159 (QtCore + 1985199) [0x10cb80aaf]
18 QApplication::notify(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 553 (QtWidgets + 72137) [0x10b83d9c9]
18 QApplicationPrivate::notify\_helper(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 306 (QtWidgets + 67106) [0x10b83c622]
18 QObject::event(QEvent\*) + 102 (QtCore + 2156294) [0x10cbaa706]
18 QTimer::timerEvent(QTimerEvent\*) + 98 (QtCore + 2220610) [0x10cbba242]
18 QMetaObject::activate(QObject\*, int, int, void\*\*) + 2954 (QtCore + 2189338) [0x10cbb281a]
18 ParaViewMainWindow::showWelcomeDialog() + 43 (paraview + 69947) [0x10b4a013b]
18 QDialog::exec() + 373 (QtWidgets + 2153253) [0x10ba39b25]
18 QEventLoop::exec(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) + 418 (QtCore + 1967538) [0x10cb7c5b2]
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 212374) [0x1201cad96]
18 -[NSApplication runModalSession:] + 128 (AppKit + 4847564) [0x7fff233477cc]
18 \_NSTryRunModal + 70 (AppKit + 3227445) [0x7fff231bbf35]
18 CA::Transaction::commit() + 783 (QuartzCore + 11925) [0x7fff26e64e95]
18 CA::Context::commit\_transaction(CA::Transaction\*, double, double\*) + 517 (QuartzCore + 1447419) [0x7fff26fc35fb]
18 CA::Layer::display\_if\_needed(CA::Transaction\*) + 874 (QuartzCore + 136392) [0x7fff26e834c8]
13 -[\_NSViewBackingLayer display] + 555 (AppKit + 1151221) [0x7fff22fc10f5]
13 -[_NSBackingLayer display] + 475 (AppKit + 1760177) [0x7fff23055bb1]
13 -[CALayer display] + 183 (QuartzCore + 138282) [0x7fff26e83c2a]
13 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 154775) [0x1201bcc97]
13 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 120367) [0x1201b462f]
13 void QWindowSystemInterface::handleExposeEventQWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery(QWindow\*, QRegion const&) + 192 (QtGui + 113536) [0x10c46ab80]
13 bool QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::handleWindowSystemEventQWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::WindowSystemEvent\*) + 99 (QtGui + 87571) [0x10c464613]
13 QGuiApplicationPrivate::processExposeEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::ExposeEvent\*) + 296 (QtGui + 220040) [0x10c484b88]
13 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 159 (QtCore + 1985199) [0x10cb80aaf]
13 QApplication::notify(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 553 (QtWidgets + 72137) [0x10b83d9c9]
12 QApplicationPrivate::notify\_helper(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 306 (QtWidgets + 67106) [0x10b83c622]
12 ??? (QtWidgets + 439628) [0x10b89754c]
12 ??? (QtWidgets + 451396) [0x10b89a344]
12 ??? (QtWidgets + 118146) [0x10b848d82]
12 ??? (QtWidgets + 101719) [0x10b844d57]
12 QBackingStore::flush(QRegion const&, QWindow\*, QPoint const&) + 1277 (QtGui + 1807069) [0x10c6082dd]
7 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 81306) [0x1201aad9a]
5 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 82840) [0x1201ab398]
5 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 303 (CoreFoundation + 410640) [0x7fff206ab410]
5 **invoking** _ + 140 (CoreFoundation + 410988) [0x7fff206ab56c]
5 -[NSWindow \_maskRoundedBottomCorners:] + 194 (AppKit + 3876997) [0x7fff2325a885]
4 -[NSThemeFrame \_maskCorners:clipRect:] + 230 (AppKit + 3208562) [0x7fff231b7572]
4 -[NSAppearance \_drawInRect:context:options:] + 111 (AppKit + 1726405) [0x7fff2304d7c5]
4 -[NSCompositeAppearance \_callCoreUIWithBlock:options:requireBezelTintColor:] + 386 (AppKit + 300294) [0x7fff22ef1506]
3 \_\_44-[NSAppearance \_drawInRect:context:options:]\_block\_invoke + 83 (AppKit + 1726503) [0x7fff2304d827]
3 CUIDraw + 172 (CoreUI + 95019) [0x7fff2718632b]
3 CUIRenderer::Draw(CGRect, CGContext\*, \_\_CFDictionary const\*, \_\_CFDictionary const\*\*) + 1800 (CoreUI + 96878) [0x7fff27186a6e]
2 CUICoreThemeRenderer::DrawWindowBottomBar(CUIDescriptor const\*) + 928 (CoreUI + 208086) [0x7fff271a1cd6]
2 -[CUIThemeFacet imageForSliceIndex:] + 49 (CoreUI + 224054) [0x7fff271a5b36]
1 -[CUIThemeFacet \_renditionForSpecificKey:] + 157 (CoreUI + 162937) [0x7fff27196c79]
1 -[CUIStructuredThemeStore renditionWithKey:usingKeySignature:] + 110 (CoreUI + 74970) [0x7fff271814da]
1 \_CFStringCreateWithBytesNoCopy + 31 (CoreFoundation + 1178763) [0x7fff20766c8b]
1 \_\_CFStringCreateImmutableFunnel3 + 2126 (CoreFoundation + 14599) [0x7fff2064a907]
1 \_CFRuntimeCreateInstance + 293 (CoreFoundation + 16769) [0x7fff2064b181]
1 \_malloc\_zone\_calloc + 59 (libsystem\_malloc.dylib + 114359) [0x7fff20410eb7]
1 nanov2\_calloc + 122 (libsystem\_malloc.dylib + 13946) [0x7fff203f867a]
1 nanov2\_allocate + 130 (libsystem\_malloc.dylib + 5719) [0x7fff203f6657]
1 nanov2\_allocate\_from\_block + 295 (libsystem\_malloc.dylib + 8109) [0x7fff203f6fad]
Process: paraview (ParaView) [1032]
UUID: 40A27688-C21D-3EAE-972C-27D761A58429
App Version: 5.8.1
Build Version:
Path: /Applications/ParaView-5.8.1.app/Contents/MacOS/paraview
Architecture: x86\_64
Parent: launchd [1]
UID: 501
Footprint: 1193.57 MB
Time Since Fork: 133s
Num samples: 18 (1-18)
CPU Time: 1.690s (6.1G cycles, 5.1G instructions, 1.21c/i)
Note: Unresponsive for 120 seconds before sampling
Note: 1 idle work queue thread omitted
Thread 0x3115 DispatchQueue “com.apple.main-thread”(1) Thread name “paraview” 18 samples (1-18) priority 47 (base 47) cpu time 1.682s (6.1G cycles, 5.1G instructions, 1.20c/i)
\
18 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 87585) [0x7fff205eb621] 1-18
18 main + 577 (paraview + 74385) [0x10b4a1291] 1-18
18 QCoreApplication::exec() + 402 (QtCore + 1987010) [0x10cb811c2] 1-18
18 QEventLoop::exec(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) + 418 (QtCore + 1967538) [0x10cb7c5b2] 1-18
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 212640) [0x1201caea0] 1-18
18 -[NSApplication run] + 586 (AppKit + 194186) [0x7fff22ed768a] 1-18
18 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) \_nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1366 (AppKit + 250231) [0x7fff22ee5177] 1-18
18 \_DPSNextEvent + 883 (AppKit + 256433) [0x7fff22ee69b1] 1-18
18 \_BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64 (HIToolbox + 201039) [0x7fff2894e14f] 1-18
18 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 709 (HIToolbox + 201772) [0x7fff2894e42c] 1-18
18 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292 (HIToolbox + 202288) [0x7fff2894e630] 1-18
18 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 563 (CoreFoundation + 521934) [0x7fff206c66ce] 1-18
18 \_\_CFRunLoopRun + 890 (CoreFoundation + 524577) [0x7fff206c7121] 1-18
18 \_\_CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 248 (CoreFoundation + 530159) [0x7fff206c86ef] 1-18
18 \_\_CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 180 (CoreFoundation + 530804) [0x7fff206c8974] 1-18
18 **CFRUNLOOP\_IS\_CALLING\_OUT\_TO\_A\_SOURCE0\_PERFORM\_FUNCTION** + 17 (CoreFoundation + 530956) [0x7fff206c8a0c] 1-18
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 209506) [0x1201ca262] 1-18
18 QTimerInfoList::activateTimers() + 885 (QtCore + 2357749) [0x10cbdb9f5] 1-18
18 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 159 (QtCore + 1985199) [0x10cb80aaf] 1-18
18 QApplication::notify(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 553 (QtWidgets + 72137) [0x10b83d9c9] 1-18
18 QApplicationPrivate::notify\_helper(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 306 (QtWidgets + 67106) [0x10b83c622] 1-18
18 QObject::event(QEvent\*) + 102 (QtCore + 2156294) [0x10cbaa706] 1-18
18 QTimer::timerEvent(QTimerEvent\*) + 98 (QtCore + 2220610) [0x10cbba242] 1-18
18 QMetaObject::activate(QObject\*, int, int, void\*\*) + 2954 (QtCore + 2189338) [0x10cbb281a] 1-18
18 ParaViewMainWindow::showWelcomeDialog() + 43 (paraview + 69947) [0x10b4a013b] 1-18
18 QDialog::exec() + 373 (QtWidgets + 2153253) [0x10ba39b25] 1-18
18 QEventLoop::exec(QFlagsQEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag) + 418 (QtCore + 1967538) [0x10cb7c5b2] 1-18
18 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 212374) [0x1201cad96] 1-18
18 -[NSApplication runModalSession:] + 128 (AppKit + 4847564) [0x7fff233477cc] 1-18
18 \_NSTryRunModal + 70 (AppKit + 3227445) [0x7fff231bbf35] 1-18
18 CA::Transaction::commit() + 783 (QuartzCore + 11925) [0x7fff26e64e95] 1-18
18 CA::Context::commit\_transaction(CA::Transaction\*, double, double\*) + 517 (QuartzCore + 1447419) [0x7fff26fc35fb] 1-18
18 CA::Layer::display\_if\_needed(CA::Transaction\*) + 874 (QuartzCore + 136392) [0x7fff26e834c8] 1-18
1 -[\_NSViewBackingLayer display] + 382 (AppKit + 1151048) [0x7fff22fc1048] 1
1 -[NSFocusStack performWithFocusView:inWindow:usingBlock:] + 96 (AppKit + 435921) [0x7fff22f126d1] 1
1 \_\_30-[\_NSViewBackingLayer display]\_block\_invoke + 113 (AppKit + 2670409) [0x7fff23133f49] 1
1 +[NSAppearance \_performWithCurrentAppearance:usingBlock:] + 66 (AppKit + 178358) [0x7fff22ed38b6] 1
1 \_NSViewUpdateLayer + 98 (AppKit + 1152684) [0x7fff22fc16ac] 1
1 -[NSThemeFrame updateLayer] + 30 (AppKit + 1152822) [0x7fff22fc1736] 1
1 -[NSThemeFrame updateWindowCornerMaskOnLayer:forTitlebar:] + 289 (AppKit + 628023) [0x7fff22f41537] 1
1 -[NSThemeFrame \_wantsCornerMask] + 62 (AppKit + 8868992) [0x7fff2371d480] 1
1 objc\_msgSendSuper2 + 0 (libobjc.A.dylib + 24448) [0x7fff2046cf80] (running) 1
2 -[\_NSViewBackingLayer display] + 555 (AppKit + 1151221) [0x7fff22fc10f5] 2-3
2 -[_NSBackingLayer display] + 475 (AppKit + 1760177) [0x7fff23055bb1] 2-3
2 -[CALayer display] + 183 (QuartzCore + 138282) [0x7fff26e83c2a] 2-3
2 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 154775) [0x1201bcc97] 2-3
2 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 120367) [0x1201b462f] 2-3
2 void QWindowSystemInterface::handleExposeEventQWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery(QWindow\*, QRegion const&) + 192 (QtGui + 113536) [0x10c46ab80] 2-3
2 bool QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::handleWindowSystemEventQWindowSystemInterface::SynchronousDelivery(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::WindowSystemEvent\*) + 99 (QtGui + 87571) [0x10c464613] 2-3
2 QGuiApplicationPrivate::processExposeEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::ExposeEvent\*) + 296 (QtGui + 220040) [0x10c484b88] 2-3
2 QCoreApplication::notifyInternal2(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 159 (QtCore + 1985199) [0x10cb80aaf] 2-3
2 QApplication::notify(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 553 (QtWidgets + 72137) [0x10b83d9c9] 2-3
2 QApplicationPrivate::notify\_helper(QObject\*, QEvent\*) + 306 (QtWidgets + 67106) [0x10b83c622] 2-3
2 ??? (QtWidgets + 439628) [0x10b89754c] 2-3
2 ??? (QtWidgets + 451396) [0x10b89a344] 2-3
2 ??? (QtWidgets + 118146) [0x10b848d82] 2-3
2 ??? (QtWidgets + 101719) [0x10b844d57] 2-3
2 QBackingStore::flush(QRegion const&, QWindow\*, QPoint const&) + 1277 (QtGui + 1807069) [0x10c6082dd] 2-3
1 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 81306) [0x1201aad9a] 2
1 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 82840) [0x1201ab398] 2
1 -[NSInvocation invoke] + 303 (CoreFoundation + 410640) [0x7fff206ab410] 2
1 **invoking** _ + 140 (CoreFoundation + 410988) [0x7fff206ab56c] 2
1 -[NSWindow \_maskRoundedBottomCorners:] + 194 (AppKit + 3876997) [0x7fff2325a885] 2
1 -[NSThemeFrame \_maskCorners:clipRect:] + 230 (AppKit + 3208562) [0x7fff231b7572] 2
1 -[NSAppearance \_drawInRect:context:options:] + 111 (AppKit + 1726405) [0x7fff2304d7c5] 2
1 -[NSCompositeAppearance \_callCoreUIWithBlock:options:requireBezelTintColor:] + 386 (AppKit + 300294) [0x7fff22ef1506] 2
1 -[NSAppearance \_callCoreUIWithBlock:options:requireBezelTintColor:] + 472 (AppKit + 36547) [0x7fff22eb0ec3] 2
1 -[NSMutableDictionary addEntriesFromDictionary:] + 294 (CoreFoundation + 441389) [0x7fff206b2c2d] 2
1 -[\_\_NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:] + 783 (CoreFoundation + 252425) [0x7fff20684a09] (running) 2
1 ??? (libqcocoa.dylib + 79866) [0x1201aa7fa] 3
1 -[NSImage initWithCGImage:size:] + 338 (AppKit + 1589584) [0x7fff2302c150] 3
1 -[NSImage addRepresentation:] + 74 (AppKit + 89540) [0x7fff22ebddc4] 3
1 -[NSImage \_addRepresentations:] + 107 (AppKit + 89671) [0x7fff22ebde47] 3
1 -[NSImage \_usingRepresentationsPerformBlock:] + 77 (AppKit + 89767) [0x7fff22ebdea7] 3
1 \_\_31-[NSImage \_addRepresentations:]\_block\_invoke + 56 (AppKit + 89976) [0x7fff22ebdf78] 3
1 -[NSMutableArray addObjectsFromArray:] + 502 (CoreFoundation + 460862) [0x7fff206b783e] 3
1 -[\_\_NSArrayM insertObjects:count:atIndex:] + 0 (CoreFoundation + 365086) [0x7fff206a021e] (running) 3
1 -[CALayer display] + 183 (QuartzCore + 138282) [0x7fff26e83c2a] 4
1 -[NSThemeFrameBackgroundDelegate displayLayer:] + 140 (AppKit + 1809820) [0x7fff23061d9c] 4
1 -[NSFocusStack performWithFocusView:inWindow:usingBlock:] + 96 (AppKit + 435921) [0x7fff22f126d1] 4
1 \_\_47-[NSThemeFrameBackgroundDelegate displayLayer:]\_block\_invoke + 117 (AppKit + 1809952) [0x7fff23061e20] 4
1 +[NSAppearance \_performWithCurrentAppearance:usingBlock:] + 66 (AppKit + 178358) [0x7fff22ed38b6] 4
1 -[NSThemeFrame \_displayLayer:] + 51 (AppKit + 1810044) [0x7fff23061e7c] 4
1 -[NSThemeFrame \_cuiMakeOrUpdateBackgroundLayer:topHeight:drawTopSeparator:bottomHeight:forTitlebar:] + 192 (AppKit + 411938) [0x7fff22f0c922] 4
1 -[NSAppearance \_createOrUpdateLayer:options:] + 79 (AppKit + 415360) [0x7fff22f0d680] 4
1 -[NSCompositeAppearance \_callCoreUIWithBlock:options:requireBezelTintColor:] + 386 (AppKit + 300294) [0x7fff22ef1506] 4
1 CUIRenderer::CreateOrUpdateLayer(\_\_CFDictionary const\*, CALayer\*\*) + 111 (CoreUI + 168521) [0x7fff27198249] 4
1 CFNumberGetValue + 1 (CoreFoundation + 120938) [0x7fff2066486a] (running) 4
7 -[\_NSViewBackingLayer display] + 555 (AppKit + 1151221) [0x7fff22fc10f5] 5-11
7 -[\_NSBackingLayer display] + 475 (AppKit + 1760177) [0x7fff23055bb1] 5-11
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/10 "2021-03-12T16:19:36Z")
Just a quick note: On my MacBook Pro, running Big Sur (11.2.2), I am not able to run 5.9.0 either. When I start 5.9.0 and read in a file, it does nothing (no spinning wheel, no heating up of the laptop, …) So, I am unable to get either 5.8.1 or 5.9.0 to work on my laptop.
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### Author:  [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/11 "2021-05-20T14:30:50Z")
We’re seeing this same problem, too.
@patchett2002
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### Author:  [@Abhijeet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Abhijeet)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/12 "2021-06-08T18:06:16Z")
Have you found any solution. I do have same problem?
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### Author:  [@Auer1329](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Auer1329)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/13 "2021-07-15T16:15:24Z")
I get an error “ParaView-5.9.1 is damaged and can’t be opened. You should eject the disk image.”.
I fixed this using the Terminal and the command `xattr -cr /Applications/ParaView-5.9.1.app`.
This clears extended attributes of the .app folder and all contents.
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### Author:  [@tcmcclan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tcmcclan)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/14 "2021-08-18T13:10:03Z")
I too am having the same issue with ParaView 5.8.1 and 5.8.0 where I open the application and immediately get the spinning wheel. When I go to open a database in 5.9.1, I get the spinning wheel. I am running an Intel i7 MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.3.1. Any fixes?
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### Author:  [@fluid\_mechanic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fluid_mechanic)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/15 "2021-09-08T14:29:06Z")
pv-5.8.1 will not work on Mac OS Big Sur. I’ve switched to pv-5.9.1. while there are a few features in 5.9.1 that do not work, at least I do not have to deal with the “spinning wheel” in 5.8.1. Hope this helps…
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### Author:  [@aramirezreyes](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aramirezreyes)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/16 "2022-03-02T23:13:22Z")
Sorry to resurrect an old thread. This problem still appears with 5.8.1 in the latest MacOs Monterey with intel mac. Was this never solved?
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/17 "2022-03-02T23:39:12Z")
5.8.1 is quite old at this point, no follow-on patch releases will be made for it. Please try 5.10.0.
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### Author:  [@aramirezreyes](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aramirezreyes)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-1-not-working-on-macosx-bigsur/6621/18 "2022-03-02T23:40:43Z")
The reason I tried 5.8.1 is because that is the version installed at the supercomputing centre I use (similar situation as in the original post). 5.10.0 runs fine in my machine but it is not supported there. Bad luck.
Thanks for the answer!