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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon 2ndalpha

Will not open on M1 Macbook Pro running Monterey

Open pwb503 opened this issue 3 years ago • 7 comments

Just got the new M1 MBP that was released a few weeks back that ships with Monterey. Gas mask seems to be running (can see the process in Activity Monitor) but can't get the GUI to open, can't see the icon in the menu bar, and can't actually use the app. I tried "reinstalling" it by dragging new copy of app to the applications folder but get the error that the app is in use. Quitting the process in Activity Monitor allows me to replace the app and open it but again, nothing happens. It's as if the app has no GUI and can't actually function.

pwb503 avatar Nov 20 '21 22:11 pwb503

This project is looking for active developers who have time to maintain it. Unfortunately personally I don't use Gas Mask anymore and don't have time to update it.

2ndalpha avatar Nov 22 '21 08:11 2ndalpha

What do you use instead?

confluencepoint avatar Nov 22 '21 14:11 confluencepoint

I don't really use anything. I have few bash scripts that modify hosts files automatically.

It all depends on a usecase. I do not have static hosts files to switch between.

2ndalpha avatar Nov 22 '21 14:11 2ndalpha

I was able to get Gasmask to work on 12.1.

  1. Move the App to Applications.
  2. Then Right click (context menu) on the app,
  3. Then Open. This is the generic way to force macos to open applications it doesn't like, works around the gatekeeper restrictions.

You will also need to enter the account (sudo) password when you first save the hosts file.

Hope that helps.

randallgaz avatar Dec 19 '21 02:12 randallgaz

I appreciate the info but I don't think this is a Monterey problem but rather a M1 MacBookPro problem. I tried what you did and the app still wouldn't open. Can you confirm that you're running Gas Mask on a M1 MBP (the machines they just released two or so months ago?)

pwb503 avatar Dec 25 '21 17:12 pwb503

randalgazz suggestion seems to have worked for me, I'm on MBP 14" 2021 with Monterey and M1 Pro

JanErikGunnar avatar Mar 25 '22 17:03 JanErikGunnar

I appreciate the info but I don't think this is a Monterey problem but rather a M1 MacBookPro problem. I tried what you did and the app still wouldn't open. Can you confirm that you're running Gas Mask on a M1 MBP (the machines they just released two or so months ago?)

hold globe/FN when trying to open.

Works OK for me 14" mbp/Monterey/M1 Pro

farmerbean avatar Aug 25 '22 10:08 farmerbean