Been Asked Before, Repeatedly!

[brewdude]

When I updated my OSX to Yosemite and found that jSchem would no longer work, I purchased a program from the App Store (for $10 I think). I can't remember the name right now and I can't seem to locate the app with my phone. I will try to find and post later tonight when I get home.

Anyway, it took me a bit to adapt to it, and it's not perfect, but it seems to work well enough for my modest needs.

[davent]

Is there a drawing program like Inkscape for the Mac? All you'd need is an appropriate tube related schematic PDF to start a library of components for drawing your own.
dave

[Ron Worley]

Try Lucidchart for Mac, imports Visio, might be worth a look.

[xtian]

Is there a drawing program like Inkscape for the Mac? All you'd need is an appropriate tube related schematic PDF to start a library of components for drawing your own.
dave

Of course. Inkscape is Mac compatible. inkscape.org.

[The Ballzz]

You're in Mac hell. I feel for ya. The belief that Macs are somehow better isn't true any more. If you had a PC you'd being getting something done.

He's apparently more interested in spouting tired Apple fanboi drivel and parade of horribles fiction about Windows 8 than he is in getting anything done.

Drew, that's not really the case, I was just frustrated and ranting! I simply want to use my tools to do a simple job and find little support for my situation!


Wow, Thanks,
Lucidchart looks promising. I'll monkey around with it when I get the chance!
Thanks Again,
Gene

[davent]

Is there a drawing program like Inkscape for the Mac? All you'd need is an appropriate tube related schematic PDF to start a library of components for drawing your own.
dave

Of course. Inkscape is Mac compatible. inkscape.org.

Where i looked it said there was another program that needed to be used in order to get Inkscape up and running on the Mac so figured that was going to kill the deal.
dave

[bcook]

You can use LTspice, and it does the math...

[drew]

You're in Mac hell. I feel for ya. The belief that Macs are somehow better isn't true any more. If you had a PC you'd being getting something done.

He's apparently more interested in spouting tired Apple fanboi drivel and parade of horribles fiction about Windows 8 than he is in getting anything done.

Drew, that's not really the case, I was just frustrated and ranting! I simply want to use my tools to do a simple job and find little support for my situation!

OK. But sometimes we have to face the fact that we're using the wrong tool to do the simple job. You can run ExpressSCH on virtually *any* old Windows computer which will still boot up and not emit a cloud of choking black smoke. There are bazillions of them out there to be scrounged for free or very cheap.

[brewdude]

ElectricDesign
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/electri ... 8201?mt=12

[The Ballzz]

Awesome!
Thanks to all for the multitude of fantastic suggestions! Now all I need to do is earmark the time to sit down and try some different options to determine not only what will run on my Mac, but also which is most user friendly to a dummy like me. I'll let you all know what works best for me and why.
Thanks Again,
Gene

[Sazafraz]

The java stuf diylc and the other one should work. But osx is becoming like android and ios where apple only allows you to install stuff from them or there known associates

You need to enable installing from a third part source . Take a look at this

http://it.nmu.edu/docs/allowing-third-p ... ll-macbook

[FlaCharlie]

I use the drawing portion of the Appleworks program that came on my aging Mac Mini, which runs OS 10.4.11. I'm not sure if newer Macs have something similar or not. I downloaded some symbols from somewhere that I just copy and paste into Appleworks. I've never tried to draw layouts but they shouldn't be a problem. I've drawn quite a few schematics which are easily converted from the Appleworks format to either .pdf or .jpg.

If you have or can install Appleworks, let me know and I'll send you the symbols.

Here (if I can attach it correctly) is an example.

. . . Charlie

[wyatt]

Yep,
DIYLC tells you on it's website that

"IMPORTANT: in order for the app to work you must enable 3rd party apps on your mac. If you do not, the app will be reported as damaged."

but, of course it doesn't tell us what "3rd party apps" these are!

DIYLC is the 3rd Party App.

"Enabling third-party apps" in OSX is nothing more than allowing yourself to download and install apps without having to use OSX the App Store application.

But the phrase "Enable third-party apps" is actually an Android thing, in OSX it's "Allow Apps Downloaded from: Anywhere" under the Security System Preference.

[romberg]

I use kicad (on linux):

http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/ ... ware+Suite

I'm pretty happy with it. There seems to be a mac version:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kicad/Installing_on_Mac_OS

Mike

[LeftyStrat]

You're in Mac hell. I feel for ya. The belief that Macs are somehow better isn't true any more. If you had a PC you'd being getting something done. Sorry, I understand that it's not helping.

Depends on the use. Macs are the tools of choice for Internet developers, since the underlying OS is Unix-based and everyone runs Unix-based Linux on their servers.

However, you can get all the advantages of Windows by downloading VirtualBox (it's free) and installing a copy of Windows on it. This is the standard config for web developers, so they can test their site on Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Then you can run any software you like, OS X or Windows.