LVCompare and LVMerge on macOS

[housemusic31]

Hello, 

I have implemented LVCompare and LVMerge in LabVIEW 2023 Q3 on Windows 10 but I would like to implement it on macOS Sequoia. Is it possible ?

Thank you for your reply !

[L.Zakarian]

Hello Housemusic31,

Part of the answer to your question can be found on this forum page. It states that LabVIEW 2023 Q3 is the final version of LabVIEW for macOS and that all versions subsequent to macOS 13 Ventura are not tested, supported, or guaranteed.

If you still wish to try installing LabVIEW 2023 Q3 on macOS 15 Sequoia, we cannot guarantee the proper functioning of its features and even less provide technical support if they do not work.

In short, NI cannot guarantee anything, but you are always free to try and see if LVcompare and LVmerge work. However, I wouldn't bet too much on it...

[softball]

Hi

I know it is now 1'st of April and the world is in turmoil, but we may still hope for a future :

Regards

[wiebe@CARYA]

never mind.

[housemusic31]

Hello thank you for your answer !

The issue is that I already have LabVIEW 2023 Q3 installed on macOS Sequoia 15.4, but I would need to install LVCompare and LVMerge in order to integrate Git with LabVIEW and make use of Git’s difftool and mergetool functionalities.

I have followed this tutorial to implement it on Windows 10.

Thank you for your help !

[L.Zakarian]

LVCompare.exe is a graphical comparison tool for VIs primarily used on Windows.

However, there seems to be some solutions to use similar tools on macOS. This project on GitHub offers Bash wrappers for the LVCompare and LVMerge executables, allowing their use in POSIX environments, including macOS.

This means you could theoretically compare VIs on macOS using these scripts. 

But at the risk of repeating myself, NI cannot guarantee the proper functioning of those features and is even less able to provide technical support if they do not work with your configuration. 🙊

In any case, as far as I know, there is no operation as simple and quick for macOS as the one you shared for Windows. 🤗