[R-SIG-Mac] How can I stop my R console and other R windows "flickering" after I updated my Mac OS to Sonoma 14.0?

[Smith, Desmond]

Thanks so much for the information, Simon! Glad to know it is just not me…

It was indeed ill-advised of me to upgrade the Operating System so soon. But, by bitter experience do we near ever closer to saintliness…

Thanks very much, again!

Cheers,

Des


From: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org>
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 1:18 PM
To: Smith, Desmond <DSmith using mednet.ucla.edu>
Cc: r-sig-mac using r-project.org <r-sig-mac using r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] How can I stop my R console and other R windows "flickering" after I updated my Mac OS to Sonoma 14.0?
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Desmond,

thanks for the report. There seem to be windows focus issue in Sonoma so I would not recommend upgrading at this point. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future macOS update (the .0 versions are notoriously flaky) - in the meantime I'll see if there is any work-around we could do in R.

Cheers,
Simon



> On Oct 1, 2023, at 5:46 AM, Smith, Desmond <DSmith using mednet.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I updated my Apple Silicon M1 Pro MacBook from Ventura to Sonoma 14.0. I have the latest version of R for Apple Silicon (4.3.1, "Beagle Scouts"). I also have the latest version of XQuartz (2.8.5).
>
> On Ventura, my R setup worked fine ("classic" R.app GUI using console and script windows, not Rstudio or terminal). However, with Sonoma, when I try and toggle between the R console and an R script, the windows transition at very high speed between each other, making it nearly impossible to select either the console or the script.
>
> This "flickering" phenomenon lasts for ~ 10-15 seconds each time I change windows between console and script, making the software nearly unusable. Changing the screen refresh rate does not help.
>
> The problem is specific for R.app and does not affect other software.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully received. I have also posted this question to stackoverflow.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Desmond Smith
>
>
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