[R-SIG-Mac] Problems with RStudio for mac

Mon Jul 21 16:55:44 CEST 2025

Hi,

I reinstalled R to version 4.4.3 and now R Studio is working correctly.

Thanks for everything.

El lun, 21 jul 2025 a las 11:53, peter dalgaard (<pdalgd using gmail.com>)
escribió:

>
> At least for a while, it seems that only support has been dropped; the
> RStudio binaries still work under MacOS 12. (Or, I haven't managed to break
> anything yet.)
>
> (It is not strictly an Intel/ARM issue: Some Intel Macs do go beyond OS
> 13, MB Air from 2019 stops at Sonoma, but I think Intel MBs from that year
> runs Sequoia. Both my iMacs from 2015 are off support but still very
> capable machines.)
>
> -pd
>
> > On 16 Jul 2025, at 00.36, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > José,
> >
> > I agree that latest RStudio dropping support for a very large number of
> Macs is unfortunate. It may be worth raising it with Posit - we have very
> deliberately not increased the macOS version requirement of R binaries,
> because it would affect way too may R users based on the estimates from
> weblogs (as Intel Mac owners simply cannot upgrade).
> >
> > That said, in the meantime you can install any older R version as well -
> see
> >
> > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/big-sur-x86_64/base/
> >
> > to match the last working RStudio to see if it will work for your use
> case.
> >
> > Of course, for regular work you can switch to the Mac GUI which always
> supports the same macOS version as R, or any of the other GUI alternatives
> that don’t embed R.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 16/07/2025, at 02:37, José Carlos Guerrero Antúnez <
> jcgantunez using gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Kevin and Roy,
> >> I work with two old Macs with the BigSur operating system (one at home
> and
> >> one at school) and I can't upgrade, which prevents me from having the
> >> newest version of RStudio because it doesn't meet the requirements.
> >> I wanted to install the caretSDM package, on the Mac at home I had
> version
> >> 4.3.3 and the package recommended me to use a newer version of R and I
> >> upgraded to version 4.5.1. In the case of the faculty Mac I am using
> >> version R.4.4.0 and I have no problem with the caretSDM package.
> >> From my ignorance I dare to say that there is a package that is
> generating
> >> the conflict with R version 4.5.1.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> El mar, 15 jul 2025 a las 1:02, roy (<rollinforall using gmail.com>)
> escribió:
> >>
> >>> Hi José
> >>> fwiw, I tried R 4.5.1 on my macmini (15.5, Intel) with an old version
> of
> >>> RStudio and received the same similar error you reported.  When I
> updated
> >>> to the latest RStudio (Version 2025.05.1+513 (2025.05.1+513)) my quick
> test
> >>> (matrix multiplication) worked without error.
> >>>
> >>> cheers, roy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM Kevin Ushey <kevinushey using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Did you already try installing the latest available release of
> RStudio? In
> >>>> general, R and RStudio should be upgraded together.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you still have problems with the latest release of RStudio, you
> should
> >>>> file a big report at https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025, 6:54 PM José Carlos Guerrero Antúnez <
> >>>> jcgantunez using gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thank you Jeff for your suggestions, I will keep them in mind.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> El lun, 14 jul 2025 a las 22:45, Jeff Newmiller (<
> >>>> jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us
> >>>>>> )
> >>>>> escribió:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> R is maintained by the volunteer R Core group, while RStudio is
> >>>>> maintained
> >>>>>> by Posit. You may get more thorough help with RStudio if you ask at
> >>>> the
> >>>>>> Posit forum.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> That said, as a rule the RStudio team has to play "catch-up" when R
> is
> >>>>>> upgraded by R Core. You may be running an older version of RStudio
> >>>> that
> >>>>>> does not know how to deal with R 4.5.1. Check for a newer version of
> >>>>>> RStudio, or try uninstalling R 4.5.1 and re-installing an older
> >>>> version
> >>>>>> R... or try using R with a different text editor (there are a lot of
> >>>>> them).
> >>>>>> RStudio is a fine option, but it is not the only way to use R.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On July 14, 2025 5:54:47 PM PDT, "José Carlos Guerrero Antúnez" <
> >>>>>> jcgantunez using gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I am not sure if this is the right forum for this query, and I
> >>>> apologize
> >>>>>> in
> >>>>>>> advance.
> >>>>>>> I recently upgraded to version R 4.5.1, and I use the RStudio
> >>>> program. I
> >>>>>>> can open it without any problem, but I am experiencing crashes
> >>>> whenever
> >>>>> I
> >>>>>>> perform any action in the program. I receive the following message:
> >>>>>>> "R Session Aborted. R encountered a fatal error. The session was
> >>>>>>> terminated. Start New Session."
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Could you please recommend what I should do?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thank you very much
> >>>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> José Carlos Guerrero
> >>>>>
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> >>
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-- 
José Carlos Guerrero

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