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RussellM72:
I've tried my hand at editing the wiki with instructions for how to install on versions of macOS 14, 15, & 26.

What I wrote is mostly based on this forum post: https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,72497.0.html

You can take a look at my edits here: https://wiki.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus_on_macOS

I added a new section at the top titled: Installation on macOS 14+ (Sonoma (14.x), Sequoia (15.x), & Tahoe (26.x))

I can't believe how much time it took me and I'm sure it's not perfect but, I think it might help people with newer Macs to be able to install Lazarus & FPC. (It would have helped me.)

Anyway, if anyone has feedback on what I wrote, please share it. Also, please be kind. I'm no expert (I barely know what I'm doing) but, I just wanted to help others avoid going through what I went through to get Lazarus running on macOS Tahoe.

dbannon:
Thats good Russell, good indeed. Minor grammar, second para "This method means you don't have to modify fpc.cfg everywhere, nor do will you have to set -WM10.15 everywhere". Either the 'do' or 'will' should go.

You now have a job for life !

(I used to put some effort into maintaining this page even though I no longer have a current Mac. But after an encounter with an aggressive and unpleasant Mac user, I stopped. So, its yours now !)

Davo

alchymylab:
I noticed the instruction to run xattr -cr against the downloaded lazarus...zip file on sourceforge. The named file is out of date I think. However macOS 15.7.4 seems to automatically unzip the downloaded file. It appears running xattr -cr against the unzipped 'lazarus' folder has the same affect and fixed all the 'cannot open' / 'file damaged' messages when trying to simply run the content of the folder and fix issues via "System Settings / Privacy & Security".

CM630:

--- Quote from: alchymylab on March 10, 2026, 12:49:31 pm ---...However macOS 15.7.4 seems to automatically unzip the downloaded file...

--- End quote ---
I think it is not MacOS, but Safari which does this, it should be fixable (“safari automatically unzip downloaded files” in google).

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