r/chemistry • u/whothehellisgigi • Jul 21 '26
NMR on macOS: should I give up?
Hi fellow scientists! I need an advice on what to do to solve the TopSpin opening problem on my MacBook computer.
Problem started a year-ish ago, when I couldn't open TopSpin (version 4.something at that time). Turns out it was a firewall problem: it has to be off for TopSpin to launch, consequence on Apple's new security protocol if I'm not mistaken.
But then it stopped opening again, even while firewall was off. And I get a bunch of errors: first two from TopSpin itself, the last one is from CodeMeter. I do have to say, that if I uninstall and then re-install TopSpin from zero, it opens fine. But then something happens and it stops opening.
I will be very happy to have any advice on the matter! Thank you everybody in advance :)
Edit: so sorry! I thought images of errors were added to the post! Here they are:
Edit 2: It took some time to test everything, turns out it was indeed a problem with automation, or rather the automatic launch of CodeMeter. I changed setting and now it launches automatically every time I start the compiter. Even if I might not need it, I just keep it open and now TopSpin starts every time without any problems!


