# FreeFEM and macOS Monterey

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176>\
**Category:** FreeFEM installation\
**Created:** [December 9, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176 "2022-12-09T06:55:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Fifi2961](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/fifi2961/32/1455_2.png) [@Fifi2961](https://community.freefem.org/u/Fifi2961)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/1 "2022-12-09T06:55:26Z")

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Hi,  
Does FreeFEM work on macOS Monterey ?  
Thank’s,  
Philippe

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/2 "2022-12-09T08:06:46Z")

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Yes, no problem on macOS since a long time ago, both Intel and ARM.

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**Author:** ![Fifi2961](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/fifi2961/32/1455_2.png) [@Fifi2961](https://community.freefem.org/u/Fifi2961)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/3 "2022-12-09T08:21:38Z")

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Thank’s for your answer.  
No problem for the installation (with .pkg) but when I open an example file .edp, automatically il crashes.

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/4 "2022-12-09T08:24:43Z")

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Much easier to compile from sources.

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**Author:** ![Fifi2961](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/fifi2961/32/1455_2.png) [@Fifi2961](https://community.freefem.org/u/Fifi2961)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/5 "2022-12-09T08:25:48Z")

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Ok, I will try to compile with sources.

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/6 "2022-12-09T08:27:48Z")

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Just make sure you stick to these instructions: [GitHub - FreeFem/FreeFem-sources: FreeFEM source code](https://github.com/FreeFem/FreeFem-sources#freefem).

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**Author:** ![Fifi2961](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/fifi2961/32/1455_2.png) [@Fifi2961](https://community.freefem.org/u/Fifi2961)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/7 "2022-12-09T08:31:11Z")

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I’ll try to stick closely to those instructions. Thank’s.

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**Author:** ![Fifi2961](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/fifi2961/32/1455_2.png) [@Fifi2961](https://community.freefem.org/u/Fifi2961)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-and-macos-monterey/2176/8 "2022-12-09T10:11:37Z")

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Thank’s for your help. It works well now.