[OS X TeX] Pr?sentation quitting immediately when launched

[Randy Ridenour]

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>   1. [OT] Pr?sentation quitting immediately when launched
>      (Lu?s Sequeira)
>   2. Re:  [OT] Pr?sentation quitting immediately when launched
>      (Herbert Schulz)
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> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:25:18 +0100
> From: Lu?s Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [OS X TeX] [OT] Pr?sentation quitting immediately when
>    launched
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> Hi
> 
> Apologies for the slightlyt off topic message.
> 
> I have used Renaud Blanch's great "Pr?sentation" program (not to be confused with Apple's Preview, which might be called that way in the French localization) to display my beamer created slides in my work as a teacher.
> 
> This has worked great, as it provides a presenter screen and several other nice features, like notes, the ability to annotate or drawn o the slides, a web view, and more.
> 
> Fairly recently the application closes immediately upon launch. The Dock icon appears and goes away, and the Console indicates that the app existed after a few milliseconds.
> 
> The problem occurs in Safe Mode as well, but it does not occur on a different mac, even though they are both running the same macOS 26. Reinstalling does not help.
> 
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> LS
> 
> pS: here is part of the contents of Console log, if it helps:
> 
> 
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149119 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: service state: running
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149154 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: internal event: INIT, code = 0
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149157 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: job state = running
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149201 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: Successfully spawned presentation.py[1041] because launch job demand
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.210868 (pid/1041 [python3]) <Notice>: uncorking exec source upfront
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.210881 (pid/1041 [python3]) <Notice>: created
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.301151 (system) <Warning>: failed lookup: name = com.apple.bird, requestor = syspolicyd[298], error = 3: No such process
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496185 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: exited due to exit(69), ran for 357ms
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496196 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: service state: exited
> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496203 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: internal event: EXITED, code = 0
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> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:01:35 -0500
> From: Herbert Schulz <herbs2 at mac.com>
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> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX]  [OT] Pr?sentation quitting immediately when
>    launched
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>> On Oct 16, 2025, at 3:25?AM, Lu?s Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Apologies for the slightlyt off topic message.
>> 
>> I have used Renaud Blanch's great "Pr?sentation" program (not to be confused with Apple's Preview, which might be called that way in the French localization) to display my beamer created slides in my work as a teacher.
>> 
>> This has worked great, as it provides a presenter screen and several other nice features, like notes, the ability to annotate or drawn o the slides, a web view, and more.
>> 
>> Fairly recently the application closes immediately upon launch. The Dock icon appears and goes away, and the Console indicates that the app existed after a few milliseconds.
>> 
>> The problem occurs in Safe Mode as well, but it does not occur on a different mac, even though they are both running the same macOS 26. Reinstalling does not help.
>> 
>> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> LS
>> 
>> pS: here is part of the contents of Console log, if it helps:
>> 
>> 
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149119 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: service state: running
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149154 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: internal event: INIT, code = 0
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149157 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: job state = running
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.149201 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: Successfully spawned presentation.py[1041] because launch job demand
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.210868 (pid/1041 [python3]) <Notice>: uncorking exec source upfront
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.210881 (pid/1041 [python3]) <Notice>: created
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.301151 (system) <Warning>: failed lookup: name = com.apple.bird, requestor = syspolicyd[298], error = 3: No such process
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496185 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: exited due to exit(69), ran for 357ms
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496196 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: service state: exited
>> 2025-10-16 08:59:29.496203 (gui/501/application.fr.imag.iihm.blanch.osx-presentation.301642255.301642265 [1041]) <Notice>: internal event: EXITED, code = 0
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I don't think Pr?sentation has been updated in quite a while and it apears it doesn't run under Tahoe (just bounces in the Dock and I had to Force Quit it).
> 
> You might try TeXStage <https://anothertexapp.com/> and see if it meets your needs. Please comment if you find it useful. PS: I have nothing to do with the apps at that URL and I haven't used any of them.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com
> 

I can recommend TeXStage. I’ve used it on both Mac and iPad, and it works quite well.

Randy Ridenour
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