PPK2 "Not supported yet" in nRF Connect on MacOS/ARM 14.7

[dl8dtl]

I just obtained a PPK2. Nice to see an ARM native installer for nRF Connect on MacOS.

However, for the PPK2, only "Not supported yet" is displayed.

MacOS version is 14.7, nRF Connect version 5.1.0 (latest).

What's the path forward here?

[Øyvind]

Hello, 

Could you please elaborate more on the steps you took? Can you please share the logs from the Power Profiler app?

# nRFConnect System Report - 2025-04-30T08-48-31.115Z

- System:     Apple Inc. Mac14,2
- BIOS:       Apple Inc. 11881.1.1
- CPU:        1 x Apple M2 2.4 GHz 8 cores (8 physical)
- Memory:     102.5 MB free of 8 GB total
- Filesystem: /dev/disk3s1s1 (APFS) 460.4 GB 23.5% used

- OS:         macOS (15.0) darwin arm64

- Versions
    - kernel: 24.0.0
    - git: 2.39.3
    - node: 20.18.0
    - python: 
    - python3: 3.9.6
    - nrfutil-nrfutil-device: 2.6.4
- Connected devices:
    - F5C7F89B9B4F : /dev/tty.usbmodemF5C7F89B9B4F2, /dev/tty.usbmodemF5C7F89B9B4F4

Here is my system report from Power Profiler as well (found under About). 

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[dl8dtl]

I installed the nRF Connect through the DMG.

Then, I plugged in the PPK2, and ran the Quick Start, it asked me to also get the J-Link software. So I installed that.

Then restarted everything, Quick Start detects the PPK2, but has only a greyed out entry saying "Not supported yet".

Logs, I can only submit tonight. I'm not at the system right now.

Addition: under Linux, the very same PPK2 works fine.

[Øyvind]

dl8dtl said:

, Quick Start detects the PPK2

Yes, the Quick Start does not support PPK2.Please use Power Profiler. 

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[dl8dtl]

Ah ok, sorry then. I was under the assumption that quick start would help me installing the right tool. ;-)

Thanks for the quick help, Øyvind, all works fine now!