nRF Connect Installation on macOS (Automatic Installation)

[alwalker]

I have not been able to create a stable development environment in macOS Monterey using the automatic installation process. 

In order to better understand and document the issues, I am going to do four separate installations for comparison.

MacBook Pro 1:  Manual Installation            

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/88500/nrf-connect-installation-on-macos-manual-installation

MacBook Pro 2:  Automatic installation

Linux Ubuntu:     Manual Installation

Windows 11:       Automatic installation

This thread will cover the second case, the automatic installation on macOS. I will create separate support tickets for the other cases and provide links.

[PieterJericho]

Hi I have had the exact same experience on every point. Waited hours for memfault to finish to no avail. I could see the git fetch command actually running, but not performing any CPU usage.

I still have the Shell initialization conflicts nRF Connect terminal profile issue. Also performed the automatic install (followed by update SDK and update toolchain). I did not put any environment variables anywhere, in fact opening a shell the environment is pristine with nothing related to zephyr or nordic.

[alwalker]

Hi Marte,

Please see attached system report, I've changed user name for security reasons to 'xxxxxxxx'.

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Kind regards,

Al