Hi Alex, Many thanks for such a comprehensive reply to my query. I'm sure your comments will be invaluable when I come to do the migration.
Much appreciated. Noel -- Noel Lodge lodg...@gmail.com On 12 June 2017 at 23:26, Alexander Thurgood <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 12/06/2017 à 14:59, Marion & Noel Lodge a écrit : > > Hi Noel, > > Installation > Installation of LibreOffice on Mac is relatively easy. > You will need to download the main app DMG, and possibly any language > pack that you want, if you work in a language other than en-US. > > For a first time installation of LibreOffice, it is advisable to switch > off Gatekeeper (this is Apple's builtin security system which is on by > default) to allow apps from sources other than the Apple Store to be > installed). Although this is no longer strictly necessary (as > LibreOffice is a signed app), it can help avoid an interminable wait for > verification of the DMG package which occurs if you just double-click on > it and drag the app bundle to the Applications folder. You can reset the > Gatekeeper setting once LibreOffice has been installed. > > You will probably be asked for an administrator password at some stage, > so if the Mac has a multiuser account, make sure that the user > installing the app has admin rights to the machine. > > First launch of LibreOffice can take a while. Current versions of 5.3.x > are not particularly speedy, and are plagued with performance bugs, even > on modern hardware. > > > Java > LibreOffice requires Java to function correctly with Base as you already > know, but not just any old version. Getting LibreOffice to work with > Java can seem a little like voodoo at times, especially as neither > Apple, nor Oracle give two hoots about Java working nicely with > LibreOffice, and additionally, LibreOffice sometimes has to play catch > up with Oracle's release numbers. Get the latest version of a complete > Oracle JDK (not JRE) and install that. > > You may also find it helpful to install Apple's JavaforOSX.dmg, which is > now obsolete, but still available for download for those Java apps that > require it. I have no idea whether H2 requires Apple's Java, or whether > it will work just fine with an Oracle JDK. The only way to find out is > to test it. Potentially, multiple JAR file loading and instantiation > might be an issue if the JAR files have the same name as those included > in the app bundle of LO. > > Setting up your connection to the H2 database should work just as it > does on Windows, assuming that you are using a JDBC connector. > > Current bugs regarding databases and macOS (OSX) in particular can be > found in the LibreOffice bugzilla, otherwise most bugs are common to all > OSes. > > > Alex > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
