MacResearch

seems OK
https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53674011

I get some strange Java related errors when starting 7.4 (2007a) on Snow Leopard which I think cause some of the quirks. But when I run it without the JVM, (matlab -nojvm), I don't have any problems. Other than it being slower than I'd like.

Errors are listed below.

Unable to create com.mathworks.mde.filebrowser.FileBrowser, due to:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: apple.laf.AquaImageFactory.getWindowBackgroundColorUIResource()Lapple/laf/CColorPaintUIResource;
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: apple.laf.AquaImageFactory.getWindowBackgroundColorUIResource()Lapple/laf/CColorPaintUIResource;
at com.jidesoft.plaf.aqua.AquaJideUtils.initComponentDefaults(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.jidesoft.plaf.LookAndFeelFactory.a(Unknown Source)
at com.jidesoft.plaf.LookAndFeelFactory.installJideExtension(Unknown Source)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.MJUtilities.initJIDE(MJUtilities.java:170)
at com.mathworks.mde.filebrowser.FileView.(FileView.java:380)
at com.mathworks.mde.filebrowser.FileBrowser.(FileBrowser.java:81)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTClient.createComponent(DTClient.java:264)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.createClientComponent(Desktop.java:4880)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.setClientShowing(Desktop.java:5184)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.setClientShowing(Desktop.java:5172)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer$ViewState.restore(DTNestingContainer.java:2458)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer$SplitState.restore(DTNestingContainer.java:2115)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer$SplitState.restore(DTNestingContainer.java:2115)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer$RootState.restore(DTNestingContainer.java:2003)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer$RootState.restore(DTNestingContainer.java:1998)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTNestingContainer.restoreState(DTNestingContainer.java:1881)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.DTMultipleClientFrame.restoreState(DTMultipleClientFrame.java:1826)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.restoreLayout(Desktop.java:4537)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.restoreLayout(Desktop.java:4351)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.restorePreviousLayout(Desktop.java:3334)
at com.mathworks.mwswing.desk.Desktop.initMainFrame(Desktop.java:294)
at com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDesktop.initMainFrame(MLDesktop.java:309)
at com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDesktop$Initializer.run(MLDesktop.java:450)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:199)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:633)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:296)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

Yes, you call Matlab from the X11 (or Terminal) command line. However, this will take away the pretty matlab interface which has the editor window, command history, etc. You can still call graphics routines (and toolboxes) but the regular editor is gone.

/Applications/MATLAB74/bin/matlab -nojvm

I think in newer versions like 2007a you can use -noawt instead. But I've never tried! If you launch matlab a lot, you might consider adding an alias to your .bashrc to do so:

1. Open Terminal Window
2. type: nano .bashrc
3. add line: alias matlab='/Applications/MATLAB74/bin/matlab -nojvm'
4. Control-X and select save

After doing this, close the terminal window, open a new one and you will be able to launch matlab without the JVM by typing "matlab" at the command line.

So I just installed MATLAB and every time I go to open it, or "activate it" it returns this error:

There was an unexpected exception: Can't load library: / Applications/ MATLAB_R2009aSV.app/ / bin/ maci64/ libactivation.jnilib See the log file (/ var/ folders/ Mp/ Mp0PQFo9GbKznsjhgBiZf++++TI/ -Tmp-/ TMW_svact_christophergiuliano.log) for more details.

I don't know if this is related, but I'm running 10.6 Snow leopard on an intel based mac. Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?

Thanks.

Seems like this is a known problem:

http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-AKVSXY/?solution=1-AKVSXY

The solution seems to be manual activation...

Hi

To activate the product manually you need to copy the license.dat file to licenses directory. It's located inside the Matlab .app package

Just right-click on Matlab .app aplicattion, "show package contents" and there is a licenses directory, copy the .dat file and run Matlab as normal. This way worked for me.

I hope it helps.

FYI 2009a works with Snow.

However, the launching time leaves a wee bit to be desired.
i opened Parallels, started Matlab in Windows, faster than launching the "Native" mac version.

I have been experiencing crashes in MATLAB 2009a under Snow Leopard. These seem to take place even if I have Java Preferences set to use a 32-bit version of Java 1.6. It seems I've fixed the issue by forcing MATLAB to run in 32-bit mode.

To do this, navigate to /Applications and right click on the MATLAB program. Select "Get Info" from the contextual menu. Under "General," tick the box that says "Open in 32-bit mode."