Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
Hey guys, Why am I not seeing any download links for 1.083? I'm on a mac if that matters. I log into my account go to downloads and there's nothing for the newer versions.
It hasn't been released yet. It sounds like the beta 3 will be out before Saturday, though. I'd imagine the final non-beta will be not long after. I'm guessing they will want to see if anyone reports obvious bugs for a few weeks before making it a final release.
@bconno On top of what @turtlecat1000 wrote, there is an "APP Downloads & Release Notes" section to the right of all forum pages with a link to the APP Downloads. There you can find the links to all beta releases.
Thanks guys, but I did find the link and downloaded. When I go to the downloads and open the file it says drag to applications folder to install. I did that and all it does is make a new Applications-1 folder inside of the Applications folder, does this folder need to be unzipped first? Ive never had problems installing software on a MAC. Appreciate any advice on what I'm missing
@turtlecat1000 Does this mean I cant use the Beta Version? I'm not able to open the file
@turtlecat1000 Does this mean I cant use the Beta Version? I'm not able to open the file
I looked here: https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/appreleases/downloads/ and didn't see a link to a beta 3. It may be you have found a placeholder?
Do I have to be a Beta tester to open and use Beta versions? If so thats my issue
Do I have to be a Beta tester to open and use Beta versions? If so thats my issue
You don't. Where are you getting your beta3 link? I was looking around and I can't find one. The page for beta is here: https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/appreleases/downloads/ and all that's listed is beta 2 and beta 1 plus earlier releases.
@turtlecat1000 Sorry for the confusion, on my part, Its Beta 2 im trying to get to open.
@turtlecat1000 Sorry for the confusion, on my part, Its Beta 2 im trying to get to open.
That makes all the difference. Should be no problem with it. I have been running it for a while now. Just re-downloaded it to see. I'm on a M1 MacBook Pro. When I unzip, I get a dmg file. I can then do the normal procedure of opening the dmg and dragging the app to the folder. Of course you'll have to go through the security procedure to allow the Mac to run the app.
I suspect you may have unintentionally downloaded the app for a different operating system.
@turtlecat1000, Thanks but I downloaded the only one that says MAC OS, 3 times. Same thing. You say when you unzip.... what are you doing to unzip? I try right clicking to open and see no option for unzip, I drag to desktop, drop to Application folder (as it states on the download file) all get the same result, They are links that open the applications folder. I'm baffled and frustrated
I just double click on the zip file. The Mac has zip built into the finder. But it should be the same effect. You may have an antivirus software package or similar. Since APP is written in JDK8 currently it is not supported by default any longer and something is probably stripping it out for your protection. It’s on their roadmap to move to JDK11 which should help with that.
OMG, Im so sorry guys. I'm gonna go with senior moment here. I was dragging the Application folder icon not the APP icon.
@bconno So you managed to install APP 1.083-beta2 now? APP 1.083-beta3 has not been released yet.
