Nuke 6.3v4: Mac Osx Compatible With Lions

Some users in the Foundry Community reported that installing X11 (XQuartz) helped resolve some compatibility hurdles when running legacy versions on newer OS X versions.

Official release notes from The Foundry explicitly state that Mac OS X 10.7 is not supported for this version. Users attempting to run Nuke 6.3v4 on Lion typically encounter the following problems: Nuke 6.3v4 mac osx compatible with lions

For optimal performance with Nuke 6.3v4, the Foundry Support recommends staying on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) . Some users in the Foundry Community reported that

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A known bug (ID 19241) causes Nuke to crash immediately upon launching on OS X 10.7.

Even if the application launches, a segmentation fault often occurs when attempting to exit the software (BUG ID 20550).