EyeTV 4 in Apple silicon NATIVE

[eddy89 0]

EyeTV 4 in Apple silicon NATIVE

We must say at this point that EyeTV 4 works on Apple Intel machines decently (not as good as EyeTV 3 was working, but now seems fairly stable).

We just need a native compiled version of the software for Apple Silicon. I guess shouldn't be that hard having the source code.

Is it any roadmap for it? Thank you very much

[eddy89 0]

Rosetta 2 will be deprecated the next year. Can you compile a version for apple silicon? Otherwise it will not work soon...

[eddy89 0]

The next version of macOS, will not work on intel macs, and this one will not include rosetta2 (which is an emulator of the intel apps on apple silicon processors).

So EyeTV 4 will not work on apple silicon anymore with new macOS.

I am surprised that no one cares that their paid application will not work anymore in few time as Geniatech's people don't care about it, as didn't even reply to the question I made more than a year ago. I paid for the software a long time ago, but if I have to pay for it today I wouldn't do it unless they release a apple silicon native version, which could warranty the use of the app in the following years. Now is just a patch using a non native app for intel in our apple silicon machines. And Intel on macOS will be deprecated soon, as macOS Tahoe is the last macOS with Intel support. I just hope Geniatech provides a response soon about it, as they are selling a soon deprecated product which will not warranty its continuation in really few time.

Edited October 1, 2025 by eddy89

[eddy89 0]

It is weird, because having the source code, is trivial to compile a version for a native apple silicon, which makes me think if they really have the source code, as does not make any sense not having it today. I know as I am a developer myself.

I hope someone from Geniatech could reply and put some light on this asap.

Thanks

[OldSkool 2]

On 10/1/2025 at 10:07 PM, eddy89 said:

The next version of macOS, will not work on intel macs, and this one will not include rosetta2 (which is an emulator of the intel apps on apple silicon processors).

So EyeTV 4 will not work on apple silicon anymore with new macOS.

 

MacOS 26 (Tahoe) supports Rosetta, and EyeTV 4 still works (I know, because I upgraded to Tahoe once others here confirmed it still worked).

MacOS 27 will likely still support Rosetta, and EyeTV 4 should continue to work.

But MacOS 28 is likely to abandon support for Rosetta, and EyeTV 4 will die at that point.  The odds of Geniatech rebuilding the code to work natively on Apple Silicon at that point is 0.00001%.

[EricL 6]

I JUST bought a new Imac running Tahoie and EyeTV 4 crashes instantly on me Any tips to get it going, Deleted old software, and .plists from the old Mac that I ported over from. 

[cooperdc 3]

14 hours ago, EricL said:

I JUST bought a new Imac running Tahoie and EyeTV 4 crashes instantly on me Any tips to get it going, Deleted old software, and .plists from the old Mac that I ported over from. 

EricL

Just take a look at the most recent forum updates here as this may be your issue.  I had EyeTV running fine on Sequioa and then an update broke it.  My issue was to do with gatekeeper/expired certs (as the app is no longer being developed). All down to mac OS becoming more like iOS

It can be easily fixed by using Sentinel to self-sign the cert (Google 'sentinel macupdate'), but I wasn't sure what Sentinel did and didn't want to install something else into the mix and so got it sorted by running commands in terminal instead.

First you need to remove the quarantine attribute from the downloaded dmg using xattr.  The command should be:

xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/your_file.dmg

Install the dmg

Next bit is for removing old cert from the app and installing a self-signed cert:

The below is taken from another forum for OpenSCAD program that was also broke from mac updates.  You just need to change the app name to the EyeTV name showing when you use finder to view the application in the applications folder...not at home so can't quote the app name directly {possibly EyeTV.app}

The below "removes the signature of the app and then self-signs it then solved the problem for OpenSCAD 2021.01"

           codesign --remove-signature /Applications/OpenSCAD.app

           codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/OpenSCAD.app

I have a second machine (also on Sequoia) and it never had had EyeTV running on it previously.  I installed as above and it runs perfectly

I know that my issue was with Sequoina, but I have seen the other guys on here have eyeTV running fine in Tahoe

[JFreak 0]

It could be trivial to recompile the software itself, but hardware drivers are tricky. I hope this silence means they are working on it, otherwise this is going to be abandonware. I bought it for live tv, not for watching old recordings.