HELP: node quit unexpectedly

mestre andré's icon

Hello friends,

I just installed the Max 8.6.0 upgrade + RNBO, from Max 7, and I have this issue at startup. Even before Max window showing, I get this error message more than once:


then Max window loads like this:

I don't know what this is about.

I'm running Max on a 2012 MBP with High Sierra

Please help.

Joshua Kit Clayton's icon

Hello MESTRE ANDRÉ,

Thank you for the report and apologies for the inconvenience.

It appears that node v20 requires Mac OS X 10.15 or higher. We will investigate and may need to change our minimum required Mac OS version to 10.15.

In the meantime, you'll need to downgrade to Max 8.5.7, or update to Mac OS 10.15 or higher.

-Joshua

mestre andré's icon

Thank you Joshua

Robert White's icon

I got the same error message for which I already put in a support request.

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

10.13.6 (17G14042)

2.7 GHz Intel Core i7

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB/Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB

Max 8.6 runs but I get the node error on startup.

mestre andré's icon

Yeah... That's the OS issue. I downgraded it to 8.5.7 like Joshua advised and it's now working fine.

Source Audio's icon

for those wanting max 8.6 on older system, replace node package from 8.5.7.