Taking a preferences file used on an intel mac and installing it on an M1 makes the artboard all gray
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When I was testing other things, I wanted to see if the preferences file I had put on my intel machine a while back would solve a different problem on my M1 Mac.
When I installed it and restarted VS, my VS UI was all the same dark gray of the canvas. There was no white filled document like a normal starting file. Just a black outline where it would be normally. I tried restarting VS and it remained the same issue. When I put it back on default or my main custom pref file, everything worked appropriately.
When I open an existing VS file, i can select vectors but can only see the selection box and outlines... all fills are gone
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@Boldline Check the display mode in Preferences -> Performance. OpenGL is not working on M1.
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@VectorStyler Ok I will try that when I can, but now that you mention it, it makes sense
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@VectorStyler Would including the processor family in the file be a solution? So that when the prefs file made on an Intel machine is loaded on M1 or M2 Macs, the app can make the switch from OpenGL to Metal automatically.
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@b77 Since there are only a few options that might not work (also between Windows and Mac) the best solution wold be VS would autocorrect these.
I add this to the backlog.
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@VectorStyler said in Taking a preferences file used on an intel mac and installing it on an M1 makes the artboard all gray:
@Boldline Check the display mode in Preferences -> Performance. OpenGL is not working on M1.
Yes that was the issue. When i switched the display mode to metal, it worked just fine in the M1 - thanks!
(this preferences file did not fix the issue with making cusp nodes with the pen tool - so that must be something else)
