What happened?
macOS 15.5+ users are reporting that with both 1.9.6 and 1.8.5, when Imager starts to ask the OS about the storage devices, the UI begins to jank - in some cases freezing for indeterminate periods of time.
1.9.6 included an always-in-the-background drive polling scheme, but 1.8.5 only polled the drives during selection.
Both appear to freeze at the start of the write.
Version
1.9.6 (Default)
What host operating system were you using?
macOS
Host OS Version
15.5
Selected OS
Irrelevant
Which Raspberry Pi Device are you using?
Raspberry Pi 5, 500, and Compute Modules 5
What kind of storage device are you using?
Other
OS Customisation
Relevant log output
What happened?
macOS 15.5+ users are reporting that with both 1.9.6 and 1.8.5, when Imager starts to ask the OS about the storage devices, the UI begins to jank - in some cases freezing for indeterminate periods of time.
1.9.6 included an always-in-the-background drive polling scheme, but 1.8.5 only polled the drives during selection.
Both appear to freeze at the start of the write.
Version
1.9.6 (Default)
What host operating system were you using?
macOS
Host OS Version
15.5
Selected OS
Irrelevant
Which Raspberry Pi Device are you using?
Raspberry Pi 5, 500, and Compute Modules 5
What kind of storage device are you using?
Other
OS Customisation
Relevant log output