Setup and Installation
Requirements
Apple Mac (2017 or later). Apple M series Macs for best performance. (Windows and Linux versions available soon)
8GB RAM (16GB recommended)
5~20GB Hard Drive free space or more recommended.
Embedded Files
Download and Install
Go to the Download page and download the BRON DMG file.
Double click on the downloaded file.
Drag and Drop the BRON icon onto the Applications folder icon.
Gatekeeper
When opening BRON for the first time you will see the Apple Gatekeeper message similar to this, mentioning the app is damaged.
Click Cancel or Done.
To allow Apps not installed via Apple's App store, to work on your computer open:
> System Settings, then click Privacy & Security in the sidebar.
Scroll down and under Security, BRON will be shown, select Open Anyway.
If still you cannot open the app, open the Terminal app and copy and paste the following and then open the BRON app:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/BRON.app
First Run
After the initial install, BRON will continue and complete the installation.
This can take some time so please be patient.
Enter your password when asked during the install.
Login
Login with the default demo password:
username : demo
password : demo
Optional software
BRON requires FFmpeg to create slideshows and video previews.
To install FFmpeg on you Mac, open the Terminal app and copy and paste the following commands:
# Install Apple Xcode :
sudo xcode-select --install
# Install Homebrew:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
# Install FFmpeg and exiftool from Homebrew :
brew install ffmpeg exiftool
Then restart BRON to update.
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