Autopsy 4.21 not running on MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1

Autopsy on Linux / macOS
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Hi, all.

I’m installed Autopsy on MacOS using MacPorts and installation was sucessfully but, when I try to run the application, I receive the following message below:

Unrecognized option: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

I already followed the troubleshooting proccess on link https://slo-sleuth.github.io/tools/InstallingAutopsyOnMacOS.html#troubleshooting, but it still not working.

I installed the application in path /Users/myuser/autopsy/autopsy-4.21.0 and executed the file located on /Users/myuser/autopsy/autopsy-4.21.0/bin/autopsy

I was an Autopsy Windows user and I really confused about how to configure and run it properly in MacOs Environment and I’ll appreciate your help to solve this issue.

Regards,

Ronaldo Bomfim

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Hey @rtbomfim - Good day, have you resolved this issue on your side as yet?

I’m currently also having this issue as well

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Hi @dgreg . I give up to install Autopsy on MacOS. As workaround solution, I installed VMWare Fusion and created a Windows VM and installed and ran Autopsy from there.

I think that will be very nice if the team develop some .pkg file to install and configure it into MacOS environment instead of we have to install several apps manually.

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Okay cools, noted. Loll that makes the two of us, I went ahead to just installed it on a old Windows machine I had.
I am a Software Developer, but trying to get back into Digital Forensics, and seeing if I can make a career transition.

Yeah that would be cool if they could.

Are you into the Digital Forensics field as well, Lets connect on Linkedin.