Is Tap Forms 5.3.14 compatible with Big Sur?
And will there be a native version for the new Macs (M1)?
Hi Victor,
I am working on a native M1 version, but I have to remove some third-party library dependencies first from it. It’s going to be a bunch of months before I have an M1 release ready.
But the current Tap Forms 5 does work under Rosetta 2 emulation right now. It works quite well. I do have a Big Sur compatibility update coming shortly. It’s just to correct some cosmetic issues with the Preferences window. Right now when you click on a button on the Preferences window, the button hides. It’s still there and it still works. It’s just invisible until you close and re-open the Preferences panel again.
Thanks,
Brendan
Brendan,
Thank you for the information.
I have an M1 MBA – and under Rosetta 2 Tap Forms works faster than (based on limited testing) then an 2017 iMac with SSD disk and 48.00 GB RAM. For example,
1. the main database I have in Tap Forms is 7GB, and always takes a while to load and the window for the database is half formed while loading; and
2. to open a new (second) window for this database and some times causes the beach ball to appear together with a delay
Neither happen on the M1 MBA (in limited testing).
Thank you for your feedback, Victor. This confirms that the M1 chip is really fast. And this is a chip entry level systems, if we can all them that way.
Well it’s more than just the M1, you’ve got to account that the storage on the MBA is likely an order of magnitude faster than the 2017 iMac. That certainly helps as well because generally the beachball is I/O related and on a machine with 48GB of RAM it’s unlikely to be I/O from memory contention. There is obviously a bunch of optimisation work on those pathways as well.
I’m looking forward to a 15″/16″ MBP with Apple Silicon and mildly curious what other hardware they’ll come up with for the iMac and Mac Pro.
That’s great to hear! I’m really looking forward to getting one. I’m holding out for a MBP 16″ though.
Another report on the performance under the M1 MBA:
The biggest database I use in Tap Forms is about 7.2 gigabytes. To backup it takes
1. on the iMac about 7 minutes 30 seconds
2. on the M1 MBA about 6 minutes 20 seconds
So at present not much difference. Not complaining just noting…
It’s great to see there’s no performance penalty with Rosetta 2. It’s amazing what they’ve managed to accomplish with that.
Hola Brendan from Brisbane, Australia.
I have just got my M1 iMac ? and successfully migrated TF to it.
TF runs very well under Rosetta but there seems to be a bug in syncing to iCloud and with my iPhone and iPad. ( the latter sync fine with each other)
Any update on the native M1 TF ETA?
Basic question: have you tried signing out of iCloud sync and back in again?
Many times! Microsoft taught us a long time ago about rebooting etc.
NEAR ME sync is fine, but not that useful for me.have even tried only doing one database file at a time. Still becomes unresponsive.
SOLVED IT!
I identified two problems:
Firstly, do not try to initiate cloud sync on three databases at once. The sync gets tangled up and only succeeds in creating damaged copies.
Secondly, transferring the Tap Forms software and databases from Time machine backups to the new computer [M1 iMac] gets it lost on where the databases are stored in the new directory structure of the M1.
now I’m happy again.
Hi,
I am purchasing an iPad Pro – 11″ which has the M1 chip. Does TapForm 5 work with it? I have an older iMac – which currently has High Sierra 10.13.6 OS. Will I be able to sync the information between these 2 machines?
Thanks,
Gail
Hi Gail,
I am finding Near Me syncing is working just fine. I have stopped trying to get iCloud sync working [between an M1 iMac, an iPad and an iPhone] until Brendan produces the M1 native version of TapForms. Whilst TapForms runs excellently under Rosetta on the M1 iMac, I kept getting corrupt syncs between the iMac and the iOS devices.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
juanenBrisbane
Hi Gail,
Yes, Tap Forms 5 for iOS should work just fine on the M1 iPad. It’s an ARM chip after all and all iOS apps work on ARM processors. I haven’t heard of anyone having any troubles so far.
John, I don’t think the sync issues had to do with the M1 chip though. When sync happens, that’s all done using data transfer, so doesn’t have anything to do with the CPU used.
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Brendan.
Thanks, Brendan,
I see it as an Apple quirk of the new machine.
I will try again once iOS15 and MacOS12(?) are released in the Spring [Australia, remember]
cheers
juanenBrisbane
Is Tap Form compatible with Monterey? I could live without Monterey, but I could never live without Tap Forms! 😀 It’s the most useful software on my machine that isn’t from Apple. (I have an Intel MacBook Air 2020.)
I sync with my iPad and iPhone, which are on iOS 15.
Allen
Hi Allen,
Yes Tap Forms 5 does work on Monterey. I’ve been testing it with all the betas.
THanks,
Brendan
Hi Brendan – where is the actual database file stored under Monterey. I’ve got a zombie machine here and I reckon one chance to rescue the database file and move it to another machine!!
If you can launch Tap Forms 5 on your Mac, you can select your document on the main Database Documents window, then click the Show in Finder button. Tap Forms will take you to the location.
Or, you can find it here:
~/Library/Containers/com.tapzapp.tapforms-mac/Data/Documents
To get there:
1. Copy the above path.
2. In the Finder, press command-shift-g or click on the Go menu and select Go to Folder…
3. Paste the above path into the field.
4. Press the Go button.
