Astah version 6.9 does not launch on Mac

■Product and version:

Astah Professional, UML, Community 6.9

■Description:

On Mac, Astah vesion 6.9 fails to launch.

■Solution:

There are two solutions to avoid this error.
Solution A works only if you have launched ver6.9 before. If you never used ver6.9, try solution B.

A: Turn off the Startup Screen

  1. Open the following file with text editor
    • Astah Professional：Userhome/.astah/professional/JudeP.properties
    • Astah Community: Userhome/.astah/community/Jude.properties

     

  2. Make the value of “diagram.editor.initial_operation” option as false
    mac69.png

    3.  

  3. Launch Astah

B: Use the latest update of Java8 to run Astah

  1. Download the latest Java 8 SDK, and install.
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

    2.  

  2. Copy the [jre] folder of your installed JDK.
    (Usually you can find it under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_144.jdk/Contents/Home）

    3.  

  3. Right click on the astah.app’s and click [Show Package Contents]
    highsierra1

    4.  

  4. Paste and overwrite the [jre] folder you copied with the existing one in the Contents/PlugIns/JDK/Contents/Homejavavm2.png

    5.  

  5. Launch Astah again

Leave a comment