Cortex Control does not work in macOS Sequoia

Quad Cortex Bug Reports
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CorOS Version: 3.0.1

Describe your issue:
Attempting to run Cortex Control on macOS 15 Sequoia, it crashes occasionally on startup when loading preset (but not always). Also, the UI no long updates in response to mouse click events once an edit has been done in Cortex Control.

Steps to reproduce your issue:

  1. Instal Cortext Control (latest version) on macOS 15
  2. Start Cortex Control
  3. Notice that Cortex Control often crashes when loading preset…
  4. If Cortex Control does load successfully, notice that the UI is responsive and updates as expected
  5. Do some edit in Cortex Control: I tried updating a preset name, or adding a block. Notice that the UI is still responsive to mouse events, but the UI display no longer updates.

I expected this to happen:
I expect macOS 15 to be supported, that Cortex Control doesn’t crash, and that the UI remains responsive and updates while making edits using Cortex Control.

I have tried the following things:

  • When Cortex Control display is not updating in response to mouse clicks, Quad Cortex does respond and display properly.
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Good to know, I just updated to Sequoia, but I did not try to launch CC yet…

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I’m on Sequoia (Mac Mini M2) and my Cortex Control works just fine, been using it all afternoon. Actually, v1.1.0 all afternoon, just updated to v1.1.1 and it works fine as well (seems to start up faster actually).
Must be something else going on with your setup.

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Turns out it was the power supply I was using. I appears to be injecting some noise into the USB connection making it unstable. I switches to the QC power supply and all is working fine. The power supply was https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9R5R3C2?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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Glad you sorted it out, and that’s good to know about that power supply !

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Hey, that power supply is listed as having a 2.5 mm end. The QC needs 2.1 mm for power. Did that replacement power supply feel loose by any chance?

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I had the same problem: using another power supply introduced noise into my QC and it was absolutely unusable for anything USB-related. I came back to the NDSP provided power supply and it went fine.
And mine was 2.1mm. I think that the QC is just very very sensitive to noise in the power supply.

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They both measured 2.15 mm. Must be a typo in the add.