Currently, building installers is a Windows only feature of the Application Builder. This means that the LabVIEW Runtime Engine and any required drivers must be manually downloaded and installed on the target system. To minimize the effort required by the person installing the software the following steps are recommended for distributing VI's to Mac computers:
- Build a stand-alone application from your VI (see link in Related Links)
- Manually download the LabVIEW runtime engine installer from our website (runtime engine version must be the same as the version of LabVIEW you are developing with)
- Manually download any required driver installers
- Put the above files onto a thumb drive for distribution (instruct the end user to install the Runtime Engine, then device drivers before the first use)
- Optional: write a shell script to automate running the appropriate installers and to put your LabVIEW app in the preferred directory
Additional Information
If you are looking to build an executable instead of an installer on a Mac for another Mac of the same operating system version, you can use LabVIEW Application Builder for macOS, which is available as part of the LabVIEW Professional download.
Note: LabVIEW 2023 Q3 is the final release of LabVIEW for macOS. Starting with releases in 2024, LabVIEW is available on Windows and Linux OSes.