Installation

Aether 0.1.0 ships as a macOS disk image. Windows and Linux builds are not yet available.

Download

Grab Aether-0.1.0-demo.dmg from the download page.

Double-click the DMG to mount it, then drag the Aether icon onto the Applications symlink. Eject the disk image when the copy finishes.

First Launch

The first launch shows a Gatekeeper warning: "Aether can't be opened because the developer cannot be verified." This is expected - the build is ad-hoc signed rather than notarised through the Apple Developer Program, so macOS asks before running it.

Two ways past the warning:

  • GUI. Dismiss the warning dialog, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section, and click Open Anyway next to the line about Aether being blocked. Authenticate. Launch Aether from Launchpad or Applications again and click Open on the confirmation dialog.
  • Terminal. Run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Aether.app. This strips the quarantine flag; macOS skips the Gatekeeper check on subsequent launches.

Full troubleshooting for the warning is at Gatekeeper Warning.

System Requirements

  • Apple Silicon Mac. Intel is not supported.
  • Roughly 150 MB of free disk space.
  • An audio output device. Aether starts without one but makes no sound until a device is connected and selected in Preferences.

Developed on an M1 Max running Tahoe 26.2. Older macOS versions may work but are untested.

Uninstall

Drag Aether.app from /Applications/ to the Trash. To remove user data as well:

rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/Aether
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/aether
rm -rf ~/Documents/Aether\ Projects

The last directory holds saved projects. Check its contents before deleting.

Windows and Linux

Not in this release. Windows and Linux builds are deferred until macOS gets signal. No installer is packaged for either platform; there is no supported path to run Aether on Windows or Linux in 0.1.0.

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