Until now, the Sync Clippings Helper application has only been available for Windows. Due to popular demand, that's finally changing -- with a beta release of the next version of Sync Clippings Helper which is compatible with macOS and Linux!
The beta release of the Sync Clippings Helper app for macOS and Linux is intended for testers and early adopters craving the latest and greatest. Read on to learn more about how to get it, things you should know about, and how to report a bug.
(If you've just stumbled upon this blog post and don't know what Sync Clippings is, you can learn more about this feature of the Clippings add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird on the AE Creations website.)
Sync Clippings Helper for Mac
Available as a macOS installer package (requires macOS 10.14 or newer). Get it from the Sync Clippings 1.2 beta 1 page on GitHub; look for the file named SyncClippings-1.2b1-macos-x64.pkg. Simply save it to your system, then double-click on the file to launch the installer and follow the prompts.
If you're comfortable with the command line, you also have the option of running a shell script to install Sync Clippings Helper. You can get it from the Sync Clippings 1.2 beta 1 page on GitHub; look for the file named syncClippings-1.2b1-setup.tar.gz -- download the .tar.gz file, extract it, and then run the extracted shell script to install Sync Clippings Helper. Make sure that Python 3 and the Tkinter package (python3-tk) is installed on your system; get Python 3 from the Python website, or use a package manager such as Homebrew.
Apple Silicon users: The installer package has not been tested on Apple M1 systems; it's possible that it (or the Sync Clippings Helper app) may not run at all, or it may require Rosetta 2. Use the shell script instead to install Sync Clippings Helper. A version of the macOS installer package for Apple Silicon is planned for release.
Sync Clippings Helper for Linux
Get the setup script from the Sync Clippings 1.2 beta 1 page on GitHub; look for the file named syncClippings-1.2b1-setup.tar.gz -- download the .tar.gz file, extract it, and then run the extracted shell script to install Sync Clippings Helper.
Make sure that Python 3 and the Tkinter package (python3-tk) is installed on your system; you can get them through a package manager such as apt or yum. The setup script will check for those dependencies and will inform you if they aren't found.
Help and Support
Questions and comments should be posted to the AE Creations Help and Support forums, hosted on Google Groups.
If you find a bug with the Sync Clippings Helper app or its installers, you may file a bug report on GitHub. Please search the issues list first to confirm that your issue has not already been reported.
