From: Angus Gratton Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 03:48:38 +0000 (+1000) Subject: docs: Add some clarifications for Mac OS users X-Git-Tag: v3.1-rc2~9^2~19^2~6 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=955e84a3bc4fb4540c26c8bd8e61b1d4b424f82a;p=esp-idf docs: Add some clarifications for Mac OS users --- diff --git a/docs/en/get-started/establish-serial-connection.rst b/docs/en/get-started/establish-serial-connection.rst index 363de1ccee..e7f8e9d966 100644 --- a/docs/en/get-started/establish-serial-connection.rst +++ b/docs/en/get-started/establish-serial-connection.rst @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ MacOS :: ls /dev/cu.* +.. note: MacOS users: if you don't see the serial port then check you have the USB/serial drivers installed as shown in the Getting Started guide for your particular development board. For MacOS High Sierra (10.13), you may also have to explicitly allow the drivers to load. Open System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General and check if there is a message shown here about "System Software from developer ..." where the developer name is Silicon Labs or FTDI. + .. _linux-dialout-group: Adding user to ``dialout`` on Linux diff --git a/docs/en/get-started/macos-setup.rst b/docs/en/get-started/macos-setup.rst index a699c3bef6..70142482e8 100644 --- a/docs/en/get-started/macos-setup.rst +++ b/docs/en/get-started/macos-setup.rst @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Standard Setup of Toolchain for Mac OS Install Prerequisites ===================== +ESP-IDF will use the version of Python installed by default on Mac OS. + - install pip:: sudo easy_install pip