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Arduino IDE for Mac

Arduino 1.6.1

  -  135.4 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Arduino 1.6.1.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Arduino IDE for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Improved Yun detection for upload via network
- In platforms.txt "objcopy" recipe is no more tied to the "hex" format
- Ports in ports list are now grouped by type
- Upgraded avr-gcc toolchains to 3.4.5
- Fixed: wrong parsing of boards.txt when using submenu and boards id with underscores
- Windows: updated bundled JVM to latest 8u31
- Windows: JVM memory settings can be customized editing arduino.l4j.ini and arduino_debug.l4j.ini files
- "new" button now behaves as "File -> New..." menu: a new window with an empty sketch is created
- Windows: opening a lonely sketch caused the IDE to crash. Fixed with a bounty on bountysource
- Bridge: fixed bug with multiple and failing YunClient.connect calls @sngl
- Translations updated
- Improved SoftSerial library and optimized its memory usage
- Fixed: status board was not changing when using custom menu
- Fixed: better error message when using a busy serial device
- Fixed: missing bool operator on EthernetClient
- Fixed: missing bool operator on SoftSerial
- Improved library name matching. Avoids conflicts with libraries that bundle files equally named