Intaglio is working again! I'm using Ventura 13.4.1 on my Mac mini (Apple M1)

It finally fails, sort of, under Sonoma :-( What happens is that the main window, and several of the inspectors, have an odd vignette around them. It's still possible to use it in a rather crippled way. At least you can do some limited editing and export, print, etc.

Eazydraw is the best alternative I've found so far. It imports Intaglio perfectly. While it's shortcut keys are different, it does have the ability to edit them. If someone wants them, email me (gwj at me dot com) and I can send you my Menu Keys and Quick Keys files, which you can import from the Eazydraw menu. Then it's pretty darned close for common things. Their support is good via email and they have a good manual etc. Also you can edit does on your iPhone and iPad, and it also runs under Windows. So that's where I've moved...

There are also some free viewers and editors for SVG files, a kind of XML, which is what Intaglio is based on.

-Gary

I have a set of config files for EazyDraw that several shortcuts the same as Intaglio via their Menu Keys and Quick Keys. Contact me if you want to give it a try. Includes notes that describe those shortcuts.

-Gary

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I am also still looking for an alternative to Intaglio that will work on Sonoma and later. Graphic is not an option. The colour swatches do not work on Ventura. It should not still be sold on the App Store. Linearity Curve is only for webpage design. I have downloaded Easydraw and are working thru the Guide. I really do not like the interface. Intaglio's strength is its simplicity imo. I love that I can work in 2 different scales on the same drawing and that I can make a layout with multiple sheets. For the time I am just not going to not upgrade from Ventura. Really a pity this program was abandoned by Mick Malick. If only Apple would step in, rename it Macdraw (or  Draw ie to run on iOS and iPadOS) and bundle it as free software with Numbers, Pages, Keynote and iMovie.

I am still using Intaglio under Ventura 13.6.6. Thanks to this forum I will not be updating to Sonoma as I have not yet found an alternative. Autodesk Graphic, though still being sold in the App Store, is not an alternative as the colour swatches does not work on Ventura. I am still studying the Easydraw user guide but really do not like the interface. I do find that the Intaglio files get annoyingly large when opening drawings that were created on Catalina on an older Mac but other than this it really was the perfect app.

I wish Apple would just buy this software from Nick Malley, rename it MacDraw (or just Draw) and bundle it as the default drawing app with the OS like they do with Numbers, Pages and Keynote.

See my answer earlier in this thread. I think Eazydraw is a good solution since it imports Intaglio and can be customized to mimic most of the keyboard shortcuts.

-Gary

for this purpose I keep my iMac alive (Catalina)

wish I had a Mac for all vintage software, like the original iMovie, so I can open my projects!

Purgatory Design closed its doors in 2020. The principal engineer has not responded to Intaglio users requests since that time. Without the Intaglio software owner's consent and providing the source code in an open source capacity, there is no means to keep a compiled binary of Intaglio working indefinitely on macOS.

Replace Intaglio with modern software whose features and functionality are maintained to evolving releases of macOS, or keep an older Mac handy whose operating system Intaglio was then compatible.

I also managed to get it working under Ventura (rosetta). It is my favourite drawing app by far. The only other app that is comparable is Graphic (iDraw) which also works under Ventura but does not seem to be supported anymore either. Have you upgraded to Sonoma and is it still working?

Not too surprising that *some* feature doesn't work quite right but overall it was as good as ever under Ventura on my M2 mini. There really is nothing you can do to magically make a broken feature work again beyond obliterating the relevant files in /Library and doing a clean install.

But then came Sonoma :-(

The vignetting in Sonoma makes Intaglio unusable. Even the menus are vignetted. What is a good replacement for Intaglio. I use it mainly for drawing up small building or fabrication projects.

Does yours work completely in Ventura? My Intaglio has a few things that dont work. Image to path does not work. Gradients do not work. Did you do anything special to get full functionality?

Does Easy Draw have the effects filters?

I just downloaded Eazydraw.

It is not as hassle-free as intaglio, but many options are similar and seem to be hidden somewhat.

I will play around with it for a bit.

Still: intaglio is powerstuff