Duplicati on MacOS - getting Tray Icon to work including Open/Resume/Quit

Duplicati - 2.0.7.1_beta_2023-05-25 on MacMini 2018 Intel Core i7, MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1 (23B81)

Hi, I love Duplicati, however despite having searched a lot I miserably fail in finding answers to some basic questions on how to run Duplicati reliably on MacOS. So here my assumptions - any correction/feedback/pointers into the right direction would be highly welcome … hopefully also for other Mac users :slightly_smiling_face: … many thanks!

Q1: How to start up Duplicati on Mac?
A1: Start Duplicati.app from applications folder (works)

Q2: How to get the tray icon to work on Mac? (does not show up)
A2: Impossible, no but fix available. Calling via mono on commandline unsuccessful

Q3: How to stop/restart Duplicati service on Mac?
A3: As the tray icon is not available (see Q2), controlled start/stop is not possible. Workaround: Manually kill Duplicati process and restart Duplicati (see Q1)

Wow. That did the trick. Thanks a ton.

Error tracking:

  • MacOS 14.1.1 Sonoma >= 11 (Big Sur) :white_check_mark:
  • /usr/bin/python3 works :white_check_mark:
  • In python: import Foundation did not work :x:

Applying the fix:

  • /usr/bin/pip3 install -U pyobjc

Result:

  • import Foundation :white_check_mark:
  • Starting Duplicati.app from application folder correctly starts the Duplicati Tray Icon, so now I can Open, Resume and QUIT :white_check_mark:

You made my day.

Duplicati Tray Icon:
It worked on Ventura, but didn’t work on Sequoia.
Please, any tips?

SOLVED with version v2.0.9.107_canary_2024-09-11.

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re: stopping Duplicati server on MacOS: Sequoia 15.3, Macbook Pro 16" (2023), Duplicati 2.0.1.108

Yes, my tray “Quit” works, but if the tray icon is not available, the only option I see to kill Duplicati so I can update it is to kill it in the Activity Monitor (i.e., Task Manager equivalent).

On my Macbook, because of the location in the Tray of the camera in top center, my Duplicati Tray Icon doesn’t appear (or anything in or to the left of the cut-out). Although I have two extra displays (the icon usually appears on one of the others, but not always both???), when I mirror the displays, the Tray Icon is suppressed on the other two displays (perhaps because it is suppressed on the Macbook’s built-in display???).

Anyway, would it be possible to add a “Kill Duplicati” button/option on the UI, perhaps in the Settings or About page? If it’s there and I didn’t see it, please let me know?

This is NOT a serious issue, but I hate to have to KILL Duplicati from the Activity Monitor, and would rather have it shut down gracefully.

Thank you… Steve

I have a similar issue for restarting the webserver, so I have updated it to also suggest an “exit” method.