Rayscaper for Mac – Beta testers wanted

pixelcruncher

Hi all,

Rayscaper finally runs on the Mac! Photorealistic renders, live in SketchUp, on Apple Silicon GPUs. Before the release, I'm looking for Mac users to try the beta and help me find what still doesn't work.

Rayscaper for Mac beta

Download and install instructions: https://www.rayscaper.com/mac-beta/

What you need

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or newer). Intel Macs aren't supported.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
SketchUp 2025 or 2026.

Install it with the Extension Manager
In SketchUp, choose Extensions > Extension Manager, click Install Extension and select the downloaded .rbz. Please don't unzip it and copy it into the Plugins folder yourself: the beta isn't notarized by Apple yet, and macOS blocks it when installed that way. The release will be notarized.

The first render takes a few minutes longer, while Rayscaper prepares the GPU of your Mac ("Preparing the GPU" in the status bar). That only happens once.

Feedback
Post anything that doesn't work, looks wrong or could be better in this thread, or email help@rayscaper.com. For a problem, please attach the logs (Extensions > Rayscaper > Export Logs for Support) and mention your Mac model, macOS version and SketchUp version.

Thanks for testing!
Thomas

pixelcruncher

A new Mac beta is up: Rayscaper 0.9.102. Same link as before: https://www.rayscaper.com/mac-beta/

What's new since the first beta:

Support for SketchUp 2027, next to 2025 and 2026.
Fixed a crash when quitting SketchUp 2027.
Fixed an error when stopping the render.
Fixed Start Render and saving right after installing Rayscaper from the Extension Manager: before, the model didn't save its Rayscaper settings until you restarted SketchUp.

If you installed an earlier beta: install this one over it from the Extension Manager, then restart SketchUp.

Still looking for Mac users to try it, any feedback is welcome!

Cheers, Thomas