I reached out to SketchUp Support and heard back from therm:

*"Unfortunately there is a known issue with Nicer Transparency on some Mac Computers. This is something that is being looked into and and should be fixed in a future release..."

"It seems to happen only on specific Mac Computers, and the specific combination of hardware, graphics chips and drivers, etc..."*

I was advised not to upgrade the Mac OS to Ventura as SKU does not currently support that OS.

(Any hot tips on when 2023 gets released?)

Right on — thanks, again. Much appreciated.

If I find a resolution I'll repost here.

Thanks, Dave.

As far as I can tell, I cannot adjust Mac graphics settings via the graphics card or processor. There is an OS update available, and I believe that's the only Mac route for updating graphic drivers, etc. I may do that.

I also attached the test file for the fun of it.

skp_transparency-pattern.skp

Ah, left that info off ... I'm using Version 22.0.353. Thanks.

Hello, all.

After recently upgrading to a new MacBook, my new and existing models display a moire/alias glitchy pattern when viewed on "Nicer" transparency mode. (see image ref) As I orbit and move around the model, the pattern jumbles around like a face collision might do.

I toggle between Faster and Nicer quite often, so I'm hoping for some tips or fix suggestions from the smart people here. This issue occurs on PNGs, single-sided planes, and volumes with applied transparent materials.

What I've tried so far: changing the OpenGL settings, using newly created and default materials instead of saved materials, deleting a batch of recently-installed plugins.

Any ideas? Thanks!

MacBook Pro
12.5 Monterey
Apple M1 Max GPU

Hello, folks.

I have a team of 8 SketchUp Pro users, primarily on Macs running Catalina (10.15.7) or newer.

I'm considering upgrading our team from 2019 to 2022 to take advantage of new tool upgrades and to ward-off any future OS/SKP compatibility issues.

Have any Mac users here run into issues upgrading to 2022 for Layout and SketchUp? Thanks!