ESP32 Feather not detected on macOS ventura

[nitin710]

Describe the bug According to the following forum posts, it looks like the EmotiBit Firmware Installer is not detecting Feather ESP32.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/EmotiBit/comments/11pd9jl/feather_not_detected_blinking_red/ - by u/MaybeAggressive3410
• https://www.reddit.com/r/EmotiBit/comments/11ogvx4/feather_not_detected_when_installing_firmware/ - by u/Massive_Bear_9288
  • M1 Mac. OS Ventura 13.2.1 (as posted in the comment below by the user)

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Try installing Firmware on Feather ESP32 on macOS Ventura

Expected behavior Installer should work just fine after the drivers are installed.

[FedFod]

Can confirm that I was having this issue on an M1 Mac. OS Ventura 13.2.1

[Kai419]

I have this issue too. M1 Pro Chip, Venture 13.0

[nitin710]

Synopsis (05-08-2023)	Reddit post	mac Hardware version	mac OS	Problem	How the user solved it
feather_not_detected_blinking_red	UNKNOWN	ventura 13.0	Feather ESP32 not detected by firmware installer	Installing firmware using Arduino
feather_not_detected_when_installing_firmware	M1	ventura 13.2.1	Feather ESP32 not detected by firmware installer	Installed firmware using Arduino
trouble_flashing_from_apple_m1_mbp	M1	Monterey 12.5.1	ESP32 feather not detected by mac. (Neither on firmware Installer nor on Arduino IDE)	Problem not solved. User used an older intel based mac
trouble_flashing_from_apple_m1_mbp	intel chipset	ventura 13.1	None	worked as expected

take away

• Looks like ESP32 feather is having issues being detected by apple silicon.
• It is probably not a macOS ventura issue, because a user has reported it working on ventura+intel