Siril won't load StarNet Command, says I don't have permission.

Software Siril
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I downloaded the StarNet++ Command Line Tool on to my iMac. I unzipped it and then open Siril and went to Preferences > Misc and tried to attached it to the Software location. I get a iOS error message that says I don’t have permission to execute this file? I am pointing to the starnet++.exe.
Anyone know a way for me to assign permission or make the file available to execute?

Thanks
Tim

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The exe version is for windows OS.
Make sure to download the right version. You should refer to the Siril documentation that explains everything you need.

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This is the link: StarNet Star Removal — Siril 1.2.0 documentation

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Lock042,
Thanks, I did have the right version, but the problem was the file permissions settings. All explained in the Siril documentation. I ended having to use the ‘experimental’ version as the standard one is not signed.

Here’s the particulars.
from StarNet Star Removal — Siril 1.2.0 documentation 1

On MacOS, for Siril to detect and use StarNet correctly, it is necessary to fix some permissions and security issues first. Start by opening the Terminal application from the Utilities folder within Applications. In Terminal, you need to change your working directory from your home directory to the StarNetCLI installation directory. To do this type in cd followed by a spaceand then drag the StarNetCLI folder into the terminal window to copy its path. Press enter. Then type in the following four commands, pressing enter after each one:

xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine libtensorflow_framework.2.dylib
xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine starnet++ (change this to starnet2 if you are using the experimental version)
chmod +x starnet++ (change this to starnet2 if you are using the experimental version)
chmod +x run_starnet.sh

Then, at the first use with Siril, the execution of StarNet may fail with a warning about libtensorflow. Cancel out of this warning. Open System Preferences and under Privacy and Security click the Allow anyways button for libtensorflow. After this, StarNet should execute properly in Siril.

Tip

On MacOS, again, there is a new Starnet executable optimized for the Apple Silicon chip that has been released on the site: Experimental | StarNet. This new version is much faster than previous version because it uses the new MPS accelerated PyTorch (Accelerated PyTorch training on Mac - Metal - Apple Developer). Also, this version contains signed binaries, follow the installation instructions in the README.txt

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Vincent,
Thanks that was perfect thanks for posting the link!

Tim