# Exported Application to Mac not opening

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/exported-application-to-mac-not-opening/14520>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exported-application-to-mac-not-opening/14520 "2019-10-08T15:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![plusmartin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/plusmartin/32/6695_2.png) [@plusmartin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/plusmartin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exported-application-to-mac-not-opening/14520/1 "2019-10-08T15:12:42Z")

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Is it normal for an exported application to weigh more than 400MB for a tiny script?

It is very frustrating.  
Plus, it does not even launch!!  
I checked the security settings in MacOS but still nothing.

Where can I download the C++ version of processing?

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exported-application-to-mac-not-opening/14520/2 "2019-10-08T22:45:10Z")

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sounds big,  
on windows when i export a tiny sketch

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enable windows  
not enable linux  
enable embed JAVA

 ![export_win64](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/4/41b1943e326da4ba06491bbdd4cbb728d4579ef4.png)

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it is about 200MB,  
because of the whole JAVA ( 8 ) version included.  
but must look directory tree,  
i find

> application.windows64  
> application.windows32

but the 32 version can not include the JAVA ( because i use the processing 64bit only )  
so its small ( and will most probably not work )

please check your drive and think again what (export) option you need to distribute…

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but better just distribute the sketch ONLY, as text or zip  
so anyone can get processing running on their specific hardware/OS  
and just run your tiny sketch.

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> [@plusmartin](#):
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> Where can I download the C++ version of processing?

good question for the EXPERTS and developers…

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exported-application-to-mac-not-opening/14520/3 "2019-10-12T18:10:29Z")

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On Mac, like on Windows, if you have checked the export box “embed Java” – which says it will make the export much larger – then it makes the export much larger (but more portable, as computers do not need to have Java installed to run it).

> [@plusmartin](#):
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> Where can I download the C++ version of processing?

There is no official C++ mode for Processing. One of the closest projects to Processing in the C++ programming world is OpenFrameworks.

> **[openFrameworks](https://openframeworks.cc/)**
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> openFrameworks

Another option which tries to imitate the Processing API in C++ is libxd:

- [libxd](https://bernhardfritz.github.io/libxd/#/)
- [GitHub - bernhardfritz/libxd: A simple 2D graphics library for C++.](https://github.com/bernhardfritz/libxd/)
- [libxd - A Processing inspired graphics library for C++ - Processing 2.x and 3.x Forum](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/27279/libxd-a-processing-inspired-graphics-library-for-c)