MacOS Ventura issues with Packet Tracer

andreas234 · ‎08-22-2023

Would anyone happen to know a fix for a compatibility issue with Mac and Packet Tracer?

Currently operating: MacBook Air, MacOS Version Ventura 13.4.1

*Trying* to run: Cisco Packet Tracer Version 8.2.1

Specific issues I'm having are inability to save and export .pka files to show my work for the instructor in my current networking course, and the program randomly crashes when I try to check my work against the .pka lab instruction file. Of course it's also doing that annoying thing where it reads every last command line prompt too, but that seems easy enough to fix by changing a few settings in Packet Tracer to turn off the voice feature.

Any ideas on how to address the .pka save/export issue? Should I start with a clean file and then just recreate the entire network from scratch rather than using the class .pka file?

andreas234 · ‎08-23-2023

@andreas234 wrote:
Would anyone happen to know a fix for a compatibility issue with Mac and Packet Tracer?
Currently operating: MacBook Air, MacOS Version Ventura 13.4.1
*Trying* to run: Cisco Packet Tracer Version 8.2.1
Specific issues I'm having are inability to save and export .pka files to show my work for the instructor in my current networking course, and the program randomly crashes when I try to check my work against the .pka lab instruction file. Of course it's also doing that annoying thing where it reads every last command line prompt too, but that seems easy enough to fix by changing a few settings in Packet Tracer to turn off the voice feature.
Any ideas on how to address the .pka save/export issue? Should I start with a clean file and then just recreate the entire network from scratch rather than using the class .pka file?

Struggles continue: deleted and then reinstalled the program, cleared my app cache, and started from a clean .pka, Packet Tracer crashes every time I try to run and close the command prompt. Ctrl C doesn't work in command prompt either. Saving a .pka backs up my work, but only to a point. On the flip side, I can import .pkas and open them without many issues.