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cdhw
User level: Level 4 (3,604 points)

Intaglio app seems to be working again on Golden Gate macOS

Intaglio was a nice drawing application that lost support in 2020 and essentially stopped working when Sonoma came out. Prompted by Golden Gate's warnings that Rosetta is to be removed from the next version of macOS, I was about to delete it. Just for kicks, I tried opening it and it seems to be working just fine on Golden Gate. The only issue I've found is that I have to add an extra page to the range in the 'Print...' dialogue. Otherwise, every drawing I've tried can be opened, edited and printed like it's 2020 again.


So, if you don't have access to Ventura (on a VM or old Mac) but do still have some old '.intaglio' artwork files that you want to convert to SVG / PDF it's worth having go.

Posted on Sep 20, 2026 5:00 AM

5 replies

WSW_DE
User level: Level 1 (18 points)

Oct 8, 2026 12:52 AM in response to cdhw

Having used graphics applications on 'classic' Macs under System 7.1, 8 and 9 starting with MacDraw and ClarisDraw, Intaglio has always been the natural choice from MacOS X on to some versions of macOS. Hence, it is really great that Intaglio 3.9.5 works again under Golden Gate (and has already under Lake Tahoe). Even the small 'vignetting' problem left in 'Fonts' under Lake Tahoe is now fixed under Golden Gate. The 'Print' dialogue problem mentioned above has been there since Ventura, but can be worked around by adding the page range manually in the dialogue each time you want to print.


Please note: For those installing Intaglio for the first time in Golden Gate, the app will start but the drawing window may not open. In that case the workaround reported for previous macOS versions still works: Open Intaglio → Window → Workspace → Floating Windows and then quit and relaunch Intaglio. That should fix it.

WSW_DE
User level: Level 1 (18 points)

Oct 27, 2026 2:18 PM in response to DGryder

Did you try changing the Workspace in Intaglio to Floating Windows? In the Menu, click 'Window', select 'Workspace', then 'Floating Windows', then quit Intaglio and relaunch it. That should fix it and Intaglio should open with an empty drawing page.

DGryder
User level: Level 1 (9 points)

Oct 27, 2026 2:40 PM in response to WSW_DE

I cannot see the menu to change settings in. All I get is the tool bar that shows up on the left side of the screen. No menu at the top and no windows. Really odd. I have even restarted the computer a couple of times..


DGryder
User level: Level 1 (9 points)

Oct 27, 2026 1:53 PM in response to cdhw

I just upgraded to Golden Gate partially because of this post. I have not been able to get it to load recent files. All that shows up is the tool bar on the left side of the screen.

WSW_DE
User level: Level 1 (18 points)

Oct 27, 2026 2:56 PM in response to DGryder

Do you see the Menu Bar when you move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen?

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256361132