MathWorks MATLAB R2024a macOS (Apple Silicon) with Documentation

With nearly 6,000 low-Earth orbit satellites (LEOs) in orbit currently and billions in private-sector funding flowing into space-related companies, interest in satellite communications is at an all-time high. The Satellite Communications Toolbox update in R2024a enables Satcom engineers to model scenarios and provides standards-based tools for designing, simulating, and verifying satellite communications systems and links. In addition, engineers can use the toolbox to design physical layer algorithms together with RF components and ground station receivers, generate test waveforms, and perform golden reference design verification.
R2024a also includes major updates to popular MATLAB and Simulink tools, including:
-Computer Vision Toolboxprovides algorithms, functions, and apps for designing and testing computer vision, 3D vision, and video processing systems. The product includes the ability to design algorithms, label data, and generate code for 2D and 3D vision tasks.
-Deep Learning Toolboxprovides a framework for designing and implementing deep neural networks with algorithms, pre-trained models, and apps. The toolbox enables support for architectures, such as transformers, and importing and co-simulating PyTorch and TensorFlow models.
-Instrument Control Toolboxconnects MATLAB directly to instruments such as oscilloscopes, function generators, signal analyzers, power supplies, and analytical instruments. The Instrument Explorer app can be used to manage devices with IVI and VXI Plug&Play drivers without writing code.

1592143: Accessibility Issue: Toolstrip items lose focus unexpectedly in MATLAB Online
In MATLAB Online, certain toolstrip items lose focus unexpectedly when they are accessed using the keyboard. For example: Closing or dismissing the drop-down menu of a button in the toolstrip does not bring focus back to the button in the toolstrip. Instead, the focus moves to the previously focused ...
Bug Number 2732495: Setting up connection to Arduino board over Bluetooth or WiFi stalls on Mac OS 12 (Monterey) and higher versions
After you install the MATLAB Support Package for Arduino Hardware on Mac OS 12 (Monterey) and higher versions, setting up a connection to the Arduino board over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi stalls in both cases - either while creating the arduino object by specifying the Bluetooth address or IP address, or af...
Bug Number 2877647: sum and prod misinterpret empty array of operating dimensions
You can specify a vector of operating dimensions for the sum and prod functions. If the size of the vector is 1x0 or 0x1, in releases affected by this bug sum and prod operate along the default operating dimension. However, the expected behavior is that sum and prod should not operate along ...
Bug Number 2949337: Obfuscatedfiles within the deployable archive (.ctf file) in fopen and MATLAB compilerworkflows
To open anobfuscated file, specify the file path using the which function, including whencalling fopen . By default, the -s flag obfuscates .m , .mlapp , .p , v7.3 .mat , .mlx , .sfx , and MEX files. Tomanually include additional file types (such as .txt ) in the user package, addeach file type in a...
Bug Number 3004433: MATLAB might crash when using a grid layout with a custom background color
MATLAB might crash when querying the BackgroundColor property of a GridLayout object created using the uigridlayout function. The stack trace generated by MATLAB includes these lines: [ 0] 0x00007ffd1c107a30 graphics::datatype::ColorBase::operator= at B:\matlab\src\hgdatatypes\src\ColorBase.cpp:2...
Bug Number 2954021: Unable to enter ^ and ~ characters in MATLAB on Linux systems when using non-QWERTY keyboard layouts
When using a non-QWERTY keyboard on Linux systems, the ^ and ~ keys do not work as expected. When you press these keys, the characters do not display on the screen and are not recognized by MATLAB. This problem affects most tools that contain editable text fields in the MATLAB desktop, including th...
Bug Number 3006271: In App Designer, axes sometimes appear distorted in Design View
In App Designer, when axes are parented to a figure or a tab that has been resized, the axes render incorrectly in the canvas, appearing either stretched or squeezed. However, axes are displayed correctly in the running app.
Bug Number 3100983: Statement coverage is incorrect for a for-loop whose body does not run
If your source code includes a for -loop whose body does not run, a statement coverage analysis incorrectly reports that the for statement was not executed even if the your tests exercised the loop. For example, assume that the following source and test code exist in the source.m and testSource.m ...
Bug Number 3104505: gitinit errors when initializing a bare Git repository
Creating a bare repository using the gitinit function throws the following error: >> repo = gitinit("myfolder",Bare=true)Error using matlab.internal.git.GitRepository/getWorkingFolderThe repository "C:\myWorkSpace\myfolder" is bare. Bare repositories do not have working directories. Although t...
Bug Number 3104060: MATLAB for macOS (Apple Silicon) might crash when using an unsupported JRE
For MATLAB for macOS (Apple Silicon), MathWorks only supports the Java 8 JRE included with Amazon Corretto 8. For more information, see MATLAB on Apple Silicon Macs . When a different JRE is installed, Native Apple silicon MATLAB might load the unsupported JRE and crash on Apple Silicon. MATLAB for m...
Bug Number 3092284: Warning message or dialog when saving MATLAB search path using savepath or Set Path GUI on Windows
In MATLAB on Windows, the execution of the 'savepath' function or the use of the 'Set Path' GUI Tool to save a path may fail due to insufficient permissions to write the pathdef.m file.Users may encounter the following warning message when executing the 'savepath' function in MATLAB: >> savepat...
Bug Number 3033593: MATLAB might crash on startup on Mac
MATLAB on macOS might crash on startup. The generated stack trace contains lines similar to: [ 8] 0x00000001cd88adb6 /Applications/MATLAB_R2023a.app/bin/maci64/Frameworks/Chromium Embedded Framework.framework/Chromium Embedded Framework+58797494 ChromeAppModeStart_v6+08658918[ 9] 0x00000001cd88b01...
Bug Number 3119913: On Windows, switching a Git branch errors when switching modifies the content of the current folder
Switching a Git branch errors when all of these conditions are true: Your operating system is Windows. You cd'ed into a folder in your Git repository. The switch operation modifies the files in the current folder. Switching branches cannot delete the current folder because it is in use. An example e...
Bug Number 3114312: Warning displays in the Command Window after clicking the Request Support button on the MATLAB Home tab
When the Request Support button on the MATLAB Home tab is clicked, the Command Window displays a StAXDialectDetector warning. This warning does not prevent submitting a support request.
Bug Number 3134584: Creating or re-creating multiple audioplayer objects in a session might cause the audio to stop playing in Web App Server and MATLAB Online
Creating multiple audioplayer objects or re-creating it multiple times in a single session might cause the audio to stop playing. This issue is typically encountered in Web App Server and MATLAB Online due to a browser restriction on the number of media streams that can be created per tab. For exampl...
Bug Number 3138975: XLS files containing invalid UTF-8 characters read with xlsread in basic mode can cause MATLAB to crash
Certain XLS files containing invalid UTF-8 characters read with xlsread in basic mode can cause MATLAB to crash. For example, in the following code, crash.xls causes a MATLAB crash because it contains invalid UTF-8 characters and is read with xlsread in basic mode. >> [num, txt] = xlsread(...
Bug Number 3138142: Unable to call C++ MEX functions built using MEX command or codegen on macOS 14(Intel Processor) with Xcode 15
Invoking the MEX(C++) function created using MEX command and codegen functions fails on macOS 14(Intel Processor) with Xcode 15. This error occurs only when C++ source files are used to build MEX functions. You will see an error like the following. Invalid MEX-file '/ private/ var/ folders/ 4j/ vf0...
Bug Number 3118513: MATLAB user interface shows some text in Chinese when Chinese is not selected as the primary language
When Chinese is selected as the secondary language of your operating system, the MATLAB user interface shows some text in Chinese. In the OS settings, remove Chinese as a secondary language.
Bug Number 3155437: Comparison Tool throws an error when selecting MLAPP files to compare
Selecting MLAPP files using the Select Files or Folder for Comparison dialog issues the following error in the Command Window: Unable to resolve the name 'com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.appdesigner.comparison.MlappComparisonType'.Error in comparisons.internal.dispatcherutil.getJComparisonType (line 49...
Bug Number 3165531: Incorrect Code Generation: Floating-point results mismatch when using Xcode 14.3 or later toolchain on Mac with Apple Silicon
Xcode 14.3 and later versions of this toolchain enable FMA (Fused-Multiply Add) by default on Mac with Apple Silicon (Xcode 14.3 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation ), which causes MATLAB function execution results to be numerically different from the results generated as part of these work...
Bug Number 3147076: Setting the Exponent property on an axes ruler to a negative integer value displays a large positive integer-valued exponent
If the Exponent property of an axes ruler is set to a negative integer value, the exponent might be displayed as a large positive integer value. This can occur in one of two ways: Opening a figure file containing an axes that has a negative integer value for one of its rulers' Exponent property. Sett...
Bug Number 3103604: Apps containing a list box component with an empty value cannot be opened in App Designer
If you create a list box in an App Designer app and set the Value property of the list box to empty using the Component Browser, the app can no longer be opened in App Designer. App Designer displays a message: "One or more components in your file have experienced an internal error. Opening this ...
Bug Number 3167643: Frequently setting UI component properties might crash or stall long-running apps
Any app that frequently updates components will consume increasing memory over time, possibly leading to a crash. You can observe this issue in the memory data of Task Manager on Windows, or Activity Monitor on Mac, or any process monitoring app on your Linux distribution.
Bug Number 3157175: Data brushing and data tips are unresponsive in certain tabs of apps
If you create an app containing a tab group that is not visible when the app launches, app users will not be able to apply data brushing or create data tips in any charts that exist in that tab group.
Bug Number 3137229: Computing the LU decomposition of a sparse matrix twice in a row on Apple Silicon might not return the same answers
If you compute the LU decomposition of a sparse matrix twice in a row on an Apple Silicon machine that is running natively-built MATLAB, the answers you receive might be slightly different between the two calls. The answers are still correct within the limits of floating-point arithmetic but are not ...
Bug Number 3161712: License Manager Error 4402 "Missing root element in response"
You might not be able to login to MATLAB using Online Licensing in R2023b with: MathWorks containers on DockerHub MATLAB Integration for Jupyter matlab-proxy based integrations Attempts to login might be presented with the following error messages: Starting MATLAB with license: 40759245 - MATLAB (In...
Bug Number 3173637: Incorrect label Interpreter value when loading .mlapp and .mat files
When loading .mlapp and .mat files saved in R2023a or earlier releases, the Interpreter property of labels created using the uilabel function is always reset to the default value, 'none' .
Bug Number 3192810: jsonencode incorrectly encodes elements that are equal to -realmax('single')
When using jsonencode to create JSON-formatted text from a large single value, MATLAB will produce the incorrect answer when called with a value equal to the output of -realmax('single') . >> jsonencode(-realmax("single")) ans = '-3.402823466E+3' The correct answer is '-3. 402823466E...
Bug Number 3062340: MATLAB might crash when modifying a table in a parfor loop
MATLAB might crash on Windows machines when modifying a table in a parfor loop. This crash can occur when you modify table variables in a parfor loop run from the Command Window. For example, in this code MATLAB crashes when you modify the table variable named Var1 . parfor i=1:5 temptab = table...
Bug Number 3169039: Searching for text in the Comparison Tool might cause MATLAB to crash
Searching for text in the Comparison Tool might cause MATLAB to crash if all the following conditions are true: You compare two Simulink Test MLDATX files, Requirements or Link Sets files, Polyspace Project files, or System Composer architecture files. You click Merge Mode . You click Refresh or Sw...
Bug Number 3179487: Multithreaded LU decomposition of a dense matrix on Apple Silicon can return wrong answers
If you compute the LU decomposition of a dense matrix on an Apple Silicon machine that is running natively-built MATLAB, the answers you receive can sporadically be wrong. This affects multithreaded calculations using the lu and inv functions, the decomposition object, and the \ operator. This is...
Bug Number 3060887: MATLAB might crash when modifying a table from the Debug Command Window
MATLAB might crash on Windows machines when modifying a table from the Debug Command Window. This crash can occur when you modify table variables after changing the workspace within the debugger. For example: after hitting a breakpoint and using the dbup function, executing t.Var1(1) = 1; to modify...

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