torch >=2.3 ships no macOS x86_64 wheels (transformers 5.x needs torch >=2.6),
so `uv sync` can never resolve on an Intel Mac — per the platform-parity rule
the honest option is declaring the platform unsupported, not letting first
launch die in a raw resolver error:
- bootstrap.rs: pre-check on macOS x86_64 before any venv create / uv sync
(first-run AND repair paths) fails fast with an actionable message
(remote-backend escape hatch + docs link); healthy pre-torch-bump venvs are
deliberately untouched. Unit test pins the message's load-bearing phrases.
- BootstrapSplash: routes the failure to a dedicated localized hint
(bootstrap.hint_intel_mac, all 21 locales) and suppresses the useless
Retry-oriented hints for it.
- README + docs/install/macos.md (+ troubleshooting #9): every Intel-Mac
support claim now says UI-installs-but-backend-cannot-run, including the
from-source path (also broken); remote backend documented as the only use.
- release.yml: #889 note on the macos-15-intel leg — artifact is UI-only;
keep-or-drop is an owner call, deliberately not changed here.
- docs/install/windows.md: new "Portable install (Windows)" section promised
in #766 — custom MSI wizard folder / msiexec INSTALLDIR=..., what lives in
OmniVoiceStudio-Data next to the exe, and the Program-Files-greyed-out why.
Co-authored-by: mergetest <test@local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
