it makes R unresponsive according to the activity monitor.
The only repair I have found is to ForceQuit R from the Activity Monitor, and start fresh R session.
I downloaded a fresh copy of XQuartz-2.8.1.dmg and have the same negative results.
I downloaded a fresh R from https://mac.r-project.org
R version 4.2.0 Patched (2022-06-02 r82444) -- "Vigorous Calisthenics"
Copyright (C) 2022 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin20 (64-bit)
version
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platform aarch64-apple-darwin20
arch aarch64
os darwin20
system aarch64, darwin20
status Patched
major 4
minor 2.0
year 2022
month 06
day 02
svn rev 82444
language R
version.string R version 4.2.0 Patched (2022-06-02 r82444)
nickname Vigorous Calisthenics
I have MacOS 12.3 Monterey
MacBook Air (M1,2020)
Chip Apple M1
memory 16GB
The pdf() device works so I I can work, but casually plotting to the screen without explicitly
opening pdf() is not possible.