Yes, specifying the astrometry.cfg file in the astrometry section of kstars options does nothing other than tell kstars where it is so that it can inspect it and report any issues. astrometry.net will still look for the astrometry.cfg file where it wants to look by default. It took me some time to figure that one out, because I had astrometry.cfg files in several places and I had trouble figuring out which one was right.
Here are the places where it will be depending on your install:
If you are using the OS X internal one it is inside the app at /Contents/MacOS/astrometry/bin/astrometry.cfg.
If you installed it from home-brew it is at /usr/local/cellar/astrometry-net/0.69/etc/astrometry.cfg.
If astrometry.net is installed another location like /usr/local/bin, the config file is one folder up from it inside the /etc folder like this: /usr/local/etc/astrometry.cfg
I don't believe this property can be changed. Astrometry is programmed to look for it in several specific places, the same folder as the executable, one folder up from it inside the /etc folder (../etc), and I think /etc/astrometry.cfg.
Just to report I have just managed to make a full capture session on the Rosette Nebula (24x300s), using calibration, guiding, dithering, astrometry and autofocus. No problems at all. So to me it looks pretty much stable for daily use. I have not used the scheduler. It must be tested.
Some bugs remain, in the setings as reported but still, fully usable.
I had a quirk with dithering, it stalled while doing but stopped and restarted the sequence.
I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to all involved in creating MacOS version, for your hard work, it's a great achievement!
Excellent! Actually in terms of use, I have been using it for my imaging sessions for about 2 months now. But that is on a system which was used for development. The issues have been with getting it working on a computer that did not build it, and that has been, suffice it to say, a bit of a challenge. . .
But I am very glad that it is working great for you!! Right now I am working on the startup wizard. Not quite ready to have folks test that yet, there have been a couple of issues. Should be ready in the next couple of days.
I'm trying to use internal Astromety solver inside Ekos, but it's always failing. If I use external solver it works fine. I'm using internal Ekos Simulators.
I have been working really hard for the last couple of days and I think I am ready to put up a new DMG for you guys to try. It now includes a quick start guide, copyright information, a startup wizard, and the latest versions of all the software.
I got rid of the annoying dialog boxes at startup and integrated that into a couple of pages of the already existing startup wizard. I also put some of the steps of configuration that I previously explained in the forum into the program and the Quickstart guide. Currently all of the features of the startup wizard are working except for the installers and checkboxes for netpbm, pyfits, and pip. I will need to revisit that part. It is pretty easy to do it from Terminal however.
Commands you need to type into terminal to do it manually: