mscript reports "java not installed" on Mac M5 works on other platforms

[simoncn]

Does the "about" command respond immediately or is there a delay of a few seconds?

On my setup, there is a delay of about 5 seconds before "about" responds. This causes the mscript network connection to time out, which triggers the "Server not responding" error.

The delay is caused by a Java API call that the "about" command is making to get the host name. On my Mac, the host name is "Simons-MacBook-Air.local". If you are not seeing this delay, it could be because your host name ends in ".lan" instead of ".local".

I am working on a change that will replace the Java API call with another way of getting the host name when running on macOS.