changes to macos misbehaving

main.py

@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from multiprocessing import Process, current_process, freeze_support, Manager
 
 # External library imports
+import mne
 import psutil
 import requests
+from mne.preprocessing.nirs import source_detector_distances
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QApplication, QWidget, QMessageBox, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QTextEdit, QScrollArea, QComboBox, QGridLayout,
     QPushButton, QMainWindow, QFileDialog, QLabel, QLineEdit, QFrame, QSizePolicy, QGroupBox
@@ -1172,7 +1174,7 @@ class MainApplication(QMainWindow):
             Full Path: {file_path}
             """
 
-        if "Error" in snirf_info:
+        if snirf_info is None:
             info += f"\nSNIRF Metadata could not be loaded: {snirf_info['Error']}"
         else:
             info += "\nSNIRF Metadata:\n"
@@ -1544,9 +1546,14 @@ class MainApplication(QMainWindow):
         return (normalize(v1) > normalize(v2)) - (normalize(v1) < normalize(v2))
 
     def get_snirf_metadata_mne(self, file_name):
-        import mne
-        from mne.preprocessing.nirs import source_detector_distances
 
+        try:
+            import h5py
+            print("h5py version:", h5py.__version__)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Failed to import h5py:", e)
+        
+        try:    
             raw = mne.io.read_raw_snirf(file_name, preload=True)
 
             snirf_info = {}
@@ -1575,6 +1582,8 @@ class MainApplication(QMainWindow):
                 snirf_info['Digitization Points'] = "Not found"
                 
             return snirf_info
+        except:
+            return None
         
 
     def closeEvent(self, event):