[bbuxton]

For some reason despite numerous attempts to install the new beta for OSX I cannot get it to launch. I've carefully followed the read me and also gone over all the tips I can find on the forum. Not sure what may be causing the problem as the alphas and previous beta installed fine (ok a little bit of hassle ....but it worked)

It seems to be a licence or account issue, is there anything I should look for from a previous installation?

[bbuxton]

Yup tried that.

Gives permission denied error

Also tried onyx to no avail.
It must either be a small oversight or something left over from the previous install.

As I mentioned the alphas installed fine, though I had to use Onyx to get the first beta to work.

Thanks
BB

[jc4d]

I second that.
For example http://www.mindvision.com/
PLEASE, We deserve it

[Kabe]

Sorry, but mindvision is pretty limited.

The right way to do installer is to use Apple's PackageMaker, which is part of the Apple development tools.

In fact, I am testing an installer I build myself right now, and it looks good right now.

Back to the original problem... if the mxcl doesn't start, it has probably the wrong file owner. Install from the original archive to the default location to avoid trouble.

Kabe

[jc4d]

Good to know

Cheers

[Mattia Sullini]

Have you tried to erase all the caches? ( i mean all of them, user's one included ). Try Cocktail, either
http://www.macosxcocktail.com

No other suggestions, if it doesn't work

[bbuxton]

I think that Onyx can erase all cashes, but I was concerned whether doing so would have any adverse effect on other applications on my system. Hopefully the next beta will have a proper installer and licensing package.

[jakegoat]

Try 'chmod -R 777 /Applications/maxwell' without quotes in a shell (terminal window). This should make the maxwell branch all executable.

[bbuxton]

At last!! just as I had all but given up, I saved out my license txt using a Windows PC and now things are working. Thanks for everyones advise though, I learned a fare bit just from that.

One more small thing..... How do I load mxi images into lightwave? I want to give a scene an hdri environment to reflect and also to try image based lighting in Maxwell.