again though its two purchases...one to save on the extravaganza thing, and another for the gimme something that works coupon. It would be nice to be able to combine into 1 purchase. 
Anyway, I'm really happy I donl;t get into the store usually until 9am central U.S. time..by then some store things are usuallt corrected, or will be on a couple of hours. if not by noon I just empty my cart. 

I'm very happy at the prospect of being able to use DAZ Studio on a Mac, rather than just the PC, but I can't get it to install.

It's a pretty new machine with plenty of drive space, so that's not the issue.

I've been trying to install the new version, but it's tripping over something left behind by past failed attempts. DAZ Central gets to about 85%, throws up its hands, and snaps back to 0% and a green "install" button.

What, specifically, do I need to do to remove past failed installs, to give the installer a clean slate and a better chance to succeed?

And what can be done to make the installer less brittle, better able to do better error recovery, and better able to communicate to the user what went wrong rather than just "nope, sorry, no can do"?

Charlie Judge said:

felis said:

No, you can download it without Daz Central - it is just very hidden.

In your product library you should have Daz Studio 4 Pro https://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio-4-pro

And from your product library you can download it.

Sadly, it doesn't have a manual download in my product library. So, I have to use either DIM or DAZ Central. 

Mine are still there; 
https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files#prod_13176

felis said:

No, you can download it without Daz Central - it is just very hidden.

In your product library you should have Daz Studio 4 Pro https://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio-4-pro

And from your product library you can download it.

Sadly, it doesn't have a manual download in my product library. So, I have to use either DIM or DAZ Central. 

The general release has stand alone installers, the beta requires one of the install applications Install Manager (apologies, I should have rememberd that Central doesn't do betas) - but Install manager is still there, there is a link at the foot of every Product Library page for a product that can be installed.

Thanks, much appreciated.  I thought I was having a stupid morning because I couldn't find just the DAZ program by itself.  I guess they are really pushing DAZ central use hard so they buried the standalone program download on purpose.  I don't like that kind of marketing.

No, you can download it without Daz Central - it is just very hidden.

In your product library you should have Daz Studio 4 Pro https://www.daz3d.com/daz-studio-4-pro

And from your product library you can download it.

Have not been on for a while.  I'm runing DAZ Studio 4.15.0.2.  I popped in to see what's available in terms of upgrade for Studio and am I correct in assuming that NOW you have to dowload DAZ central to get the program?  Maybe I'm confused, but is there is no separate download for just the DAZ Studio program (because I don't need the content management help).  I manage my own content my own way.

I click on Scripts, then Daz to Blender and it asks me if I want to export gen, props or both, no other opetions other than those 3. I click accept and then go to where the files should be and all I see are 2 empty folders; exports and presets. So I uninstalled Blender to Daz and then reinstalled through Dazed Central. Same issue as before.

jbowler said:

grafkdesigner said:

Where can I find the full download for the standalone install of 4.15? I am currently running 4.14 Beta and want to get rid of it and get back into the real world

It's "Download DAZ Studio for free" on the page https://daz3d.com. ; Do not replace the beta - you then have the choice of going back to it.

That link leads to DAZ Central

My Account\Product Library\ and Search for "Studio 4"

https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files#prod_13176

Lindsey said:

Seem to be missing the Edit button...

Let me add that this is no different than manually installing content, just that you're doing it with Shortcuts rather than actual files.  The advantages are you are automating the product install process and the shortcuts are always updated as long as you update products with DIM or Daz Connect.

You're free to move and reorganize shortcuts using your computer os without breaking metadata.  Since they are shortcuts and take little space, you're free to create multiple product shortcuts, such as typical product placement (environments, props, shaders, people) and also alternate folder structures such as Themes, or Bundles just by copying and pasting using your computer's operating system.

Agreed. I think we are both getting to the same result, just in a different path. Which path you take is entirely your preference. I am comfortable working at a command line prompt, I imagine most people would not be. Not using the DS supported organizer tools gives me a little peace of mind that they won't change in the future and render all that work moot.

I should also add that I install only through DIM and manual methods. So my method may not work with Connect / Central. I haven't tested those methods and I don't plan to.

I also only install two ways:
1. Permentantly installed items (i.e the items I use constantly).
2. Temporary installed items (i.e. the times I am only using for the current project).

This keeps my overhead low and doesn't involve sorting through the 17k products I have in my library.

Mark_e593e0a5 said:

NorthOf45 said:

daveso-confused said:

memcneil70 said:

@daveso-confused Can you do a screen shot of the Lost and Found screen, then move it up to the next segment, take another and do it again, then again, until all are covered? 

I may do it myself, as I have many with metadata and checked the My Daz 3D Library for files not showing up and still can't get them out of Lost and Found.

I think doing screenshots would be the only practical way. One thing, I do not have DS online at all, so nothing is updated. I was told that was the best way to keep my product installations intact and not totally mess up where things get installed. I only use DIM or manual for installing products. The overall product installation seems mess up to me overall in DS. It may be better to just get used to using Content Library and get rid of Smart Content totally. Not sure.  

There is nothing you can get with on-line updates that you cannot get with DIM, including metadata updates. If it is updated, it is updated everywhere. If the installation seems messed up, then it is messed up. If someone deigns to correct it, it will get updated in DIM. You can do it yourself with something like Content Package Assist to make a new package laid out the way you want, and you would have to update the metadata yourself, at least for the paths. It all comes down to how much work you want to do now, versus how long you want to wait for someone else to do it.

Well, that is not exactly true. What you CAN get with an oline update is a fully messed-up SmaretContent database. E.g. the G8 Starter Essentials update for 8.1 DID install fine with DIM. Onec you logged on, the Starter Essentials were no longer there. The online update has messed up the metadata beyond recognition. The starter essentaikls were part of the G8 Male Pose Templates. I had a very inetersting conversation with support, and they confirmed that the server metadata was messed up. And it is not the only product that behaves "strange". I try to sty away from working online as good as I can.

I don't disagree. If the source is broken, there's nothing we can do about it. Errors can creep into any system, and hopefully they are recoverable. But, I never liked the idea of a central control for everything, so I have never even considered using Connect. The selling points were not enough to convince me otherwise.

Daz_Travis said:

If you’re on a Mac, we have exciting news! The Daz Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Daz Studio 4.15.0.30 for Mac and Windows. This Studio software update broadens Mac compatibility to include macOS Big Sur and all previously supported Mac operating systems. 

What’s New?

Alongside macOS Big Sur compatibility, this update includes a handful of bug fixes and scripting updates for both Mac and Windows operating systems.

Daz Studio 4.15.0.30 Features:

• Daz Studio 4 compatibility with macOS Big Sur and Apple M1 chips

• Scripting API updates to add forward compatibility with Studio 5 scripts

• Various bug fixes to issues that would result in crashing on Windows OS

• Fixes to the smart content system

• Bugfix update to Iray

The Daz Studio team is hard at work on future releases and we plan to keep the macOS updates coming. Get the latest version of Daz Studio for Mac and Windows today!

Please make sure to let our support team know if you run into any bugs or issues

DAZ 4.15.0.30 is working perfectly on my iMac now — except for the GOZ plugin. I tried both the new beta version and the version downloaded in D Central but it seems the plugin is still referencing the old dyld files throwing the same old error: 

Dyld Error Message:
  dyld: Using shared cache: 0C9EB0DE-F5CE-3AFC-8F08-0C6DB1E7FC44
Library not loaded: @rpath/libdzcore.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/Shared/*/GoZBrushToDAZStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/GoZBrushToDAZStudio
  Reason: image not found

crashworship said:

Look, I can't run this %&^*&%^%^%T CMS software. It's all been given firewall permission but I can't get Sudio to recognize PostGRE CMS which HAS BEEN INSTALLED. This happens EVERY %#$$ TIME I TRY TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE! EVERY TIME. Daz Central crashes, probably because it's looking for a CMS IT CAN'T FIND. I have no access to ANY of my content as a result.

And I've done NOTHING WRONG in installing ANYTHING! NOTHING! I just let DIM do it. MY FIREWALL ISN'T BLOCKING ANYTHING!

Do you allow the postgreSQL server incoming connections?
 

I have full admin access to my iMac. There is NO permissions issue. THERE IS SOMETHING %&^^%%^ wrong with the &(*(^*^*^^ software.
 

That statement, sorry to say, just proves how increadible ignorant you are to how os security works on macOS. Having sudo-rights doesn't mean sqaut if your ~/Library/Application Support/ has the wrong access bits set.

libpq.a is GRAYED OUT when I try to add a firewall permission. And why do I have to do that anyway IF DAZ STUDIO HAS BEEN GIVEN FULL PERMISSION IN MY FIREWALL SETTINGS?

Where did nI say you sould enable that in the firewall, I mentioned that in combination of lipo for you to see that you do not have to wrong version as the libs are Mach-O universal binaries 32/64 bit.

I shouldn't have to be doing this. NONE OF IT. There isn't a single other piece of software that I've ever installed in my Mac which has come close to requiring these kinds of extraordinary flips and twists TO MAKE WORK! Nothing even comes close. NOTHING. I install them. They work. Period. Everything except DAZ &(*(*&^^ STUDIO

Studio is a very complex software, usually it works, if it doesn't, you have something strange in your system. First off, Install via DIM, not DAZ Central if you have the slightest problem.

This is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING. I've submitted a tech support ticket but we all know it often takes weeks before they get back to you and sometimes weeks of back and forth in trying to resolve it, IF IT EVER GETS RESOLVED AT ALL! As it stands now, I'm batting about a 30% success rate in dealing with tech support in resolving problems.

The key to get good support is knowing how to describe your problem. It doesn't work, is not a good start. 

Look, I can't run this %&^*&%^%^%T CMS software. It's all been given firewall permission but I can't get Sudio to recognize PostGRE CMS which HAS BEEN INSTALLED. This happens EVERY %#$$ TIME I TRY TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE! EVERY TIME. Daz Central crashes, probably because it's looking for a CMS IT CAN'T FIND. I have no access to ANY of my content as a result.

And I've done NOTHING WRONG in installing ANYTHING! NOTHING! I just let DIM do it. MY FIREWALL ISN'T BLOCKING ANYTHING!

I have full admin access to my iMac. There is NO permissions issue. THERE IS SOMETHING %&^^%%^ wrong with the &(*(^*^*^^ software.

libpq.a is GRAYED OUT when I try to add a firewall permission. And why do I have to do that anyway IF DAZ STUDIO HAS BEEN GIVEN FULL PERMISSION IN MY FIREWALL SETTINGS?

I shouldn't have to be doing this. NONE OF IT. There isn't a single other piece of software that I've ever installed in my Mac which has come close to requiring these kinds of extraordinary flips and twists TO MAKE WORK! Nothing even comes close. NOTHING. I install them. They work. Period. Everything except DAZ &(*(*&^^ STUDIO!

This is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING. I've submitted a tech support ticket but we all know it often takes weeks before they get back to you and sometimes weeks of back and forth in trying to resolve it, IF IT EVER GETS RESOLVED AT ALL! As it stands now, I'm batting about a 30% success rate in dealing with tech support in resolving problems.

Totte said:

pgAdmin is nothing you need to worry about, it has to be distributed together with postgreSQL. if you need pgadmin (trust me, you really really really don't), download pgadmin 4.
pgadmin is only a frontend GUI to the database, check the real stuff instead using lipo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xxxxx: totte$ lipo -info  /Applications/DAZ\ 3D/PostgreSQL\ CMS/lib/libpq.a

Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/DAZ 3D/PostgreSQL CMS/lib/libpq.a are: i386 x86_64 

I appreciate the rsponse but look at the attached images. Everything was done correctly but the wrong file was installed. CMS won't run and it's freezing Daz Central and keeping me from installing content to Studio.

crashworship said:

Mac compatible Studio release is not working. I can get Studio to open but apparently a 32 bit version of PostGre is being installed and Big Sur won't run it. Daz Central is crashing as well. I hate Daz Central (for too many reasons to list here) and prefer to use DIM and when DIM downloads and installs PostGre, it installs the 32 bit version.

 

Mine downloaded the 64 bit version on my m1 iMac, if that helps to know that it can.

Mac compatible Studio release is not working. I can get Studio to open but apparently a 32 bit version of PostGre is being installed and Big Sur won't run it. Daz Central is crashing as well. I hate Daz Central (for too many reasons to list here) and prefer to use DIM and when DIM downloads and installs PostGre, it installs the 32 bit version.

nicstt said:

Use DIM instead; it is imo much better than Daz Central.

Seconded.