Shake on Mac OS 10.11.6

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Shake on Mac OS 10.11.6

Hi,

on my Mac Pro 5.1 with 10.11.6 (upgraded from 10.7.5 on, no clean install), I can run Shake with the following procedure:

I've copied my Shake folder and it's content to an Application folder of my home

~/Applications/Shake

Using termin I change directory to

cd ~/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Content/MacOS

Next I start shake with:

./shake &

Instead of the message that Shake 4.1.1 can't be on this version of Mac OS X, it simply starts. (Great, oh joy) The terminal window shows some warning about audio units, but I consider these to be irrelevant (I did not know that Shake does any audio).

BlackPearl:MacOS tvossen$ ./shake &

[1] 12479

Apple, the Apple logo and Shake are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

2016-09-10 22:16:02.379 shake[12479:1750244] 22:16:02.379 WARNING: 140: This application, or a library it uses, is using the deprecated Carbon Component Manager for hosting Audio Units. Support for this will be removed in a future release. Also, this makes the host incompatible with version 3 audio units. Please transition to the API's in AudioComponent.h.

Loaded Plugin Files...

+ /Users/tvossen/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Contents/PlugIns/startup//nrkl_maco s.bundle

+ /Users/tvossen/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Contents/PlugIns/startup//nrqt_maco s.bundle

Loaded UI Files...

+ /Users/tvossen/Applications/Shake/shake.app/Contents/PlugIns/startup/ui//keylig htUI.h

+ /Users/tvossen//nreal/settings/recentScripts.h

+ /Users/tvossen//nreal/settings/favoritePaths.h

[1]+ Done ./shake

Shake seems to run quite normal on my Mac Pro 5,1 with a 680 GTX and the nvidia Web Driver (346.03.15f03) I don't know if the web driver does add the function that broke shake on Mac OS 10.10 and later? But perhaps this information helps anyone who wants to run Shake on a newer OS—even if it's just for accessing your old assets in shake.

Cheers,

Thomas.

Shake 4

Posted on Sep 10, 2016 1:33 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 6, 2017 1:26 PM in response to Thomas Voßen

Thanks for this post. I can now use my originally purchased Shake app ($499). Great program developed by pros who shouldn't have sold to Apple. I had used a work around but had to keep a terminal icon in my dock to launch. This is much better, just like old times! Appreciate it Thomas!!!!

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Answer 2

Jul 7, 2017 2:07 AM in response to Thomas Voßen

Hi Thomas,

I have the same problem.

I'm on OS X 10.11.6 (shake 4.10) but there's no Info.plist file in Contents folder.

Could you send me all the lines contained in Info.plist file?

And specify the exact path to Info.plist, please.

Thanks,

Andy

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Answer 3

Oct 13, 2016 9:59 AM in response to Thomas Voßen

OK, I played a little bit more with this question.

There's a better solution.

1. Make a duplicate of shake.

2. Open the context menu (CTRL-click) over the copy of shake

3. Select "show package contents"

4. Go to the "Contents" folder and open Info.plist. Xcode has a plist editor, but any text editor will do fine.

5. Edit the entry "com.apple.shake" and change it to something like "com.apple.shake4"

6. Save the plist file.

Now it's possible to start Shake with a double click from the Finder. I hope this helps someone out there.

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