Dorico 4.1.10 was working fine a few days ago. I’m on macOS 12.4. Today I launched it (several times) and it gave me:
• Spinning beach ball eternally
• Hangs on the splash screen at “Initializing SKI Plugin Controller…done”
• Or gets past the splash screen then does nothing
I’ve tried:
• Checking Steinberg Activation Manager (it says Dorico Pro 4 is activated)
• Restarting the computer
• According to another forum thread, looked in my App Support folder > Steinberg > Dorico for userlibrary.xml. That file doesn’t exist there.
After an hour of experimentation, I got it to launch once, got my project open, did a bit of work, clicked the Print tab, and it went to an eternal spinning beach ball. I haven’t been able to get it open again since.
Sorry I can’t help you, but you really had Dorico 4 working on OS 10.12.4? I didn’t realize that Dorico 4 would work on that old an operating system. If so, that is the OS I use and would love to try out Dorico 4 on it unless that OS is actually your present issue.
Hi @user450 , I too have Dorico 4.1.10.1082 and Mac OS 12.4 Monterey and all works perfectly. I recall Daniel saying that if you decide to uninstall/reinstall then make sure you make a copy of your Dorico folder first incase all your previous work is deleted. In iCloud I have a Dorico folder with a tiny little Dorico icon inside the folder symbol. If you have such a folder, back it up somewhere, along with any other folders you store your projects in.
Hi @user450 , thanks for the data. It appears that Dorico is trying to attach to a zombied audio engine process and waits indefinitely for an answer. Please open Activity Monitor app and look for a process called VSTAudioEngine and kill that off. If you can’t succeed to do so, simply reboot your machine and see how it goes afterwards.
Strangely, in my original post, I mentioned that I restarted the computer, and that didn’t fix it. I have no idea why. I don’t run any other apps (e.g. Cubase) that might use the VST Audio Engine.
Anyway, it’s fixed and I’m back in Dorico. Thank you!