# VST Live won’t boot - Mac

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583>\
**Category:** VST Live\
**Tags:** steinberg-licensing\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583 "2024-02-28T01:23:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pipe\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pipe\_Dreams](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Pipe_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583/1 "2024-02-28T01:23:46Z")

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I had no issues with the trial version of VST Live so I purchased and installed the pro version. It won’t boot… just disappears after about a second and I get the “VST Liv quit unexpectedly” window. I have of course deleted and re-installed it several times. I have no problem with Cubase Pro 12. Wavelab Pro 11, or any other audio/studio programs on this Mac. VST Live just checks the license, and then disappears. Almost all of my VSTs are on an external drive… I did try disconnecting it… I moved “com.steinberg.VST Live to the desktop… nothing seems to work.

MacBook Pro 16 2024, M3 Max, 32 Gb ram

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**Author:** ![Pipe\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pipe\_Dreams](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Pipe_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583/2 "2024-02-28T02:48:00Z")

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SOLVED!! After several hours of both research and guessing… I tried holding op keys down while booting. “Control” did the trick. I don’t know why as there is no “run as admin” on a Mac…

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**Author:** ![Spork](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/spork/32/542_2.png) [@Spork](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Spork)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583/3 "2024-02-28T09:02:03Z")

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Hi @Pipe_Dreams,

VST Live does not have any special key trick while the initialize sequence. It sounds that some plug-ins have crashed VST Live while the scanning-sequence. Do you received any crash logs from the system? Can you please check if some logs were saved?  
path : /Users/username/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

Can you drop the files here?

Thank you,  
Michael.

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**Author:** ![Pipe\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Pipe\_Dreams](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Pipe_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-live-won-t-boot-mac/900583/4 "2024-02-28T18:09:42Z")

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Michael, there were 2 log files in “activation manager”. I have pasted both of them below. As per crashed plug ins, has not happened with Cubase or Wavelab - and their “blocked plugin” lists are empty as opposed to the VST Live list which has several entries. Thanks for looking Into this for me. If I am going to use VST Live - LIVE - I will want to know it is rock solid.

Marty

[Logs.zip](https://forums.steinberg.net/uploads/short-url/fYeLPsk32JrgQMHHRp7aJfW15Cl.zip) (101 KB)

[Logs.zip](https://forums.steinberg.net/uploads/short-url/z592lF6ldCTNB96KwDvyBi9dcFO.zip) (108 KB)