Mac security blocks any attempt on changing the security settings that is not coming from a mouse or trackpad, preventing any remote control software altering mouse movement to access them.Īfter this little tweaking, reboot your Mac, then connect your USB dongle and start TVPaint Animation. The Safenet driver is necessary for the USB dongle containing your license to be recognised by the computer.Ĭlick on Allow with a mouse or trackpad. Please note that sometimes, the application is named "SFNT Germany GmbH" instead. Click on Open.Ĭlick on OK then go to the Security & Privacy settings again.Ĭlick on Allow to run the application listed after Legacy Developer: Safenet. Open the System Preferences and click on Security & Privacy:Ĭlick on the lock at the bottom left corner of the window to be able to edit the unaccessible settings, then click on Open anyway.Īnother unidentified developer prompt appears. This is perfectly normal, Mac security blocks everything coming from any source other than Apple or the App Store. While installing the driver, you will see an error prompt saying that the application comes from an unidentified developer and that it won't launch: Reboot your Mac and install everything again, while keeping your dongle unplugged, following this specific order: The first step is to unplug the USB dongle, then uninstall TVPaint and the Sentinel driver completely, by removing TVPaint Animation and the Sentinel folders from the Applications directory in the Finder. This short process will allow you to make the Sentinel driver run normally and only takes a couple of minutes. If your Mac is not detecting the TVPaint dongle, the High Sierra, Mojave or Catalina update might be the cause. You can now plug in the USB dongle and start TVPaint Animation. Once the drivers are installed, drag and drop the butterfly in the Applications folder: The installation of the Dongle drivers is mandatory, otherwise your dongle will not be detected, and you will not be able to register the software. dmg, then follow the instructions.īefore installing the software, double-click on the the Dongle drivers installer :
It contains the installer, the License Agreement, the trial version of the Creation Pack, and the After Effects Import from TVPaint script.ĭouble-clic on the DMG file TVPaint Animation 11. Please keep the folder with all its files.
Once the ZIP file is downloaded, double click on it to extract the TVPaint Animation folder. Don't plug the USB dongle before the installation finishes.