REW won't open on my Mac

[wmlaven]

I'm running Mac OS Big Sur 11.0.1 and the REW v5.20.4 app won't open. Any advice?

 

[John Mulcahy]

Did it install OK? What happens when you try to open it?

 

[wmlaven]

Yes, it installed fine. When I double click the app icon the icon briefly expands as do Mac apps when they open and then nothing.The app simply doesn't open with no dialogs, no thing. Just pffft.

 

[John Mulcahy]

If you launch the Console app (Applications - Utilities) there might be something in the User reports about what happened. There might also be something in the REW logs, depending on how far it progressed. They are in ~/Library/Logs/REW.

 

[wmlaven]

You've exceeded my skill leveI. checked the Console App and searched for REW and found nothing, but I also don't know how to do a good search and I checked Library/Logs and there was no REW folder at all. Hmm?

 

[John Mulcahy]

Not /Library/Logs, the user library ~/Library/Logs. The user library folder no longer appears in Finder by default. To display it either browse to ~/Library/Logs or open your Home folder in Finder (Shift Command + H), select View > Show View Options then select the checkbox to show the library folder. You can also see it in the Console app. This article explains how to use Console.

 

[wmlaven]

Grr, frustrating. First, I was in the user Library Log and still can't din an REW folder and when I went to Console it didn't look like the Console in the article you linked to. I'm baffled what to do.

 

[sam_adams]

Click on the Desktop. Press shift+command+G on the keyboard and type in ~/Library/Logs in the text input field. When the window opens, Right-click, two finger tap, or control-click on the REW folder and select Compress "REW" from the pop-up menu. Archive Utility.app will create a file labelled 'REW.zip'. Upload the 'REW.zip' file so @John Mulcahy can take a look at it.

 

[wmlaven]

I have gone to the ~/Library/Logs folder by many different routes, but there is no REW folder there.

 

[John Mulcahy]

No idea why the App doesn't open then. Perhaps 11.0.1 has some issue with Java apps that was fixed in later builds. I guess there must be some reason you haven't moved on from 11.0.1 but updating the OS may help.

 

[oliver]

Probably you are clicking on an old app icon that was left in "/Users/your home folder/Applications" folder.
You should open REW from "/Users/your home folder/Applications/REW" folder.
It happened to me also few times.

 

[wmlaven]

I'm opening from within the REW folder. I'm updating my OS and will see if that helps. Thanks for all the suggestions. It's still weird that there isn't a REW folder in my Logs folder, but after my OS update if it doesn't work I'll download a new copy of REW and see what happens. I can open it on my wife's laptop if all else fails.

 

[wmlaven]

What the heck??!! I just updated my OS and wanted to download again the most recent REW for Mac which is 5.20.3. I went to the downloads page and clicked on the icon to download it and it just takes me to an overview page with all sorts of info on all the versions. I can't download it! I went here - https://www.avnirvana.com/resources/categories/rew-room-eq-wizard-beta-downloads.1/ - and it just takes me here - https://www.avnirvana.com/resources/rew-macos-dmg-includes-private-java-8-jre.21/ - without allowing me to download.

 

[sam_adams]

Go to the download page and click on the button labelled 'Download'.

Also, If you have only one account on the Mac it should be an account within the admin security group. It should allow you to install REW into /Applications without issue. If you have more than one account, the first account created after install or unboxing should have been created in the admin security group. It's a good idea to setup a second account on the Mac that is an admin account just in case the one you use every day develops issues.

 

[wmlaven]

Aha!! I obviously missed that, thanks so much. Downloaded it, updated it and now it opens. Thanks to all.

 

[John Mulcahy]

The latest release builds are on the REW site.

 

[wmlaven]

Found the latest release, downloaded it and it opens fine. Thanks.

 

[Duggar]

I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with out HDMI output. I need to get a newer Mac. What are the recommendations with out breaking the bank for another model?

 

[sam_adams]

I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with out HDMI output. I need to get a newer Mac. What are the recommendations with out breaking the bank for another model?

If your MacBook Pro is one of the following or later with a Mini-DisplayPort port:

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
(April, 2010)
Model ID: MacBookPro7,1
2.4GHz, 2.66GHz

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010)
(April, 2010)
Model ID: MacBookPro6,2
2.4GHz, 2.53GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz

MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010)
(April, 2010)
Model ID: MacBookPro6,1
2.53GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz

Apple KB article on audio over MDP.

Then one of the following adapters probably would work for you:

Moshi.

StarTech.

Belkin.

REW is not resource intensive and the latest version still runs on my old 15 inch, Core2-Duo 2009 MBP with no problem.