El Capitan issue-Play button wont stay on.

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Tancredible1
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El Capitan issue-Play button wont stay on.

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I just installed El Capitan and when I hit the play button Performer stops playing. I have to keep the mouse clicked on the play button to keep it playing.

Its as if performer thinks theres another program running in the front. Can anyone help me with this?
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Re: El Capitan issue-Play button wont stay on.

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Performer? Really?

If Digital Performer, what version?
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
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Re: El Capitan issue-Play button wont stay on.

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mikehalloran wrote:Performer? Really?

If Digital Performer, what version?
DP 8. My Mac OS is 10.11 CPU2.8 ghz intel core 2 duo
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Re: El Capitan issue-Play button wont stay on.

Post by mikehalloran »

OK, something's wrong. Download and install DP 8.07 even if that's the version you have installed.

If you rename an installed version to anything other than just Digital Performer (most add the version name), the latest build will not overwrite your installation. If the new download works properly, send the previous one to the Trash.

After installing, I would run Permissions Repair. OS 10.11 has a unique way Repair Permissions OS 10.11. (no longer possible from 10.12 on). Copy and paste the following into Terminal.app, then hit Return or Enter. Thpe your Admin password when prompted and Enter again.

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs --volume /

If that doesn't do it, post back.
DP 11.31; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sonoma 14.4, USB4 8TB external, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3 6/10/12; 2012 MBPs Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5.2, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 Pro, Toast 20 Pro
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