Plugin installers causing Pro Tools to crash
This affects installers published before October 2023.
The installers included in the Source-Nexus Suite (Source-Nexus 1.4, Source-Nexus Review) are not impacted.
Description
When users have 50+ plugins on Pro Tools and they install any Source Elements plugins published before October 2023, Pro Tools starts crashing on launch.
How to Fix It
In order to avoid any issues:
- Go to your finder and type in /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins
- Move all plugins to the Plug-Ins (Unused)folder.
- Move 50 plug-ins to the Plug-Ins folder.
- Reboot Pro Tools.
- Verify that the application does not crash.
- Quit Pro Tools.
- Move an additional 50 plug-ins to the Plug-Ins folder.
- If you are asked to replace any of the plugins, go ahead and replace them.
- Reboot Pro Tools.
- Verify that the application does not crash.
Repeat the steps above in increments of 50 plugins until you have all plugins in the Plug-Ins folder and Pro Tools no longer crashed.
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