HISE image directory not found (macOS)

[David Healey]

@Avián Do you have more than one copy of HISE or the HISE source code on your system? Is your project on an external drive?

[Avián]

@David-Healey no! little update! It was possible to compile as a standalone now! Some folders in the binaries didn't have the permission to read & write. I checked and changed them all now. It works! But now, if I want to compile/export the vst3 & au, this issue shows up:

2026-01-23 11:42:36.174 xcodebuild[2885:78044] CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 876. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.

2026-01-23 11:42:36.174 xcodebuild[2885:78044] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.}

xcodebuild: error: Unable to read project 'projectname.xcodeproj' from folder '/Users/username/Documents/HISE Projects/projectname/Binaries/Builds/MacOSX'.

Reason: The project ‘projectname’ is damaged and cannot be opened due to a parse error. Examine the project file for invalid edits or unresolved source control conflicts.

Path: /Users/username/Documents/HISE Projects/projectname/Binaries/Builds/MacOSX/projectname.xcodeproj

[Oli Ullmann]

@Avián
Please recompile HISE from the latest commit. Christoph fixed this problem!

[Avián]

@Oli-Ullmann I just have to click on code and copy the https in my xcode github right? https://github.com/christophhart/HISE# do I have to clear/delete something before? Or just overwrite it?

[Oli Ullmann]

@Avián

1. Delete the entire HISE folder.
2. Open the console, navigate to the location where you want to create the HISE folder, and enter this command:

git clone --branch develop --recurse-submodules https://github.com/christophhart/HISE.git

3. Go to the newly created HISE folder in tools/SDK and unzip the sdk zip file. Move the two folders ASIOSDK2.3 and VST3 SDK from the unzipped folder to the SDK folder.
4. Open the projects/standalone folder in the HISE folder and open HISE Standalone.jucer. Click on Save and open in IDE. xCode will now open.
5. Compile HISE using the “For profiling” scheme.

[Avián]

@Oli-Ullmann I exactly followed your insctruction and the latest video from @David-Healey about How to compile Hise on MacOS 2026. xcode is building HISE but I got round about 49 warnings on my modules and I think I found out why!
this is showing up for every module! But please trust me guys, I followed your instructions step by step! I just skiped the faust part, but David already said, you can skip this, if you don't need it. Please help me to fix this issues the fastest way. I stuck on this for days...

[David Healey]

@Avián can you show me what you see in the JUCE folder?

[Avián]

@David-Healey this one?

[David Healey]

@Avián yes, are there files in the modules folder?

[Avián]

@David-Healey yes

[David Healey]

@Avián are you using the version of projucer included in the JUCE folder?

[Avián]

@David-Healey yes, and then I draged and dropped the standalone from projects

[Oli Ullmann]

@Avián
I don't use the one from the JUCE folder. Like I wrote I use the one from the projects folder! You don't have to drag and drop anything!

[Avián]

@Oli-Ullmann ok I tried this! Now the modules are loaded, let me try if compiling now works. I'm back in a minute. One more question before I do that: Do I need to delete these 2 if I don't use faust?

[Oli Ullmann]

@Avián
Just do it exactly as I wrote. You don't have to change or delete anything!

[David Healey]

@Oli-Ullmann said in HISE image directory not found (macOS):

wrote I use the one from the projects folder

There is no projucer in that folder, or am i misunderstanding?

[Oli Ullmann]

@David-Healey
Sorry, there a the projucer projects he has to use. (Standalone and Plug-In)

So he just have to double click on the project to open and use it.

[David Healey]

@Oli-Ullmann said in HISE image directory not found (macOS):

have to double click

I think it's better to open projucer and the project manually when you're troubleshooting because if you do have two copies of the source without realising you won't know which copy of Projucer is automatically launching.

[Avián]

@David-Healey @Oli-Ullmann ok, again all these warnings...

[David Healey]

@Avián Warnings are not a problem, you only need to watch for errors.