i386 deprecated!?!?!

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart OK this is SOOO frustrating...

I open HISE on the Mac,
load my project,
start the compile,
abort the compile,
go open the AutogeneratedProject.jucer file,
set to 64-bit Intel,
save and open xcode,
Start the compile
Everything seems to work fine.

Now where in heavens name is the compiled vst plugin?

projucer tells me its in $HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

but that is empty.

Ok some random attempts by me:

I turned OFF Support32 Bit Mac OS
I ran the Export command again for VST
it seemed to work all the way thru...

There is still nothing in the VST folder, but now the
{PROJECT}/Binaries/Builds/MacOSX/build/Release folder has these files in it:

ChromaticPanFlute.vst (an alias)
libChromaticPanFlute.a

are these it?

Why anyone would say the Mac is intuitive I have no idea....

[ustk]

@Lindon I can't help much I'm afraid, but you said you got an alias. Where is it pointing to?

[hisefilo]

@Lindon try right click over the alias and.. Show original. Hise compiler places my plugins into my user vst folder

[hisefilo]

@Christoph-Hart maybe a more intuitive way is to set hise to place compiled plugins into binaries/compiled on Mac? Like it does on win

[Christoph Hart]

Yes, the default location is the user's plugin directory:

~/Libraries/Application Support/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

There is no way on Mac to point to a VST directory (on Windows it can be any path), so on macOS you're pretty much limited to this path and it's almost identical twin without write permissions /Libraries/Application Support/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST. That's why there is a plugin-copy step.

[hisefilo]

@Christoph-Hart ohhh! I see. MacOS is kind of weird on plugin locations. I got some under system folder. Some others on user folder. (Packed installlers i.e. kontakt places into system, asking for admin pass obviously)

[Christoph Hart]

And it all gets even more fun if you try to load it in a sandboxed host, then everything outside the Music folder isn't accessible.

[Lindon]

@hisefilo OK well I tried that and it seems its in a folder called VST(who knows where that is hiding on a disk I cant even get to the root of...) - well there's a file in there called ChromaticPanFlute.vst - which I assume is the VST plug-in...

though worryingly VST also has a folder in it called ChromaticPanFlute Debug.vst -- which has a folder structure but no content...

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart sadly when I use the Go menu in the Finder it tells me there is no folder called Libraries or Audio

when I go to the Users/name here folder in Macintosh HD then "Libraries" isnt there.

[hisefilo]

@Lindon LOL Macos hides dangerous folders to common users. Option click on Go menu to see Library folder

ChromaticPanFlute.vst is the file. You've found it

[Lindon]

@hisefilo really honestly - whats "option click" - I've tried cmd click that doesnt show me any thing more than normal click

[d.healey]

@Lindon option = alt

[orange]

@Lindon Go to the "Go" menu, then press and hold "alt" button, the hidden library folder appears.

[Lindon]

@orange so its not called "Libaries" at all as per Christoph's post - its called "Library"

This in the end this is moot as when I go to LibraryI can see Application Support but any way I get to Application Support there is no folder in it called Audio - so I still have no idea where my VST plug-ins are going.

[hisefilo]

@Lindon this is the place /Users/filo/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

replace "filo" for your usename on macos

You can also directly go to this folder on the Go menu >> Go to folder

[Lindon]

@hisefilo yes so everyone keeps telling me, but ...

whilst /Users/filo/Library exists, there is no Audio folder in there.

[hisefilo]

@Lindon replace filo with your username

[hisefilo]

@Lindon is your vst plugin accesible within your daw? I mean can you load it correctly?

[Lindon]

@hisefilo ...er, yes obviously...sorry talking about the user name replacement...

[hisefilo]

@Lindon if your daw on macos is loading it, it is somewhere. Also check /Library/Audio