jda Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Just upgraded to VW 2012 from 2008 on OS X and I keep getting a dialog box that says "Do you want the application "Vectorworks 2012.app" to accept incoming network connections?" The console entry for the dialog is this... Vectorworks[1174]: Reachability Flag Status: -R -----l networkStatusForFlags The dialog comes up every 9 minutes on the dot - it goes away after a few seconds on its own, but it's annoying nonetheless. Clicking deny or allow does nothing to keep it from coming up again. The thing is, I get the dialog regardless of whether I've set my firewall to automatically accept incoming connections for VW or not. Turning off the firewall gets rid of them, but I don't really want to do that. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a setting within VW that might prevent this? I've already turned off 'check for updates' and that doesn't have any affect. I'm guessing that this is an anti-piracy check for other copies on the local network. Ideas? Quote Link to comment
subtract Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I solved this on may machine (Mountain Lion) as follows: Remove Vectorworks from the list of software allowed to accept connections, restart your machine, and then add Vectorworks again manually from within System Preferences. The first time you start Vectorworks after this, the pop-up may appear one last time (I can't remember), but after that it's gone for good. It still carries out the check (visible in the console) but the annoying pop up every 9 minutes is now gone. Quote Link to comment
BiztroBill Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Is anyone else having this problem with the pop-up asking if you want to accept incoming network connections? Every time I start VW, I get the pop-up. I have tried manually removing VW from the list of 'allowed applications', rebooting, adding it back to the list, answering yes, answering no, ignoring it... Nothing I've done makes any difference. I don't see anyone else complaining, so maybe I'm the only one with this prob? I'm using VW Designer/RW 2014 SP1, latest OS 10.9 updates. Quote Link to comment
mar schrammeyer Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 yes I have this window popping up still in 2014 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted November 5, 2013 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted November 5, 2013 I have had a number of users report this, but I have never been able to replicate the issue here. If I disable, then enable the firewall and relaunch Vectorworks I only see the first notification, once it is added to the allowed list I never got it to pop up again. For many users, removing it from the list manually then re-adding it corrected the issue, but I have not been able to confirm any other method of correcting it. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) I have had this problem for the last few versions. VW2014 seems to be the first version to behave after saying no the first time the dialog box appears. Interestingly VW 2014 doesn't actually appear in the firewall blocked list. I wonder if it is now "signed" software.... Kevin Edited November 5, 2013 by Kevin McAllister Quote Link to comment
BiztroBill Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 The problem still persists here. At least mine only pops up once, each time I start VW. I submitted a support request form at Vectorworks Service Select. Quote Link to comment
Steven Kenzer Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Same here. VW2014. Every time it opens, it asks about incoming connections. Tried the above to no avail. More an annoyance then anything else. Quote Link to comment
Kizza Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I use Little Snitch and have not had this issue. Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yep. A continuous PITA for me every time I start VW2015 - i don't think 2014 is any different but rarely touch that anymore. May be of help, but since I deleted VW2015 from OS X Firewall allowed apps, the entry was not reapplied automatically. SO I manually added it (alone with CineRender) but this annoyance persists. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have this constantly with both VW2014 and VW2015. I've tried a lot of different things to fix it and in the end just gave up. Its very annoying..... Kevin Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Same here with Yosemite, 2014+2015. Don't had any problems with 10.7.5 before. Quote Link to comment
IanH Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I've raised it as a bug. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I normally have the Firewall Options set to Block All Incoming Connections. (no need to share in my personal sandbox!) I temporarily changed firewall options to allow file sharing and started getting the prompt. Changed it back to Block All, and the prompt never appears. -B Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think it is well known at NNA that there is a problem with the firewall in Yosemite. At least here in Germany. I don't think it is VW problem as this happens for Cinema and Modo too. Doesn't mean that VW has no strange things under Yosemite but I think Yosemite is not VW 2015 readdy either. At least my new Mac Pro feels like a 468. Quote Link to comment
Ozzie Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why is is that you guys on Macs have these problems? I know I am in big trouble but ... C'mon Quote Link to comment
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