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 ====== Installing Blocks on MacOS ======
-Recent versions of MacOS have added safety measures making it harder to install programs downloaded by other means than from Apple's app store. Follow these instructions to download and install Blocks on MacOS.
-===== Prerequisites =====
   * For Apple Silicon based Macs, download [[https://pixilab.se/outgoing/blocks/PIXILAB-Blocks-AppleSilicon.dmg|PIXILAB-Blocks-AppleSilicon.dmg]].
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 ===== Installing the license key software =====
-Double-click the CmInstall.pkg file.
+Double-click the CmInstall.pkg file and follow the on screen instructions.
-{{ :blocks:macos:cminstall.png?nolink |}}
-Follow the on screen instructions, choosing the following components.
-{{ :blocks:macos:install-codemeter.png?nolink |}}
-MacOS may show a "System Extension Blocked" message.
-{{ :blocks:macos:system-extension-blocked.png?nolink |}}
-If so, click "Open Security Preferences". Once the "Security & Privacy" window appears, click the padlock in lower left hand corner to unlock the settings, then click “Allow” to allow software from “WIBU-SYSTEMS AG”.
-{{ :blocks:macos:allow-wibu-systems.png?nolink |}}
-Once installation is complete, you must restart your computer.
-===== Starting Blocks for the First Time =====
-Connect the USB license key or apply your cloud-based license credentials. Then locate the “PIXILAB Blocks” application in your Applications folder and click it while holding down the Control key to open the context menu. Select Open on this menu.
-{{ :blocks:macos:controlclick.jpg?nolink |}}
+Once installation is complete, you may need to restart your computer.
-If this is the first time you start blocks since you downloaded it, a warning message will be shown.
+===== Installing Google Chrome or Chromium =====
-{{ :blocks:macos:openapp.png?nolink |}}
+Some functions in Blocks require Google Chrome (or its open-source Chromium sibling) to be installed on the computer you use as your Blocks server. Notably, the generation of thumbnails for some block types will fail if not available. So before starting Blocks, install either of these web browsers into your Applications folder.
-Click the "Open" button to confirm you’re OK with starting this application. This procedure only needs to be done the first time you start Blocks. Subsequently, you can open it normally by double-clicking the application icon, or by placing it in the dock.
+:!: **NOTE:** You don't need to use Chrome/Chromium to access Blocks, and may continue to use Safari or other browser of your liking.
-If the USB license key isn’t recognized, open the CodeMeter application found in your Applications folder and choose Refresh on the View menu, making the license key appear in the list.
-{{ :blocks:macos:cmcontrolcenter.png?nolink |}}
+=====Starting Blocks=====
-Once Blocks has started, click the “Admin” button in the PIXILAB Blocks window to open a web browser to access Blocks. The default user name is admin and the password is pixi.
+Connect the USB license key or apply any cloud-based license credentials. Then locate the “PIXILAB Blocks” application in your Applications folder and double-click it. Once Blocks has started, click the “Admin” button in the //PIXILAB Blocks// window to open a web browser to access Blocks. The default user name is //admin// and the password is //pixi//.
 :!: Remember to [[blocks:server:first_start#changing_the_admin_user_s_password |change the admin user’s password]] before making Blocks accessible to others.