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Installing JRiver Media Center 29 on MacOS / OSX

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bob:
Special note for Monterey 12.0.x
If MC crashes on start after updating a machine running MC to Monterey.
It appears there is a privacy and security permissions issue change in Monterey (12.0.x) that is solved by re-installing MC after the Monterey update is done.
Go to the Download Page for the stable build or the post at the top of this forum for the latest build.
Download and install it according to the instructions below.

Download and Install
Please download the version that matches your license.  MC29 is on the Download Page.  Older versions are in the Old Versions topic on our wiki.

Double click on the .dmg file to unpack the disk image and show the install window.

Drag Media Center 29 to the Applications shortcut shown in the install window (see the enclosed image).

Close the installer window and eject the Media Center 29 installer disk image (control-click or right click on the installer image and do eject).

Run Media Center 29 from the Applications folder (from the finder menu, Go->Applications and double click on Media Center 29).
If you are asked for accessibility permissions you must accept that (it's how MC deals with retina displays).
If you are asked for screen recording permissions, you need to accept that for MC's user interface to operate properly, MC uses that permission to copy from part of it's window to another part of it's window. It's not used for anything else.

Once MC is running you can control-click or right click on the Media Center 29 icon on the Dock, choose "Options" and select "Keep in Dock".

Converting Data from a previous version
You can back up your library from the File Menu in your older version and restore from the same menu in your new version.  MC will convert the data and settings and use them.  Your files won't be moved or altered.

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Apple Support for Installing Applications

If you're upgrading, you can leave your older version installed until you're happy with the new one, and then uninstall the old version.

Licensing
The easiest way to enter your license without removing old versions of MC is to copy and paste it from your registration email into MC either at the startup splash screen if asked for it there or via Help->Registration Info when in the program. Using the .mjr with an old version installed may try to run the registration from the old version which is why we recommend the copy and paste method here.

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Installing and Removing MC on a Mac

Jons:
I purchased MC 29 in March and just got around to installing it.  I sent a request for my registration codes and got an email with all the previous versions I have paid for, including MC 29.  The software was installed, but it did not replace MC 28 nor did it migrate the library as I think it did in the past.  The old library is in the ~/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 28/Library/ directory.

When I look at the J River/ directory there are subdirectories for all the versions of media center I have.  What is the correct procedure for moving the library to MC 29

Awesome Donkey:
The easiest way to do it is to make a copy of the Media Center 28 folder located in Application Support then rename it to Media Center 29 (while both Media Center 28 and Media Center 29 are fully closed).

bob:

--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on April 29, 2022, 10:49:42 am ---The easiest way to do it is to make a copy of the Media Center 28 folder located in Application Support then rename it to Media Center 29 (while both Media Center 28 and Media Center 29 are fully closed).

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Then search for Media Center 28 in settings in Media Center 29 and change those to Media Center 29.

Jons:
Of course, I have to first rename the MC 29 folder that was installed with the application, I just called it original.  Then I could duplicate 29 and rename it to 29.  When I started MC 29, everything seemed to be OK.

What I can not see is a place for settings for MC 28 in MC29.  I see lots of library settings, but not specifically called MC 28 or 29, there are just library settings. 

What am I missing?

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