PT2021.10 Upgrade Hangs

[Mark Corben]

Hello Everyone-

Ok. I'm 5 days into trying to get this update to not hang. I have moved all my prefs and plugins as per the usual hang troubleshooting, started a support ticket that had me log in and out of my cloud, did that, no luck.

Avid's promise of online support brings me here to 2008 for my first post. Right now, it's crickets from them. I can't imagine that this is a system wide bug or there would more chatter, though.

I can log out of my iCloud session, run PT and it will take me to the activation screen. If I then log in, the page disappears and it hangs again.

What am I missing???

I moved the entire Plug-ins folder into the Unused Plug-ins folder in Application Support->Avid->Audio.

The Pro Tools prefs are empty at ~/Library/Preferences/Avid.

All of my ilok accounts match.

My last instance of PT was working firmly. I can't say which version, but it was no more than 3 months since I updated.

Thanks everyone if you have any input.

[albee1952]

The biggest thing you are missing is any details on the computer Shooting from the hip as I know nothing of your setup:

1-if you're on Windows, you need to uninstall the previous version of PT before installing the new version. To do that requires digging a little deeper than is obvious. While you cannot uninstall PT from the Apps and Features page, you CAN if you dig one level deeper and(from the Apps and Features page) select Programs and Features near the upper right corner. Once the list of programs populates(it takes maybe 10 seconds), right-click on Avid Pro Tools and select Change. In the next window, if you have the option to also remove the HD driver, DO select that option(no matter if you have HD software or hardware).

2-if you're on a Mac, try renaming the previous version of Pro Tools(by adding the version to the end of "Pro Tools"). This allows you to have more than 1 version available

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by Mark Corben

Hello Everyone-

Ok. I'm 5 days into trying to get this update to not hang. I have moved all my prefs and plugins as per the usual hang troubleshooting, started a support ticket that had me log in and out of my cloud, did that, no luck.

Avid's promise of online support brings me here to 2008 for my first post. Right now, it's crickets from them. I can't imagine that this is a system wide bug or there would more chatter, though.

I can log out of my iCloud session, run PT and it will take me to the activation screen. If I then log in, the page disappears and it hangs again.

What am I missing???

I moved the entire Plug-ins folder into the Unused Plug-ins folder in Application Support->Avid->Audio.

The Pro Tools prefs are empty at ~/Library/Preferences/Avid.

All of my ilok accounts match.

My last instance of PT was working firmly. I can't say which version, but it was no more than 3 months since I updated.

Thanks everyone if you have any input.

A lot more clear info needed.

Assuming your profile info is correct you are installing Pro Tools (standard) 2021.10 on Catalina 10.15.7. OK looks good that's even an officially supported compatibility.

On Mac there is not really an "upgrade" the installs is close to a full install. You should not need to do anything just run the installer.

But your comments are immediately confusing.

"I can log out of my iCloud session, run PT and it will take me to the activation screen. If I then log in, the page disappears and it hangs again."

What does any of this have to do with iCloud? Are you working on sessions stored on iCloud? Or on a Mac desktop that is mapped to iCloud (I would not do that)? Or did you mean Avid Cloud? Are you trying to work with that (you would be braver than me). Or did you mean iLok cloud? ????

And you say iLok, but it's unclear... are you using a Physical iLok or using iLok Cloud Licensing? (I can't put it any simpler, a physical iLok is more reliable, you just can't lose it). If you are upgrading I'm not sure why you need to activate anything, .... the very first thing to do is confirm is you actually have a valid license for what you are trying to run. So exactly what does iLok License manager show for your Pro Tools license? Did you purchase a recent license upgrade etc? Did that get synced to your iLok? And not knowing what you upgraded from is interesting, but you must have some clue, was it a 2020.x release or ... or Pro Tools 12 or what...

If Pro Tools itself won't activate worrying about/moving plugins is a waste of time. Or were you getting plugin activation messages?

What exactly does the activation screen say, please post a screenshot.

What iCloud etc. are you talking about and why are you mentioning it?

Did you change anything else, upgrade macOS etc.?

[JFreak]

Hi, welcome to the community.

Please take a look at the Help Us Help You page that is linked to the forum header.

[Mark Corben]

OK. Here is the long version.

I was running a 2021 version of PT fine on my i7 Mac Mini, 64gb ram, 10.15.7. All up to compatibility requirements.

After downloading and installing 2021.10, I tried to run it and it hangs.

Online references say to move plug in folder and preferences because sometimes a plug can hang the startup. Since that didn't work, i've contacted support. They said:

If Pro Tools is hanging during iLok Authorization, please try updating your iLok License Manager.
If updating the iLok License Manager doesn't fix the issue, try the following steps:

- open the iLok License Manager and sign in to your iLok Account.
- Go to File and click the option to turn off your iLok Cloud.
- Once it's closed, click on File again, then choose the option to open your iLok Cloud.

If the steps above still doesn't fix the issue, go back to the iLok License Manager, sign in to your iLok Account and look for your Pro Tools Subscription license.
Right-Click on the license, then click Refresh.
From here, launch Pro Tools and check if it fixes the issue.

Regards,
Bret
Pro Tools Technical Support

Hence the iCloud references. No word back from them after this.

[Mark Corben]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

A lot more clear info needed.

Assuming your profile info is correct you are installing Pro Tools (standard) 2021.10 on Catalina 10.15.7. OK looks good that's even an officially supported compatibility.

On Mac there is not really an "upgrade" the installs is close to a full install. You should not need to do anything just run the installer.

Should say update. I ran the installer to update like we've all done countless times.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

But your comments are immediately confusing.

"I can log out of my iCloud session, run PT and it will take me to the activation screen. If I then log in, the page disappears and it hangs again."

What does any of this have to do with iCloud? Are you working on sessions stored on iCloud? Or on a Mac desktop that is mapped to iCloud (I would not do that)? Or did you mean Avid Cloud? Are you trying to work with that (you would be braver than me). Or did you mean iLok cloud? ????

From Avid support-

Thank you for contacting Avid.

If Pro Tools is hanging during iLok Authorization, please try updating your iLok License Manager.
If updating the iLok License Manager doesn't fix the issue, try the following steps:

- open the iLok License Manager and sign in to your iLok Account.
- Go to File and click the option to turn off your iLok Cloud.
- Once it's closed, click on File again, then choose the option to open your iLok Cloud.

If the steps above still doesn't fix the issue, go back to the iLok License Manager, sign in to your iLok Account and look for your Pro Tools Subscription license.
Right-Click on the license, then click Refresh.
From here, launch Pro Tools and check if it fixes the issue.

This is why I went straight to the iLok cloud topic. I should have included this note from support. I have done these steps multiple times with variations with no luck.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

And you say iLok, but it's unclear... are you using a Physical iLok or using iLok Cloud Licensing? (I can't put it any simpler, a physical iLok is more reliable, you just can't lose it). If you are upgrading I'm not sure why you need to activate anything, .... the very first thing to do is confirm is you actually have a valid license for what you are trying to run. So exactly what does iLok License manager show for your Pro Tools license? Did you purchase a recent license upgrade etc? Did that get synced to your iLok? And not knowing what you upgraded from is interesting, but you must have some clue, was it a 2020.x release or ... or Pro Tools 12 or what...

When I launch, all I get is a banner saying that my iLok cloud is activated and a hang. If I log out of my iLok cloud, I get a registration splash which then hangs at the next level. Everything is synced and the only thing to change is this update. It was maybe 3 months since I updated PT, so I probably came from a 2021.x install.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

If Pro Tools itself won't activate worrying about/moving plugins is a waste of time. Or were you getting plugin activation messages?

I was following standard protocol for a hanging startup. Already done.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

What exactly does the activation screen say, please post a screenshot.

Attached.

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

What iCloud etc. are you talking about and why are you mentioning it?

See above

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Did you change anything else, upgrade macOS etc.?

No.

I'm doing this on an i7 3.2 Mac Mini 64gb, Catalina 10.15.7, Apollo 8 and never had any issues.

Thank you for your help!

Still no word from support beyond this and 2008 wants it's BBS back!

[Darryl Ramm]

OK so all this is just iLok cloud authorisation problem. All the stuff about troubleshooting startup problems was likely a waste of time.

Good that you did what Avid suggested, including updating/reinstalling ILM (make sure you did that, it's a good idea to download a new clean ILM installer from iLok.com and install).

I would checking that most basic thing again. What license do you actually have? Run ILM and see what exact license shows up in your cloud licenses? You are looking for something like "Pro Tools perpetual Bundle" or a subscription entry. What exactly is there? Double click in that item and it may have info like "versions released on or before <date>". I am not sure what exactly it will show for a subscription, but I hope it's informative.

If that license looks valid I would grab a physical iLok and try moving the license to the iLok. But beside trying that I suspect you will need to get back with Avid support, they can see what is going on with your licenses and logins.

If you are not getting follow up from support post your case ID number here and we'll find a moderator to escalate this.

[Ben Jenssen]

For clarity:

- open the iLok License Manager and sign in to your iLok Account.
- Go to File and click the option to turn off your iLok Cloud.
- Once it's closed, click on File again, then choose the option to open your iLok Cloud.

The exact wording under file menu in ILM is:
Close all Cloud sessions.
and
Open your Cloud session.

It's fixed stuff before, but they were issues with authorization, your problem could also be that, but it seems like it also could not be, and the hangs you see is not caused by authorization problem.

[Mark Corben]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

OK so all this is just iLok cloud authorisation problem. All the stuff about troubleshooting startup problems was likely a waste of time.

Good that you did what Avid suggested, including updating/reinstalling ILM (make sure you did that, it's a good idea to download a new clean ILM installer from iLok.com and install).

I would checking that most basic thing again. What license do you actually have? Run ILM and see what exact license shows up in your cloud licenses? You are looking for something like "Pro Tools perpetual Bundle" or a subscription entry. What exactly is there? Double click in that item and it may have info like "versions released on or before <date>". I am not sure what exactly it will show for a subscription, but I hope it's informative.

If that license looks valid I would grab a physical iLok and try moving the license to the iLok. But beside trying that I suspect you will need to get back with Avid support, they can see what is going on with your licenses and logins.

If you are not getting follow up from support post your case ID number here and we'll find a moderator to escalate this.

I've done all that and then some! All of my accounts match, and my PT subscription is green and active.

I thought of dumping it onto one of my physical iLoks, but unfortunately I have 2 iLok accounts and my only physical iLoks are linked to my my old account.

(I have tried to get this working under both accounts, just for troubleshooting, and I'm 100% that I'm using the right account)

My case ID is 04279797

Thank you for your help!

[Ben Jenssen]

When I launch, all I get is a banner saying that my iLok cloud is activated and a hang. If I log out of my iLok cloud, I get a registration splash which then hangs at the next level.

So it hangs after the authorization thing. I'm shure you could be barking up the wrong tree, with suspecting authorization failure of some sort. Might just as well be PT freezing on what's happening after. There's a report on 2021.10 freezing on 'initializing controllers':
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t...d.php?t=417653