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Installing Maya (Mac OS X)

If you have a hardware lock (dongle), you must plug it in after installation. If it is plugged in during installation, you may see an error message.

Hardware lock driver Installation of the HASP4 drivers from Aladdin requires that you remove the hardware lock (dongle) first. You must close the installer and remove the hardware lock, and then restart the installer.

To install Maya for Mac OS X

1. Insert the Maya DVD into the drive of your computer.

   The contents of the DVD appear in a new Finder window. If the Maya 2009 Finder window does not open automatically, double-click the Maya 2009 disk icon on your Desktop.

2. Double-click the Maya 2009 package icon within the Maya/MacOSX folder to begin the installation process.

   The installer window appears. You can cancel the installation at any time by closing the installer window.

3. Click Continue to proceed with the Maya software installation.
   NoteAt various points during the installation, the installer may ask you to type in the name and password of an administrator account on the local machine.

   The Autodesk Software License Agreement appears. You can print or save this License Agreement for future reference. This agreement requires your acceptance for the Maya software installation to continue. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of the agreement, the installation process does not continue.

4. Click Continue and then Agree to continue with the Maya software installation.

5. By default, Maya will be installed into the /Applications/Autodesk folder of this volume, but you can specify another folder by clicking Choose Folder.

   Click Continue. The Standard Install screen appears.

6. If you want to perform a basic (non-customized) installation, click Install and proceed.. If you want to choose which components of Maya to install, click Customize and proceed to the next step.
7. (Optional) If you click Customize, the following dialog box appears:

   

   Select which components you want to install. Your choices include:

   • Maya_core —You must install this component to use Maya on your computer.
   • Fcheck_app—A player for Maya movie and image file formats.
   • Maya_en_US_docs—Maya English Documentation. The Maya online documentation (in English), which contains reference documentation, tutorial files, and multimedia.
   • Maya_devkit—Maya Developer’s Kit,. Files and documentation for programmers who want to create Maya plug-ins (not included in the Easy install).
   • The Product Configuration Wizard that licenses your copy of Maya is also installed. For more information, see the Licensing Maya chapter.

   The Product Configuration Wizard is installed to /Applications/Autodesk/PCW. A link to the Product Configuration Wizard is found in the folder where you install Maya.

   The Maya Uninstaller and Uninstaller List is also installed when Maya is installed.

8. Click Install.

   The Maya software and accompanying utilities are installed on your computer. The progress of the installation is indicated by the progress bar at the bottom of the installer’s window.

9. To license your copy of Maya, start the Product Configuration Wizard after installation by double-clicking the Maya icon. See Quick Start: How to activate your copy of Maya Quick Start Licensing.

10. Additionally, if you’re setting up a license server, see Server setup for details on how to set up both servers and clients.

    When the installer finishes, it displays a message indicating that the software install is complete.