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macOS® Installation

grandMA3 User Manual » grandMA3 onPC » macOS® Installation
Version 2.4

To install grandMA3 onPC on macOS®:

  1. Download the installation file from https://www.malighting.com/downloads/. 
  2. On the left side of the web page, select the grandMA3 series.
  3. Click on  Software + Release Notes.
  4. Click grandMA3 onPC Software for macOS, x.x.x.x to download the installer.
  5. The EULA and Third-Party Acknowledgments pop-up opens:


  1. Click Accept and download.
  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and double-click on grandMA3_onPC_mac_vx.x.x.x.zip. The package is unzipped, creating an "ma" folder.


  1. Expand the "ma" folder and double-click the installation program grandMA3_onPC_x.x.x.x.pkg. The Installer opens:

  1. Click Continue. The software license agreement opens:
  1. Click Continue:
  1. Click Agree, and the installation utility opens:

  1. Click Install to finally start the installation.
  1. Click Close.

The software is installed in the standard Applications directory. The resources are located in /Users/<Username>/MA Lighting Technology.

Install Location options

When two or more hard drives or USB drives are detected, the installer offers to change the installation location:

  1. Click Change Install Location, then select a location:


  1. Click Continue, and resume by following steps 11 and 12 above.
Hint:
If you receive an "Installation failed" error message during the installation, move the ma folder outside the Downloads folder, for example, to the Desktop folder, and start the installation process again.

Start the Application

  1. Open Applications in the Finder, then double-click the grandMA3 icon.


  1. The grandMA3 launcher starts.
  2. The launcher will automatically start the last installed version.

  1. To choose another version, select it from the launch drop-down.
  2. Click Restart in order to start the selected version.
  3. Confirm the shutdown in the running application.