Even power users on a Mac have very little reason to use root – which is why it’s disabled by default. The root user can read, write and delete every file on the system and – when placed in the wrong hands – destroy the entire system in a flash. Which leads us to the next adventure: How do we enable the root user in OS X? Root is the most powerful user in Linux and UNIX systems, from which OS X is derived. The solution to this awkward puzzle is to login as root for the initial launch of Carrara. Turns out they’re just not administrative enough.
I thought my user account HAS admin privileges. Thank you, Yosemite! What does that even mean? Until today, when I’ve received the following message in OS X Yosemite: “The application cannot get the administrator access right”. Over the last 7 years I’ve installed Carrara more times than I can count and in every version of OS X and Windows that I can remember, and it’s never given me any trouble – neither when installed manually or via the DAZ Install Manager. Being a futuristic kind of guy I’m using “the best operating system ever” (yeah, right!) OS X Yosemite. As such I’m installing all my favourite (and annoying) 3D apps fresh from scratch. I’m configuring a new Mac Mini 2012 specifically for all my 3D ventures this year.
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