Important information for macOS 10.12+ users
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Starting with macOS Sierra (10.12), any application distributed outside the Mac App Store runs from a randomized path. So the program can't correctly determine its home directory (where the app and all its files are located). What can go wrong:
  • SunVox: loss of the previous session, incorrect copy/paste;
  • Virtual ANS and other Pixilang-based apps: program can't start at all, and you will just see the Pixilang file selection dialog.

Workarounds (choose one)
  • RECOMMENDED:
    open Terminal and enter the following command: xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /PATH_TO_THE_APP/EXE where EXE is the name of the main executable file of the app: SunVox.app or START_MACOS.app
    examples: xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Desktop/sunvox/sunvox/macos/SunVox.app xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Desktop/virtual_ans/START_MACOS.app
  • ALTERNATIVE:
    move the SunVox.app or START_MACOS.app to some other folder (using the Finder), then move it back;
    try to launch the app again;

    Virtual ANS launch example:


  • ALTERNATIVE 2:
    if the previous methods for some reason did not help:
    go to the system settings -> Privacy & Security -> confirm the opening of the app (at the bottom of the window);
    right click on the SunVox.app or START_MACOS.app and press Open.