{"id":33372,"date":"2010-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=33372"},"modified":"2010-06-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T00:00:00","slug":"after-installing-waves-plug-ins-mac-cant-click-buttons","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/after-installing-waves-plug-ins-mac-cant-click-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"After installing Waves plug-ins on my Mac, I can&#8217;t click any buttons in Pro Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some instances where the Waves Preferences window appears after Pro Tools has launched and a session has been open.   This seems to happen only with Waves 7.1 and recently ProTools 8 versions.  To fix this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1. Quit Pro Tools and all other applications<\/p>\n<p>2. Navigate to Macintosh HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences.<br \/>     There, locate the Waves Preferences folder and drag it to the Trash.<\/p>\n<p>3. Empty the trash and launch Pro Tools again.  Do not open or create a session.<\/p>\n<p>4. When you see the Waves Preferences window appear, make sure that &#8220;do not show this prompt again,&#8221; is check.  Make any other desired changes to Waves preferences and click OK.<\/p>\n<p>5. Do not open or create a Pro Tools session yet.  First, QUIT Pro Tools and launch it again &#8211; the Waves Preferences window should not appear.<\/p>\n<p>6. 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