I'm working for a company that is trying to utalise an old mac and pro tools system.
It is a mac g4 with pro tools 5 or 002. it was bought in 2000. the problem is when loading up protools it asks me to make sure the hard ware is plugged in and switched on. i have been told this needs an ilok, however the ilok is broken! they do not know the account info for the ilok on ilok.com and are not even sure if they registered it.
please can you tell me what to i can do to fix this problem. getting any tech support from ilok requires me to sign in which i can't!
i'm desperate to get this up and running!
thanks
sam
How To Run Pro Tools 9 Without Ilok
This tutorial is about is how to run Pro Tools without a physical iLok. Starting with Pro Tools version 2018.1 you can now use Pro Tools without the physical iLok and instead use the iLok Cloud. It's very straightforward to use, and we show you how to use Pro Tools with iLok Cloud in the video tutorial. I am considering buying one of the new Eleven Rack packages that comes with Pro Tools 9 or 10, the expansion pack and a iLock in the box. Eleven Rack without Pro Tools? Discussion in 'Digital. My understanding is that the version included with the new packaging is a stand alone version of PT and uses an iLok, not the 11R as a giant.
I had pro tools installed on my Mac (school supplied system) and decided to install it on my other laptop (Windows) as I use that one more often and the Mac mostly for school stuff.
Installs fine, but says it requires hardware to launch, on my Mac, it doesn't however. I connect my MBOX, install the drivers and load Pro Tools, I get some weird error 'The operating system held off interrupts for too long...' It froze my computer up completely. I restart, load it up again, things seem to be fine. Then, because I needed a spare USB port, I (stupidly) unplug the MBOX, pro tools freezing again, sans the error.
Now it's fine, I'm able to work with it.
Anyway, really hope those errors don't pop up again, any way to remove the hardware requirement? Or if it's on, how do I get my computer to use it's own speakers, was trying to watch a video earlier and couldn't get it on speakers as that would require unplugging the MBOX but doing that would crash Pro Tools and my system... Sound preferences gives me the option to switch to the laptop speakers but that doesn't do anything.
Suggestions?
Edit: I keep getting this error and some static noise/crackle when I'm listening to things or even in Pro Tools. Ahh, I think it's my MBOX. Does anyone know what's wrong?
Edit 2: Tried going through the settings, maxed the buffer size to no avail. Then forgetting I had Pro Tools open, I ended up crashing my system again when I unplugged it. :/ This sucks.