How to Run Waves Plugins on macOS Catalina 10.15

Jun 24, 2024

Install and activate Waves plugins on macOS Catalina (10.15) by following the steps below:

Step #1 – Activate your licenses

Download and install Waves Central for Mac.
If you already have Waves Central installed, skip to the next step.
Launch Waves Central via Applications > Waves Central.
Log into Waves Central.
Select the Licenses page on the left bar.
Select Not Activated at the top of the page.
Choose the license/s you wish to activate. Selected licenses will appear in the list on the right.
Choose the target device for the activated license/s.
Click the Activate button.

Step #2 – Install V14 software

Click here for an interactive tutorial in Waves Central
1. Launch the Waves Central application on the computer where your licenses are activated.
2. Log into Waves Central.
3. Click the Install Products page > All Products tab.
4. Click the View menu and select only V14 Plugins.
5. Click the Install button.
1. Quit any host application.
2. Download the V14 Offline Installation Folder for Mac. Unzip the folder to your desktop.
3. Navigate to the Waves 3-4-24 Mac folder which you just extracted.
4. In the folder, launch the file named “install.cen”.
5. Waves Central will open on the Offline Installer page.
6. Use the search bar to search and select the products you wish to install.
7. Click Install.
To prepare your own V14 offline installer, which installs only the software you own, follow these steps.

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