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title[To Be Reviewed]MagicDraw does not start on Mac OS X Sierra from a no install file using the .app file. What is a solution for it?

Mac OS X Sierra has an updated gatekeeper policy. It says that all applications which are downloaded in .zip/iso files are not secure because of the dylib-hijacking problem.
(Please find more about it at https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2015/03/dylib-hijacking-os-x/).
All not secure programs, including the .app part of the application are moved to a temporary directory (quarantine), in other words, the application is improperly located and can not be started.

The solutions are:

  1. To run magicdraw.sh file from the  /bin directory.
  2. To download the original signed MagicDraw.dmg file and to install the application again.
  3. To remove the program from quarantine.

To remove the application from quarantine, please do:

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Using the terminal, open the MagicDraw installation directory.
  3. Write the command: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine MagicDraw.app/
  4. Close the terminal and start MagicDraw using the .app file.

NOTE: This issue is fixed for the 18.4 SP1 and 18.0 SP6 versions.


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MagicDraw 18.4 does not start after upgrading to Mac OS X Sierra. How can I fix this issue?

Solution is to run magicdraw.sh file from the /bin directory.

This issue affects the version 18.4 of MagicDraw, Cameo Systems Modeler, Cameo Enterprise Architecture and Cameo Business Modeler.

Please update your modeling tool to the version 18.4 SP1 to avoid the installation incompatibility.


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title[To Be Reviewed]Is it possible to create a MagicDraw installation package with a set of some default options?

First of all you need to pre-configure MagicDraw. Do the following:

  1. Check if you have the permission to write to the MagicDraw installation folder because all information that you change will be stored in this folder. If you do not have the permission to write, contact your system administrator.
  2. In magicdraw.properties, which is in \bin, set the parameter value:
    JAVA_ARGS=-DLOCALCONFIG\=false -DWINCONFIG\=false
  3. Run MagicDraw and set desired options, then close the program.
  4. Reopen magicdraw.properties and restore the parameter value JAVA_ARGS=-DLOCALCONFIG\=true and remove the parameter -DWINCONFIG\=false.
  5. Copy the MagicDraw installation folder and paste it on a new machine.

Let us explain the difference between changed parameter values:

a) If JAVA_ARGS=-DLOCALCONFIG\=true, then option settings are stored in \.magicdraw\ . Options are loaded in the following order:

  1. From <Common Application Data location>\.magicdraw\
  2. From the MagicDraw installation folder

b) If JAVA_ARGS=-DLOCALCONFIG\=false -DWINCONFIG\=false, then option settings are stored only in the MagicDraw installation folder and are loaded from there.


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title[Expert Review Needed]Cache error occurred. How to handle it?

Close your modeling tool, delete all cache folders and start the program again.
Cache folders can be found in <user home directory>\.<modeling tool>\<version number>, for example <userhome>\.magicdraw\<18.2>.

If the problem still exists, please add the -Dcom.sun.media.imageio.disableCodecLib=true option into the JAVA_ARGS line in the modeling tool properties file, for example magicdraw.properties. A properties file is in <modeling tool installation directory>\bin.

See the example:

JAVA_ARGS=-Xmx4000M -XX\:PermSize\=60M -XX\:MaxPermSize\=200M -DLOCALCONFIG\=true -splash\:data/splash.png -Dmd.class.path\=$java.class.path -Dcom.nomagic.osgi.config.dir\=configuration -Desi.system.config\=data/application.conf -Dlogback.configurationFile\=data/logback.xml -Xss1024K -Dcom.sun.media.imageio.disableCodecLib=true

 


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title[To Be Reviewed]When trying to install or import a plugin to MagicDraw, the error appears saying that you do not have rights to write to MagicDraw installation directory or "failed to copy resource directory". How can this be handled?

We recommend running MagicDraw as an administrator and with enabled UAC (User Account Control) on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 OS in order to avoid some problems that are related with permissions to modify files on the MagicDraw installation root directory.

To enable UAC on Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 OS, do the following:
1. Click the Start button, type “msconfig” in the Search box and press Enter.
2. From the System Configuration dialog, click the Tools tab.
3. Select the Change UAC Settings tool and click Launch button.
4. Move the slider to the highest value to set Always notify and click OK.
5. Restart the computer to apply changes.

To enable UAC on Windows Vista OS, do the following:
1. Click the Start button, type “msconfig” in the Search box and press Enter.
2. From the System Configuration dialog, click the Tools tab.
3. Select the Enable UAC tool and click Launch button. The CMD window opens.
4. When the command is completed, you can close CMD window.
5. Restart the computer to apply changes.

To run MagicDraw as administrator, right-click the MagicDraw icon and choose Run as Administrator.

To run MagicDraw as an administrator all the time, do the following:
1. Right-click the MagicDraw icon and choose Properties.
2. Click the Compatibility tab.
3. In the Privilege Level area, select Run this program as an administrator.
4. Click OK.