{"id":2298,"date":"2017-03-03T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T09:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2020-06-17T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T09:24:39","slug":"wacom-driver-crashes-on-osx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/2017\/03\/03\/wacom-driver-crashes-on-osx\/","title":{"rendered":"Wacom driver crashes on OSX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group \"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Update #1:<\/strong> I recently run in a situation with my Wacom that <strong>everything<\/strong> failed. So I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/support\/faqs\/drivers%20software\/how%20do%20i%20uninstall%20a%20driver%20on%20mac%20os%20x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uninstalled<\/a> everything first.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open your Application folder, and locate any of the following folders:\n<ul>\n<li>Bamboo<\/li>\n<li>Pen Tablet<\/li>\n<li>Tablet<\/li>\n<li>Wacom<\/li>\n<li>Wacom Tablet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In each of these located folders will be a Wacom Utility, double-click to launch the utility<\/li>\n<li>Select the option to &#8216;Remove&#8217; in the &#8216;Tablet Software&#8217; section of the utility\n<ul>\n<li>You may be prompted to enter your system&#8217;s password at this time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The utility will notify you when the removal is complete<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I use a Wacom table instead of a mouse. Most designers do. That driver has a mind of its own. It crashes a lot.It&#8217;s happens when I startup Illustrator or switch workplace or when it wakes up from sleep mode or connect to an external monitor.Or just randomly.And I don&#8217;t want to restart my computer every-time it happens.So I <a href=\"http:\/\/markbtomlinson.com\/2015\/03\/15\/wacom-tablet-driver-restart-mac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">googled the problem<\/a> before I dive into the problem myself.The post describes the same problem, but the solution doesn&#8217;t work for me.So this is my solution.First the specs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mac OS 10.12.3<\/li>\n<li>Wacom Bamboo model CTH-470<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Make sure you have the correct driver installed&#8230; duh! In a working situation (driver is working) you can see it with &#8220;Activity monitor&#8221;, search for &#8220;PenTabletDriver&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-03-at-10.08.05.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2299\" width=\"815\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-03-at-10.08.05.png 815w, https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-03-at-10.08.05-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-03-at-10.08.05-768x534.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/>So when your Wacom is not working you won&#8217;t see it (obviously).<\/p>\n<h2>Now how to restart it!<\/h2>\n<p>Now open the Finder &gt; Go &gt; Go to folderAnd copy past this folder:<code>\/Library\/Application Support\/Tablet\/<\/code>It will open een folder with &#8220;PenTabletDriver.app&#8221; in it.Double click it and you Wacom will work again.<\/p>\n<h2>Developers Solution<\/h2>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/markbtomlinson.com\/2015\/03\/15\/wacom-tablet-driver-restart-mac\/#comment-53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comments<\/a> of earlier mention blog, someone mentions a &#8220;Automator script&#8221;.I will be using bash: create a file named &#8220;WacomReboot.sh&#8221;<code>#!\/bin\/bashecho 'Kill the PenTabletDriver (just to be sure)'killall PenTabletDriverecho 'Start the PenTabletDriver again'open -a PenTabletDriver &amp; exit<\/code>Save file in <code>\/usr\/local\/bin\/<\/code>Now restart the Wacom:Open terminal and type &#8220;WacomReboot.sh&#8221; and enter:<code>\u00e2\u2020\u2019 WacomReboot.shKill the PenTabletDriver (just to be sure)Start the PenTabletDriver again<\/code>Bam &#8230; back to work!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update #1: I recently run in a situation with my Wacom that everything failed. So I uninstalled everything first. Open your Application folder, and locate any of the following folders: Bamboo Pen Tablet Tablet Wacom Wacom Tablet In each of these located folders will be a Wacom Utility, double-click to launch the utility Select the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[421,253,420,422],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-bash","tag-osx","tag-wacom-bamboo","tag-wacom-driver-crashes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2312,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}