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Known Issue: FME Workbench Won’t Start on MacOS

Jovita C.
Jovita C.
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Known Issue ID FMEDESKTOP-10892
Feature FME Workbench
Product FME Form (formerly FME Desktop)
Versions Affected

2022.x

2021.2
Status

Resolved

2023.0

Issue

FME Workbench crashes on startup or fails to launch. You may see this if you are:

  1. Using an FME floating license on MacOS and
  2. Using a thunderbolt port for an external monitor, dock, or ethernet connection

 

Cause

The crash may be related to FME on MacOS and FlexLM, our floating license provider.  
 

Resolution

This has been resolved in FME 2023.0. To make use of the fix, please update to FME 2023.0 build 23269 and newer.

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