Sometimes an alternate solution on Mac is to simply deactivate and then reactivate the plugin. That should validate the license and restore Podium Browser functionality.Type pdm_vl in the box and press enter.Go to Window > Ruby Console at the top of the SketchUp interface.You can try to revalidate the SU Podium license key from the Ruby console for a quick fix:
There is a license validation bug in some Podium versions (V2.6.044-V2.6.046) that causes Podium Browser to periodically lose its activation, even though Podium appears to be activated. If you see the error message pictured right, please email and include your V2.6 license key so we can reset the activations for you.Go to Extensions > SU Podium V2.6 > License to open the SU Podium license manager, and click the Deactivate button to release the license from that version before you uninstall.Deactivate SU Podium before you uninstall the plugin or update to a new SketchUp version.Failure to deactivate SU Podium V2.6 before updating the plugin will eventually lead to the error message pictured right.If you uninstall the SU Podium V2.6 plugin without first deactivating it from the license manager, the uninstalled version will continue to hold the license even though it is no longer in use. On the Mac, use the SketchUp menu and then go to Quit SketchUp or ⌘Q. Just X-ing out of SketchUp will not save the license.Īlways after activating the license, make sure you quit SketchUp: This is a relatively common issue with Mac users because on the Mac, it's not clear if the SketchUp has completely quit. And then you have to activate again, and quickly run out of activations.
If you did not quit SketchUp after activation, the license never got saved properly. Until you quit SketchUp, any changes to the privatepreferences.json file will only stay in memory but not get saved to your hard drive. This is the same file that saves your SketchUp preferences. Please Note - Quit SketchUp after activating your licenseĪfter activation, you must Quit SketchUp for the SU Podium license to get saved to the SketchUp privatepreferences.json file. How to avoid hitting the activation limit when you update the plugin
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