Studio One 6 complete solution to activation failure via hosts and firewall outbound rules [WiN, MacOSX]

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After the installation of Studio One 6 is completed, illegal certificates may be detected by the official website leading to activation failure. In this case, you need to block the official website in the system Hosts file, and in addition, it is best to modify the firewall settings again, so that the problem can be completely solved.

Hosts Shield Official Website

127.0.0.1 api.presonus.com
127.0.0.1 api.presonus.com.cdn.cloudflare.com

hostsFile is equivalent to a personal DNS, when you visit a domain name, is the first through the hosts to resolve the hosts function is relatively powerful, you can formulate the web page IP address, blocking the formulation of the site, and even blocking ads and so on.

MacOSOS system, hosts file location:

On the desktop click on the top menu bar of theleave forClick again on theGo to the folder.Input:/etc, find the hosts file, drag it to the desktop, right-click on the hosts file on the desktop, slide it to open mode, and then click on Text Editor, as shown in the figure:

Edit and modify the hosts file, add # in front of the content is a comment, as shown below in the red box is customized hosts content, modify the content of the end of the press command + s to save.

Drag and drop the hosts file from your desktop back into /etc, click Authenticate, then click Replace, and then enter your boot password, as shown:

Windows system, hosts file location:

C:WindowsSystem32driversetchosts

Find the hosts file, copy it to your desktop, open it with notepad, add the address of the introduction, save it, and put it back to the original location to replace it.

Firewall Settings

Control Panel->All Control Panel Items->Windows Defender Firewall->Advanced Settings->Outbound Rules, turn off the studioOne outbound permissions. As shown in the picture: