Forum: Blacksmith3D & Texture Transformer


Subject: Cannot open B3D version 7 in Mac even though it meets system requirements

Anim8dtoon opened this issue on Nov 08, 2025 ยท 6 posts


Anim8dtoon posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 9:21 AM Forum Moderator

I've been trying to open B3D v.7 on my Mac and keep getting a message about the app being 'quarantined' and gives me a Terminal line command to try and get it out of quarantine. However, when I run that line command in Terminal, I'm then told that permission has been denied. This is the subscription version of B3D, by the way.

I do have a demo version (v.6) that works just fine. Is there ANY way to get a license key for it? I would really rather be able to open v.7 though. Thanks for your help!

Anim8dtoon


willyb53 posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 10:01 AM

Late to the party :D


https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2996170/blacksmith3d-issue?page=2


Has discussion and link to free Blacksmith3d Version 9 Pro

Bill


People that know everything by definition can not learn anything


willyb53 posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 10:02 AM

Sorry missed the Mac statement.  there have been posts about it still working on Mac

Bill


People that know everything by definition can not learn anything


hborre posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 11:50 AM

Unless it is the latest Mac version which seems to be breaking everything.


Anim8dtoon posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 12:28 PM Forum Moderator

hborre posted at 11:50 AM Sat, 8 November 2025 - #4501285

Unless it is the latest Mac version which seems to be breaking everything.

I'm currently running my mid-2010 Mac Pro tower on High Sierra (10.13.6) which I understand meets the system requirements for B3D v.7, yet I get that message about the app being quarantined.

hborre posted Sat, 08 November 2025 at 12:33 PM

If you follow the other thread, Blacksmith3D Version 8 is now free.  The common complaint about version 7 is the servers are no longer active.