Red Rocket X + Mac OS Catalina

[Antony Newman]

Hi Paul,

As requested : https://we.tl/t-9ZqtH9UBZW

I have emailed RED in March 2020 asking them to host this file / and update their support docs.
No response as yet / the support docs have not seen an update.

AJ

[Matt Ryan]

THIS 2nd METHOD 100% WORKED FOR ME. RED Rocket-X now seems to be functioning completely normally in both RED Cine-X and Davinci Resolve 16 under Catalina, and I'm now getting 120fps renders out of Resolve.

I keep getting tripped up at Stage 4... It keeps telling me no such directory.

[Antony Newman]

Hi Matt,

Go into Finder : Go to your top level drive (eg Macintosh HD)
Top level directories should be : Applications, Library, System, Users
Inside Library : Confirm in the 50+ directories there is one called : Extensions

AJ

[Paul Olson]

RED-ROCKET-X INSTALL in MacOS CATALINA

UPDATE : 2020 Mar 08 : Worked for 2 x People

As mentioned here at the steps involved in Manually Installing a 3rd Party Kernel Extension in Catalina
(Refs for steps at the bottom of the thread)

STAGE 1 : Get Kernel Extension(‘kext’ file ready)

+) Download redrocketx.kext.zip file from : https://we.tl/t-9ZqtH9UBZW
(this file will exist for the next 7 days in WeTransfer)
+) Decompress redrocketx.kext.zip on Desktop
+) Go into ‘Terminal’ App
+) Change directory to Desktop in ‘Terminal’

cd /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Desktop
(replace 'YOURUSERNAME' with your Desktop user name)

STAGE 2 : Before installing Kexts, disable Gate Keeper and mount the System Partition as Read/Write in ‘Terminal’

sudo spctl --master-disable
sudo mount -uw NOTE: Even if this Fails : The overall process can work
sudo killall Finder

STAGE 4 : Use ’Terminal’ to copy extension into directory (as copying with Finder will not work properly for kext files)

sudo cp -R redrocketx.kext /Library/Extensions

STAGE 5 : Repair permissions. Rebuild permissions in ‘Terminal’

sudo chown -v -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions
sudo chmod -v -R 755 /Library/Extensions
sudo chown -v -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions
sudo touch /Library/Extensions
sudo kextcache -i /

STAGE 6 : Reboot machine

With any luck at this point - this might be all that is needed to RocketX driver working in Catalina.

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Reference information (1) Main script details on installing Kexts on Catalina gleaned from:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/g...talina.268964/

Reference information (2): Location of 3rd party Kext files.
I used finder on my own Mac Pro 2013 running Catalina & RRX.

Reference information (3): I have checked the ownership of all files in /System/Library/Extensions on my machine to confirm they are all owned by ‘root:wheel’ (as detailed on the tonymacx86 site ref 1)

AJ

First off - it worked!
Secondly, for most of my RED footage that is not 8k, the new Mac Pro plays the REDCode full debayered in realtime with no problem. However, I bought the card and want to use it!

So, can I also get the newer kewt file? Mine is version 1.3. lol

Maybe I can just host that file on Dropbox and share the link to anyone else interested.

[Antony Newman]

Hi Paul,

As requested : Here is the Kext that I uploaded previously : https://we.tl/t-OuwHI9H9U1

Hope this helps!

AJ

[Eduardo Fraschini]

Hello Antony,

Thank you for all your help.

Would you mind uploading again the kext file ?

[Antony Newman]

Hi Eduardo

As requested : https://we.tl/t-EK8cpqbMoS

Best of Luck!

AJ

[Guillaume POIRSON]

Hi Antony,
Thank you for your work but the wetransfer has expired.
Would you mind uploading again the kext file?

Thank a lot

[Antony Newman]

Hi Guillaume,

As Requested : https://we.tl/t-i6SoktdAL2

Best of Luck!,
AJ

[hungta wei]

Hi Antony,
Thank you for your work but the wetransfer has expired.
Would you mind uploading again the kext file?

Thank a lot