We have seen some cases where AutoCAD for Mac will fail to launch after being installed on a hard drive that was either migrated from another hard drive using Migration Assistant or restored from a Time Machine backup.
It seems that metadata is being added to the FLEXnet Publisher folder during migration or restore and that is preventing FLEXnet from creating the trusted storage files that are required to launch and run AutoCAD for Mac (it is safe to assume that this issue can also affect native Mac Autodesk products other than just AutoCAD for Mac).
The workaround for this is to rename the existing FLEXnet Publisher folder and then uninstall and reinstall AutoCAD for Mac. This will create a new FLEXnet Publisher folder where FLEXnet can create the trusted storage files and AutoCAD will be able to successfully launch. Specific details are included in the following technical solution:
AutoCAD for Mac fails to launch when installed on migrated Mac hard drive
Note: The FLEXnet Publisher folder is not owned by Autodesk but is owned by Flexera, makers of the FLEXnet licensing technology used in Autodesk products. This solution is offered as one possible method of resolving this issue but following these steps is solely up to the discretion of the customer.
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