• Download the Theatre Manager Mac installer if you have not done so. This link is supplied upon request.
• When downloading any update for Theatre Manager, please make sure your personal firewall is turned on PCI requirement 1.4.

• Double click on the TMSetup.zip program you downloaded to extract the TheatreManager.pkg file.
• Double click on the TheatreManager.pkg that was just extracted to begin the install process.
  • If you have issues opening the .pkg file, you may need to go to System Preferences >> Security & Privacy to enable installation.
  • If you are unable to install, you might need to use the following command in terminal before running the installer. More info is available under disable power saving settings - Step 1: sudo spctl --master-disable
• Click Continue

• Click Continue and read the license agreement.

• Click Agree to accept the agreement and continue.

• Click Install

• Enter your password (or if you have a Mac with TouchID, use your finger).
• During a Full Install you will need to provide the administrator password to your machine. If you do not know this, contact your IT support or Systems Administrator.

This step may take a little time.

• Click Close when done.

• After installation, look for Theatre Manager link on the desktop and double click on it to start it up.
• There will also be a file called TMPreview.pdf on the desktop that illustrates some key features of TM.

• Connect to your database:
  • For databases on your local server, enter the ip address of your server and click search to see the list of databases.
  • If your real database is in the AMS cloud, follow these instructions.
  • For Demo databases, if you get asked to find a database, enter the IP address 127.0.0.1 below and click Search. (Normally, you should not need to do this, as the Demo database is always assumed to be on the local machine.)
• If you cannot connect to the database, check the following settings:
  • make sure port 5432 is open on your machine
  • make sure that the TheatreManagerDemo database got installed by using pgAdmin as per Step 5 below, then come back and try connecting again.

• If you are running a demonstration copy of Theatre Manager, you will see a first time setup screen asking you for your company information. All fields except the second line of address and the web site are mandatory. After you put this in the first time, you will not see it again.
  • These fields are used during the demo to show how Theatre Manager verifies information for you.
  • For example, the city, state and country you enter becomes the default country for new patrons that you may add to the database. The area code for the phone number fields becomes the default for patron entry, etc.
• Notice how Theatre Manager converts whatever you type into the proper case as it tries to assist in data entry.

• When you connect to the demo database and enter the company information, you will see the login window.
• The password for any of the users in the demo is master.

• If you are running Catalina, you may need to make a change to system preferences to allow a permission:
  • Open System Preferences
  • Click on the Security & Privacy preferences
  • Click on the Privacy tab
  • Click on Input Monitoring
  • Unlock the preferences to allow changes
  • Click on the checkbox beside Theatre Manager to enable the permission (refer to image)

• In a production environment, once connected to the database in step 5, you can run the TMSetup file on any other machine in the network.
• After changing the pg_hba.conf file, and editing the serial.txt file, you should be able to connect to the database.
• You will need to use the IP address of the server to connect, instead of 127.0.0.1, and if you cannot connect to the server:
  • make sure port 5432 is open on the server
  • make sure that the real database is installed and setup using pgAdmin
  • there are no firewalls blocking access
  • the pg_hba.conf IP settings are correct
  • the server has been restarted

Apple requires that users acknowledge that they trust the installer. The exact message you get may vary depending on the version of OSX you are using. If you run the TM installer and receive a message similar to this one (implying you have to provide permission), then:

1. Select the Apple menu at the upper right of your computer screen
2. Select System Preferences
3. Select Security and Privacy, which is on the top row of the preferences (it may be called Firewall in older versions of OSX).
4. Click the General tab

5. You will see a screen similar to the one below. Do one of the following:
   • Click on the third option at the bottom saying Anywhere to allow apps downloaded form Anywhere.
   • If that is not visible, then you should see an option to click a button that says Open Anyway to run the installer. If so, click Open Anyway

This will start the installation process.

Follow the steps below if you have Network Users set up and performance of TM seems slow when everything is run across the network:

• Primary Method for Network User Profiles
  • Just install Theatre Manager
  • In OS X, Theatre Manager is designed to store key application components in the local user's Application Support directory. This allows multiple local users on the same machine to use Theatre Manager.
  • Network Users have a different home directory setup where the key files are not stored on the local machine. When Theatre Manager is installed, it will save some of its files in the network directory - but you may experience some performance issues of the network or server drives are slow.
• Alternate method for running Theatre Manager with NetWork User Profiles
  • If performance seems a little slow with a normal installation that users the network profiles, Theatre Manager can be configured a little differently. Make sure:
    • Theatre Manager is already installed on the machine using the TMSetup application AND that nobody is currently using Theatre Manager on the machine
    • Go to the Applications Folder
    • Right click on the Theatre Manager application
    • Select Show Package Contents from the context menu
    • Navigate to Contents >> MacOS >> firstruninstall folder
    • Copy the entire contents for the firstruninstall folder
    • Navigate back to the MacOS folder.
    • Paste the contents of the firstruninstall folder into the MacOS folder
      • You may be asked to replace the serial.txt file - respond yes
    • Delete the firstruninstall folder
    • The contents of the MacOSX folder should now be similar to diagram.
    • Test that Theatre Manager starts up and you see the login window.
    • Log in as a couple of other network users and try again

Open the hard drive on your Mac or open Finder.

Go to Applications directory.

Find the Theatre Manager application.

Right-click on it and choose Show Package Contents from the menu.

Go into Contents >> MacOSX >> Fonts.

Double click on the fonts, one at a time.

Click Install Font button in the lower right corner. OSX will bring up a Font Validation screen. There will be a message that it has found a problem with the font. Ignore this.

Check the box next to the font name.

Click Install Checked button in the lower right corner.

Repeat for the other font.

Start Theatre Manager. If you have never been connected to a database before, you will immediately see a dialog asking you to select a database. Select from the popup list.

If you have previously connected to a Theatre Manager database before, you will see the familiar list of users. Click the Change DB button at the bottom left of the screen and then select from the popup list.

You will be prompted with a dialog asking you to enter:

• the unique Private Cloud Key that you have been given
• the Private Cloud Password specific to your venue

Enter both items and you will be connected to your database in the AMS cloud.

If there is only one database available in your cloud setup, you will be taken directly to the next step. If there are two or more databases in your cloud setup (e.g. your main database and a training one), then you will be asked to pick your database.

You will see a list of people who can login.

Double click to select one and enter the employee's password.