VFS 2.0 is available for censhare 2020.3.3, 2020.2.5, 2020.1.9.
If you use one of these versions, follow our VFS compatibility guidelines if you use macOS computers.  

VFS 2.0 on macOS

New censhare clients will ship with VFS 2.0 and will no longer be compatible with macOS computers that have VFS 1.5 (KEXT) installed. The clients can be started, but an error message will appear on startup that the VFS could not be created.

Some functionality is not supported in such a case:

  • You cannot use any VFS related functionality, for example, drag and drop of files
  • You cannot use any Adobe Indesign / InCopy functionality
Ensure that the VFS 2.0 KEXT is installed properly on your client computers.


VFS 1.1.5 on macOS

Older clients that ship with VFS 1.1.5 will no longer be compatible with macOS computers that have VFS 2.0 (KEXT) installed. The clients can be started, but an error message will appear on startup that the VFS could not be created.

Some functionality is not supported in such a case:

  • You cannot use any VFS related functionality, for example drag and drop of files
  • You cannot use any Adobe Indesign / InCopy functionality

Ensure to roll out new, compatible censhare Clients on all your client computers


Mixed VFS versions in macOS environment

In general, it is still possible to work in a mixed environment. 

Ensure to install both new censhare Clients and VFS 2.0 on selected client computers where you want to use the new VFS.

You can keep some client computers on VFS 1.1.5 KEXT, but you must ensure that an older censhare client version is still used there, i.e. do not roll out the new installers on those computers.


New censhare Client and censhare Render Client installers

All of the above also applies to both censhare Client and censhare Render Client.

Note that the new censhare Client and censhare Render Client installers install VFS 2.0 automatically!


Also note that it is no longer possible to install and run new and old clients on the same macOS computer, since there can only be one VFS kernel extension installed (either VFS 2.0 or VFS 1.1.5)! Once the new VFS 2.0 is installed, you can only use the new Client and Renderer versions on such computers.

VFS on Windows

There is no new version of VFS on Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows computers are not affected.


Related content

For more information on VFS installation, see VFS Installation and operation.

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