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Applications (like RV) can make use of environment variables in various ways. It is a bit of a mystery for many
 Manuals Mac users how to create environment variables that will be available for all applications, including those
 Knowledge base launched from icons, etc. If you are using Windows, please see Setting Global Environment Variables on
Windows.
Troubleshooting your
RV License The process involves creating (or editing, if it exists) a special environment.plist file in the users home
directory. You can add the environment variable and it's value here. Then you have to log out and in.
Using RVOverlay
nodes to create virtual Create the plist file under ~/Library/LaunchAgents/:
burn-ins

V-Sync / Tearing <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.
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<plist version="1.0">
(customization and <dict>
<key>Label</key>
extension) <string>my.startup</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
RV Python quickstart <array>
<string>sh</string>
<string>-c</string>
Setting DPX header <string>launchctl setenv RV_OS_PATH_OSX /volumes/zdisk;
launchctl setenv RV_OS_PATH_WINDOWS Z:;</string>
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</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
RV with Nvidia 3D <true/>
Vision Pro </dict>
</plist>
How to download and
install RV To activate the environment.plist (assuming you named it environment.plist), run

Nuke/RV integration
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist
launchctl start ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist

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Localizing media If it is already loaded and you have modified the plist file, see your updates by running:
paths with
RV_OS_PATH or launchctl stop ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist
RV_PATHSWAP launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist
launchctl start ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist
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For further reference, see this StackExchange article which talks about setting environment variables in previous
Optimizing RV
versions of OS X up through 10.10 (which still works as of 10.12 Sierra).
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