# Plugins not loading in OSX 10.8

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531>\
**Category:** Audio Plugins\
**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531 "2017-10-06T12:19:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![siedschl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@siedschl](https://forum.juce.com/u/siedschl)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531/1 "2017-10-06T12:19:16Z")

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Maybe this is common knowledge, but: since a default Projucer audio plugin project includes the juce\_video module by default, it will add AVKit.framework to the XCode project. This will cause the plugin to not be loaded under 10.8 (regardless of the deployment target, there must be something going wrong w.r.t. weak linking). Removing the juce\_video module, which is not usually needed for plugins, fixes this.

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**Author:** ![t0m](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/t0m/32/16413_2.png) [@t0m](https://forum.juce.com/u/t0m)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531/2 "2017-10-06T15:54:06Z")

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Thanks for sharing this - if it’s tripped you up then it’s bound to have caused trouble for many more people who didn’t post about it on the forum.

In general it’s a good idea to only select the modules that are essential for your plug-in/app.

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**Author:** ![jimc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/jimc/32/16067_2.png) [@jimc](https://forum.juce.com/u/jimc)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531/3 "2017-12-13T13:14:33Z")

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I’ve just hit this I think. Maybe Projucer could spot this problem:)

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**Author:** ![jimc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/jimc/32/16067_2.png) [@jimc](https://forum.juce.com/u/jimc)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/plugins-not-loading-in-osx-10-8/24531/4 "2017-12-15T13:42:08Z")

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I’ve just discovered that it’s possible to run old versions of OSX easily inside parallels though - so testing for this is going to be easier now:)