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DAVINCI RESOLVE FOR MAC - CERTIFIED CONFIGURATION GUIDE
For facilities that have a number of DaVinci Resolve
systems you can share projects and the project
databases by using the PostgreSQL database
supplied with the full version of DaVinci Resolve
and a Remote Database Server. This option is not
available for DaVinci Lite users.
This database server, for example a Mac Mini,
iMac or a Mac Pro is connected to your grading
systems via gigabit Ethernet. The configuration
requires the use of the Mac ‘Terminal’ application
so this procedure is designed for an IT professional.
This must be a dedicated Mac as permanent and
continuous access is required by each of your
connected grading systems.
To set up a DaVinci Resolve remote database server
on a Mac OS X computer:
1. Using the DaVinci Resolve for Mac DVD, install
the Resolve application on the Mac that you
plan to use as the remote database server. You
are not going to run Resolve on this machine so
you don’t need to install special cards, or have a
dongle connected, but our application installer
will set up the database structure, which is
configured for Resolve.
2. Once you have installed the software and
restarted the system, you need to set up the
permissions and access to the PostgreSQL
server application running on this machine.
Besure to follow the instructions carefully.
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From the Applications/Utilities folder open
Terminal and type
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sudo su - postgres
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At the prompt enter the computer's
administrator password, then return
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You should see “postgres$” followed by the
cursor; next type
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cp /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data/pg_
hba.conf/Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/ data/
pg_hba.conf.backup
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In the next step you will add your local IP
network range, e.g. 192.168.1.0 so change the
IP address below to suit your range and type
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echo “host all all 192.168.1.0/24 md5” >>
/Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/ data/pg_hba.
conf
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Then restart the Mac.
3. You now have a remote database server that
you can connect to your Resolve systems via
your standard IP network. The PostgreSQL
application will run automatically so be sure to
leave this Mac on whenever you wish to connect
to your Resolve.
4. On each of your Resolve systems, use the
database manager to connect to the data
baseson the remote database server using the
IP address to identify the server.
5. You can continue to use the local database on
your Resolve or ‘Select’ the remote database to
share projects with other Resolve systems.
Using a Mac as the DaVinci Resolve database server