macOS vs the Intuos Tablet

Beside doing chores today (vacuuming and laundry), I spent hours trying to get my Wacom Intuos tablet working on my Mac. Here’s how it went.

I go to the Wacom site, find the instructions for fixing the Intuos/macOS problem. I follow the instructions. I restart the computer, and the tablet works. I turn off the computer, try the tablet, and it doesn’t work.

I figure I must have done something wrong. I do everything over, but I go even further — I search the entire file system for anything named “wacom” and delete everything I find. I restart the computer, reinstall the Wacom software, restart the computer, and it works. When I log out and restart the computer, nothing works.

This Intuos tablet simply isn’t going to work on macOS unless, perhaps, I revert to a previous version of macOS. But, I’m not going to do that. Instead I’m going to stop banging my head against the wall. When I want to work in ArtStudio Pro on my Mac, I’ll use my Cintiq.