The current driver supports macOS 13 (Ventura).
You can access Wacom Tablet Settings from the Settings icon in the Dock or by selecting the Apple menu, then System Settings, then Wacom Tablet. Please continue to use Wacom Center to register your product, check for updates, and access your bundle Software offers.
Below are the steps to install the driver for a tablet on macOS 13.0.x and adjust the required security settings.
Step 1: Compatibility
To be compatible with macOS 13, the device must be supported by the 6.4.0-* driver or newer. To check which devices are compatible, visit the Wacom Driver Page, open the driver release notes, and select the "compatible products" link.
When installing the driver, the message "The Wacom Tablet Driver can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer" may appear. This means the computer's security settings allow downloads only from the Apple App Store. To install the Wacom Driver, the computer's security settings will also need to be adjusted. For more information on security and steps to allow installs from unidentified developers, visit Apple's support page here.
Step 2: Installing the Driver
- Download the current driver and run the installer.
- During the install, you will be prompted to add the required security settings. Make sure to add these settings; otherwise, the tablet and driver will not work correctly.
- Next, you must restart your computer for the driver to start working.
- Once the driver has been installed, connect your device to the computer
Note: When prompted for permissions during installation, choose to allow.
Note: Permissions must be added within the first 30 minutes after installing the driver. If the driver was installed outside the time window, please uninstall and reinstall it.
System Prompts:
- The system will prompt you to allow accessibility access, click the "Open System Settings."
- Click the slider to allow com.wacom in accessibility.
- Next, a prompt to allow "WacomTabletDriver: to receive keystrokes will appear; click the "Open System Settings" box again.
- Click the slider to allow WacomTabletDriver in Input Monitoring. You will be prompted to "Quit and Reopen" the settings. Please do so.
- Allow in the Background if prompted.
- Finally, some Wacom devices, such as the Wacom Cintiq Pro tablets, may prompt you to allow the use of a "hub." Click " Allow " to continue using your device.
If the above does not work, try manually adding the files following the steps below.
Step 2: Installing the Driver
- Download the current driver and run the installer.
- During the install, you will be prompted to add the required security settings. Make sure to add these settings; otherwise, the tablet and driver will not work correctly.
- Next, you must restart your computer for the driver to start working.
- Once the driver has been installed, connect your device to the computer
Step 3: Security & Privacy Permissions
Follow these steps if you were not prompted for permissions, or if your pen or touch is not working correctly. If the pen or touch is not working after installation, check these settings even if you were prompted to allow the permissions.
- Go to the Apple menu, open Security & Privacy.
- Under Privacy, select Accessibility
- You will be asked to input your credentials. On the list shown, make sure any Wacom component is set to slider on.
- While you are here, ensure any known applications listed have a check as well. (For example, Photoshop will need to be selected to work correctly with the tablet. Visit the Adobe support guide for more information on adding this program if it's missing.
- If any Wacom component is listed here, and the pen or touch is still not working, "select" the Wacom items listed, and then click the "-" sign below the list to remove them. Next, restart the computer and go to Step 4.
- Scroll down to "Input Monitoring" and add the slider for WacomTabletDriver.
- Note: When you add an item in Input Monitoring, a message will appear notifying you that the application must quit before the changes will work. Please do so; however, you must restart your computer afterward, as the tablet and driver will not work properly until then.
Step 4: If the issue continues or if no Wacom components are listed
If no Wacom components are listed, move the Security & Privacy preferences aside; we will need to return here in a few steps.
- Click on the desktop and press Command+Shift+G, open Finder, or click Go on the Menu Bar and select Go to Folder
- Type: /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/ then press GO
- Locate the com.wacom.IOManager.app
- Making sure you are still allowed to make changes (button is open), drag and drop the com.wacom.IOManger.app to the list under Accessibility in the Security & Privacy section. Ensure the new item is checked.
- If this item does not check, there may be an issue with your Mac OS, and you need to contact Apple Support.
- Close the preferences, restart your computer.
- Next, scroll down to Files and Folders, locate Wacom Center, and turn on any checkmarks attached to Wacom Center.
- Next, under Automation, also in the privacy tab in the Security & Privacy. Any Wacom components here should also have checkmarks. If the Wacom Desktop Center isn't listed, it hasn’t requested control from the OS yet. To add the Wacom Center to Automation, follow the steps below.
- Launch the Wacom Center
- Select your device and go to any of the settings (such as pen settings)
- A dialog will open; make sure to allow the app.
- Close the preferences, restart your computer.
- Go to the Privacy tab again, select Accessibility, then click on the button at the bottom of the preferences to make changes.
- Uncheck the com.Wacom.IOManager, then log the user out.
- Login into the user again, open Accessibility, and check the add the driver setting again
- To manually add the WacomTabletDriver into the Input Monitoring area:
- Click on the Plus Icon
- Go to Applications
- Within Wacom, Tablet Folder, click on SHIFT COMMAND and Period. (This will enable the hidden folders, and the DOT Tablet folder will appear.)
- Click on the Dot Tablet folder, select Wacom Tablet Driver, and click Open.
- You will be prompted to quit and restart.