Make sure you already have the correct Wacom driver installed (Wacom 5.3.7-6 for Bamboo tablets or Wacom 6.3.15-3 for Intuos 3 and Cintiq tablets), because the manual method only replaces a couple of the driver's files and doesn't install the complete driver itself.
Now download my patch for your tablet here:
Unzip it by double clicking it, then follow the installation instructions that match your tablet:
First make sure that the Wacom driver is not loaded by running this command in Terminal (paste it in, then press enter to run it):
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.pentablet.plist
The unpacked zip file you downloaded will give you files called "PenTabletDriver" and "ConsumerTouchDriver".
In Finder, click "Go -> Go to Folder" (or press Command + Shift + G), then paste this path in the pop-up window, and click Ok:
/Library/Application Support/Tablet/PenTabletDriver.app/Contents/MacOS
You should see a file already in there called "PenTabletDriver". Move the new PenTabletDriver file from the zip file in there to replace it, confirm that you want to overwrite it, and enter your login password to confirm.
If your tablet supports touch you have one more patch to install. In Finder, click "Go -> Go to Folder" and paste this path:
/Library/Application Support/Tablet/PenTabletDriver.app/Contents/Resources/ConsumerTouchDriver.app/Contents/MacOS
Copy the ConsumerTouchDriver file from the zip you downloaded and paste it over the ConsumerTouchDriver file you see there, enter your password to confirm the replacement.
We're done installing patches, so back in the terminal, run:
launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.pentablet.plist
After installing, follow the "post-install instructions" section to set the permissions properly.
The unpacked zip you downloaded will give you files called "WacomDriver" and "WacomTabletDriver".
In Finder, click "Go -> Go to Folder" (or press Command + Shift + G), then paste this path in the pop-up window, and click Ok:
/Library/PreferencePanes/WacomTablet.prefpane/Contents/MacOS
You should see a file already in there called "WacomDriver". Move the new WacomDriver file from the zip file in there to replace it, confirm that you want to overwrite it, and enter your login password to confirm.
In Finder, click "Go -> Go to Folder" (or press Command + Shift + G), then paste this path in the pop-up window, and click Ok:
/Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletDriver.app/Contents/MacOS
Move the new WacomTabletDriver file from the zip file in there to replace the existing one.
Now either restart your computer, or run these two command using the terminal, to reload the tablet driver:
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
Now open System Preferences and try using the Wacom Tablet preference pane, it should be working now.
If you are still having issues with your tablet, follow the next "post-install instructions" section.
Touch your pen tip to your tablet, and it should prompt you visit System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy Tab to grant the tablet permissions.
On the Accessibility page, click the padlock to unlock the page, then find and tick any PenTabletDriver, WacomTabletDriver
TabletDriver or WacomTabletSpringboard entries you see in the list. Do the same on the Input Monitoring page.
If your tablet supports touch, touch the tablet with your finger, it should again prompt you to grant permissions.
On the Accessibility page, tick the ConsumerTouchDriver or WacomTouchDriver entry.
For Intuos 3 and Cintiq tablets, the driver might only appear on the Input Monitoring page, and you may need to reboot a second time for it to appear on the Accessibility page too.
If your Wacom preference pane, pen support, or touch support is not yet working, or the entries never appeared in the list for you, you likely had permissions left over from the previous tablet driver, and these stale entries all need to be removed like so:
On the "Accessibility" page of Security & Privacy, Find anything related to Wacom in the list (e.g. PenTabletDriver,
WacomTabletDriver, TabletDriver, ConsumerTouchDriver, WacomTabletSpringboard, WacomTouchDriver), select them,
and click the minus button to remove them. Go to the "Input Monitoring page" and do the same there.
Now either reboot your computer, or run these two commands in the Terminal, to reload the tablet driver. For Bamboo tablets:
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.pentablet.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.pentablet.plist
For Intuos 3 and Cintiq tablets:
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
This should restore the prompts to ask you to add permissions, so now begin the instructions in this section again.
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