XDJ-XZ not appearing as audio output in Rekordbox

Hey Ted,

When you installed, did you follow these instructions to allow it through the macOS security?

So I don't know whether I did it properly the first time, but I went back and uninstalled the drivers and tried to reinstall them.  I had two different problems doing that

a. I didn't get the security popups that the instruction refers to

b. After uninstalling the software, I still see the driver listed in "disabled software" and there's no "allow button"

I've tried to uninstall the software a bunch of times.  Any other ideas?

Try this:

1. Unplug the USB from the XDJ-XZ.
2. Go to your Applications and open the Utilities folder, launch the Terminal app
3. Type (or copy/paste) the following command: 
   sudo kextcache --clear-staging
4. You will need to enter your Mac user password (or just hit enter if you don't have a password); it will not show any characters onscreen as you type, press return when you are done and the process will run.
5. Download the drivers here.
6. Open the driver package and run the uninstaller file in the uninstall folder.
7. Reboot your computer.
8. Open the driver package and run the installation file.
9. After the installation has completed, give the drivers permission. It's important that you actually open the System Preferences > Security page and allow the driver to be installed.
10. Connect the XDJ-XZ and test it out.

Thanks.  I followed all of the steps and at Step 8, the installation failed.  I got a message that said "Installation Failed".  Any other ideas?

I should add that I now see the XDJ-XZ in my finder as a "location".

Terribly sorry - the wrong drivers were linked. Use these please.

I used the updated drivers and still not working.   I can load a song from my laptop onto the XDJ-XZ.  I cannot, however, get the output to work.  I went to audio preferences on the Rekordbox app on my laptop and did not see the XDJ-XZ as a choice.  I also don't see it as a location on my Finder on the laptop.  I do see XDJ-XZ(1) and XDJ-XZ(2) in the audio preferences menu under "Control Device Information" but that has been there for a while.  Perhaps the uninstall didn't delete it?  I am lost.

I have experienced similar issues as above. In fact, in order to get the XDJ_XZ recognized, I need to click on the black "driver" button just below and to the right of the audio drop menu - install the driver and then it appears. This seems to be the case every time I go to connect it. Surely this is a glitch or a compatibility issue (with MACs at least)

I am running
macOS Big Sur 11.6
rekordbox 6.5.3

We are aware of an issue where some users still have troubles with the OS loading the drivers automatically when the device is connected after the computer has been restarted. You can force the drivers to load by opening Terminal and inputting this command:

sudo kmutil load -p 'XDJ-XZ USBAudio.kext'

Enter your user password when prompted, then you'll be good to go. Hopefully this is resolved in a future update.

Hi - thank you for the reply and I will give it a go. Can you confirm if this is something I would need to do each time, or is this a one-off and then everything is back to being peaches and cream?

Hi - so I tried the above advice and received an error message (see below) - any ideas?

Hi - just checking in on this.... I have upgraded to the latest version of RB6 and this continues to be an issue. I have tried your suggestions above, but it still does not work. The only way to get the XDJ-XZ recognized is to install the audio driver each time. Thank you.

Hi, can someone from Pioneer answer to this? I've also tried everything from above and still cannot see XDJ-XZ as an output device. I get the same message from terminal when I try to do it.

Hi Marin

After all was said (or not said) and done - I was able to resolve the issue by updating the RB software (6.6.1) to the latest drivers and also making sure my laptop (in my case an MBP) was running the latest update to Big Sur (11.6.1). I have not yet upgraded to Monterey as I have been reading posts from people stating things are still a bit buggy. 

I updated my RB software but it's then probably due to my mac still being on high sierra. 

That is would be my educated guess. For me, I was not running that latest version of Big Sur - apple had it hidden, trying to get me to upgrade to Monterey. Once I installed the latest BigSur OS (and had the latest RB install) - everything worked perfectly. I might search some forums and see if maybe running an older version of RB solves the conflict - otherwise, I would just follow the steps I outlined further up about having to manually install the driver each time I connect (annoying yes, but it did work). Good Luck!

High Sierra is not supported; macOS Mojave (10.14) or higher is required.