Basically I installed Houdini Apprentice about a week ago and have not been able to actually run it, even after multiple reinstalls. Whenever I run it, it connects to the license administration server then says it failed to actually connect and presents me with a blank License Administration menu with no information on it at all. The only info I get is a red X at the bottom with License Server Not Running written with it. What is the best way to fix this? I can't click on anything within this box or find any information so I can't actually find the server name to type in on the website to manually get a license. I hope to get this fixed soon as I desperately need it by the end of this week.

If it's any extra help, I'm running on a Macbook Pro.

The lovely folks at support@sidefx.com can help you with that.