John Mather

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Since Aug 2019

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Find the nodes that causes huge .hip file size? Aug. 19, 2026, 4:43 p.m.

Be aware that the script above doesn't actually check the size of specific nodes - it just looks at the types as potential sources of large data. It can give you an idea of what might be taking up space, but it's still up to you to confirm.

Mac OSX Tahoe 26.6.1 Macbook M5 Max crashes Aug. 11, 2026, 2:32 a.m.

Have you taken a look at the Console application? It should log any crash that our crash handler doesn't nab.

Applications>Utilities>Console. Take a look through the options on the left side and see if you can find something from the Houdini process at the time of the crash.

Nvidia new drivers Aug. 7, 2026, 12:13 p.m.

It's unfortunately not an easy thing to give an ETA for. When we run into driver issues, we either need to come up with a work-around, or wait until NVIDIA fixes the issue on their end. Both of which can take some time.