{"id":166632240,"date":"2015-11-10T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshdance.me\/blog\/?p=166632240"},"modified":"2015-11-10T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:22:00","slug":"how-to-download-salesforce-data-loader-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joshdance.me\/blog\/how-to-download-salesforce-data-loader-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to download Salesforce Data Loader Mac aka ‘Saga of Sorrow’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This should not have been so hard. I couldn’t find, for the life of me a link to download the Apex Data Loader for Mac. I search and searched and finally found it in the release notes for the Winter SF release.<\/p>\n

Inside SF, go to Setup>Data Management>Data Loader. There you are finally presented with a link.<\/p>\n

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Why Salesforce couldn’t just put a link out there, I don’t know. So hopefully someone finds this while Googling and it saves them some time.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I can’t stand Salesforce… ?<\/p>\n

UPDATE: To open “Data Loader” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.<\/p>\n

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Download it here –\u00a0https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/DL1572?locale=en_US<\/p>\n

Downloaded and installed. Then you get this error: “Data Loader” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.<\/p>\n

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Found this Stack Exchange post.\u00a0Data Loader Download Not Working on Mac<\/a>\u00a0which has this solution: “Go to System preferences, Security and Privacy, click the padlock, type in password, check option Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere.”<\/p>\n

This worked. So I opened it and it worked. However logging in doesn’t work. I know the username and password are correct but Data Loader tells me “Error logging in to Salesforce. Please check your username and password.”<\/p>\n

Found this Stack Exchange post. I get an error logging into Apex Data Loader. \u201cPlease check your username and password\u201d<\/a>, which tells me I have to add\u00a0your security token to end of your password. What?!<\/p>\n

Problem is there are other things using that token, so I don’t want to reset it. But someone asked this here, Can I get my security token without having to reset it?<\/a>, no you can’t. So I need to reset it.<\/p>\n

Moral of the story is, Salesforce is awful, and Stack Exchange saves the day again.<\/p>\n

Also, if you have to use the Data Loader, first, try dataloader.io. Works way easier, don’t need the silly security token, don’t need to install Java. Seriously check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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