Chaos Licence server refusing to connect on Mac

Recently we have seen an error that when directed to http://localhost:30304/ Chaos' licence server this will simply refuse to connect even after installing correctly. 

This can be due to some settings not being turned on in the Mac settings. If Localhost refuses to connect, head to your Mac settings -> Login Items and check the two boxes below

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