I tried to use my Cricut Cake tonight with Make the Cut and have had problems. I was able to cut things successfully using the Cake Basics cartridge that came with the machine. However, when I try to cut something that I designed in MTC I get an error message that there were problems detected that need to be fixed: Unable to load drivers, Cutting mat is NOT loaded, and Cartridge is NOT loaded. But the Cake Basics cartridge is in and the mat is loaded.

I've gone through the steps of installing the drivers by going to Help-->Advanced-->Download and Install Drivers. It says it's installed, but it still doesn't recognize the machine. I looked in the Help forum on the MTC website and found a work around posted where you have to download the trial version of Cricut Design Studio and update firmware, but when it asks you to select your machine Cricut Cake isn't one of the choices so I can't continue to update firmware.

Have any of you had these problems before? Basically, my computer just won't recognize the Cricut when it's connected via USB. HELP!!!

This happened to me the first time I tried to use MTC too. I had to turn off the Cricut, unplug it from the computer, plug it in, and then turn it on. After awhile it finally recognized my Cricut. You're not alone!

I'm sorry this is happening! Ok, maybe you can try this. If you download the demo for either ProvoCraft's DesignStudio or Craft Edge's SCAL, there's also a menu option in their programs to download the drivers. Try DesignStudio first, since that's actually by ProvoCraft.

I hope it works. *crosses fingers for you*

I had that problem too. Try re booting your computer, that should fix it.

Thank you all SO MUCH - You're the best! I just kept plugging, unplugging, rebooting, and finally it recognized it. I'm good to go now! I really appreciate your help!