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Old 10-16-2017, 09:05 AM
Willin2reck Willin2reck is offline
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Default Re: Looking to purchase New Mac for pro tools, help!

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Originally Posted by musicman691 View Post
First off - is this a used machine? From the price I'd assume so. Where is it coming from - Apple refurb store? If so more likely than not it'll come with High Sierra which is NOT okayed for PT12. Also you haven't said what version of PT you currently have. If PT11 the last supported is Yosemite (OSX 10.10.5 for PT11.3.2).

Would you please give us complete specs of what you have now? You may be able to make do with what you've got with the upgrades I mentioned (which you can do yourself). You can never have too much disk space as ideally you don't want to use up more than 75-80% of a drive. Remember that all your programs and plugins (except for samples) will reside on that drive.

Almost forgot - any Mac with USB3 ports will have issues with your iLok; those have been known. The usual remedy is to use a powered USB hub between the computer & iLok.

It is NOT a used machine.
It is a new machine with a discounted price for college students. ( I think it's only like $100 off original price )
it's directly from apple.com.

Here are my current specs:

Apple MacBook Pro 13"
2011 Core 15 2.4GHz
500GB HARD DRIVE
4GB RAM
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