PT 2018.10 CPU Spikes

[indeloon85]

I recently upgraded my comp to the new 2018 MBP, which unfortunately comes with the latest High Sierra pre-installed. Since I can roll back to anything I’ve been getting the CPU spikes that Avid talks about being a known issue.
Any chance of getting this bug up in the priority chain for fixing? Super bummer and can be a major workflow killer

[samtrino]

I'm in similar situation, Apple replaced a defective 2017 MBP with an 2018 model that came with Mojave...

Pro Tools 2018 was working without a hitch on previous machine, now with Mojave running PT2018.10 I keep getting CPU spikes causing DAE Errors and playback keeps halting at any buffer below 512 - I used to run it at 128 without a problem! (maxed out Mac Pro 5.1 with RME Fireface).

I realize Mojave is not officially supported, and I wouldn't have upgraded myself, but what can we do when we get new Macs with latest OS installed???

I really hope Avid will release a Mojave-supported PT update very soon!

[JFreak]

Hi, welcome to the community.

You can ask Apple to provide you with a High Sierra installer download link, if the computer model you have has ever been sold with it. Annoying not to have those links available for everyone, but I guess it's in Apple's interests to gently force people to latest OS

[samtrino]

Thanks! Will High Sierra work better than Mojave? The OP seems to be having issue with it as well... it’s a major pain to downgrade to an older version of macOS but it might be worth a try if it works better.

Originally Posted by JFreak

Hi, welcome to the community.

You can ask Apple to provide you with a High Sierra installer download link, if the computer model you have has ever been sold with it. Annoying not to have those links available for everyone, but I guess it's in Apple's interests to gently force people to latest OS

[JFreak]

Avid hasn't released Mojave-compatible version yet, so if waiting is less annoying than downgrading you can just bear with it for now

[JFreak]

10.14.1 seems to have something done on the CPU throttling, it behaves much much much better on my system than I don't even remember which OS

(disclaimer: on my system means your mileage may vary...)

[Cacov]

Originally Posted by JFreak

10.14.1 seems to have something done on the CPU throttling, it behaves much much much better on my system than I don't even remember which OS

(disclaimer: on my system means your mileage may vary...)

Gotta check that out, thanks for the heads up

[samtrino]

I updated to 10.14.1, it made a small difference on my system, but what made a bigger difference was opening PT in low resolution... much more efficient and smoother overall operation. Now it only occasionally throws AAE error -9173 (while before low res it was unusable).

[jjnssn]

Originally Posted by JFreak

10.14.1 seems to have something done on the CPU throttling, it behaves much much much better on my system than I don't even remember which OS

(disclaimer: on my system means your mileage may vary...)

My initial gut feel is the cpu behavior is better on my MBPr 10.14.1. When running down at 64 buffers.


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