Pro tools 12.5 is here!

[JCBigler]

Originally Posted by guitardom

Its up to you to set your firewall rules to accept and deny applications. Anti-Virus, will always be an issue. Dont surf the internet on your daw and it eliminates the need for it.

And therein lies my issue. Even if you don't have a web browser open, if you are connected to the internet and you're not running a good firewall and good antivirus software you will get infected with something. And for the Cloud Collaboration stuff to work, you HAVE to be connected to the internet.

I did an instal last year, a fresh install with a newly formatted hard drive and between the time that I got the OS installed and the networking drivers installed and the time that the OS did it's updates and I installed the antivirus software, the system was infected with 3 different spyware bugs.

Would be nice if Avid has some recommendations on what firewall setting work and what antivirus software they have validated.

[tbov]

i can't believe it. Windows 10 still not supported.
It's almost one year for qualification...

[jakeviator]

Originally Posted by DrewChrist87

Do you have a link? I don't have it in my products page. Is there a generic "here's the latest version, download it and see if your iLok lets you run it" link?

Account>Products>Annual Upgrade Plan for me. There was a link to manually download 12.5 dmg then install. Seemed to bypass the App Manager altogether.

And now to begin testing. Going to be weird to not have to massage the screen every 10 minutes when the GUI freezes... hopefully...

Oh and hopefully it will stop blowing out my eardrums everytime I stop/start playback on a loaded session.

[Intransit]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

I'm diving straight in. Looking at the bugs list I'm thinking, I've been doing that and PT crashed.

Trouble free installation here. Loaded up some tracks, no issues. It shutdowns really fast!

Roll on tomorrow and crash free day touch wood.

What OSX version? I had to use 10.9.5 until the GUI issue was fixed. Is it only a fix for 10.11?

[PatriotsBiker]

Anyone out there and reading this who is running Windows and had big problems with 12.4 having better stability so far with 12.5?

[PatriotsBiker]

Originally Posted by tbov

i can't believe it. Windows 10 still not supported.
It's almost one year for qualification...

If you have a W-10 installation and are in a position where taking a risk and trying W-10 isn't going to cause loss of income or hair, you might want to try it. 12-4 runs like a scalded dog when it does work well. For me, it has been much more reliable than running on W-7.

I did turn off what I could here and there. W-10 has lots of automatic tracking crap that may or may not cause resource issues with PT of any version. I cannot wait to see Avid's optimization guide for that OS. Ought to be lengthy.

[Marsdy]

Originally Posted by Intransit

What OSX version? I had to use 10.9.5 until the GUI issue was fixed. Is it only a fix for 10.11?

10.10.5. I see no point in upgrading to El Capitan. There are 210 licenses on my iLock and I really can't be bothered checking to see if all my plug-ins are compatible!

Not sure but I think the GUI fix is for El Capitan.

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

And therein lies my issue. Even if you don't have a web browser open, if you are connected to the internet and you're not running a good firewall and good antivirus software you will get infected with something. And for the Cloud Collaboration stuff to work, you HAVE to be connected to the internet.

I did an instal last year, a fresh install with a newly formatted hard drive and between the time that I got the OS installed and the networking drivers installed and the time that the OS did it's updates and I installed the antivirus software, the system was infected with 3 different spyware bugs.

Would be nice if Avid has some recommendations on what firewall setting work and what antivirus software they have validated.

Firewall settings wont matter. It has to be accepted on port 80 which is all general internet traffic but you would just be accepting Avid, its not opening the port completely.
Spyware, That is probably from downloading infected software, an infected drive/flash drive, or from somewhere you visited looking for drivers and such. I build tons of computers and they are all online for the installation processes and have never had any issues. You are not going to get malware/spyware from just having your computer online. Its where you take it that causes the problems.

[Intransit]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

10.10.5. I see no point in upgrading to El Capitan. There are 210 licenses on my iLock and I really can't be bothered checking to see if all my plug-ins are compatible!

Not sure but I think the GUI fix is for El Capitan.

You weren't seeing GUI lag with 10.10.5 and 12.4?

[Intransit]

Just opened my 'sticky faders test' session on my 10.10.5 partition and it seems to be greatly improved with 12.5. 12.4 was unusable, made a 10.9.5 partition to deal.