Pro Tools 10 on new iMac 2012 (Without Optical Drive)

[Haren Davis]

hye there,i planned to get the new iMac tat comes with Mountain Lion,but the problem is i know,my Protools 10 will not be compatible with Mountain Lion,and i got no choice rather than downgrading it to OS X Lion 10.7,but the apple store dealers advice me not to downgrade because of the firmware compatibility,im sure u guys can give me good advice in this,can i install OS X Lion 10.7 on the new iMac,i mean downgrading it?will it cause any problems to iMac and will the Protools 10 work? im using mbox 2..

[Meads]

Pro Tools 10.3.2 is officially qualified for 10.8. (Not for 10.8.2 though, but it works flawlessly here).

[KMcK]

In general downgrading the OS on a new Mac to a previous version isn't possible. There are exceptions, but I would seriously doubt the new iMacs are one of them.

[CalebB]

I tried downgrading my Mid 2012 MBP with Senior tech support from Apple. Didn't work. I didn't want to have to pay to update Waves plugs but I did and I love Mountain Lion. I am pretty sure that PT10 is cleared for 10.8.x. I am running 10.8.2 with PT 10.3.2 and it works great.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by CalebB

I tried downgrading my Mid 2012 MBP with Senior tech support from Apple. Didn't work. I didn't want to have to pay to update Waves plugs but I did and I love Mountain Lion. I am pretty sure that PT10 is cleared for 10.8.x. I am running 10.8.2 with PT 10.3.2 and it works great.

Caleb - to which version of OSX were you trying to downgrade to? I doubt going to Lion would be a problem. I do know though that going back to Snow Leopard from a machine that has Lion or ML on it is almost impossible.

[CalebB]

I was trying to go to Lion.


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[jasonthurley]

So just setup a dual boot drive... one with Lion and one ML... then you can switch to Lion if you want to (like If your having issues with PT on ML) or just run on ML.
Best of both worlds if you ask me.... I just wish all the stuff I use in Snow Leopard was Lion compatible let alone ML compatible.... still waiting for some things.. like Quick Keys for example