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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
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Since Mac Minis don't have a CD drive, you can download the installers from here. I would download the 8.0.3 full installer and the 8.0.5 updater. The driver is available here. Though IIRC, the compatible driver is installed along with 8LE. Here's a thread about what you're trying to do. Something you should consider is reformatting the OS drive and installing the earliest OS that will run on it. I believe the 2010 Mac Mini came with Snow Leopard from the factory.
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
James:
I'm a bit confused. My Mid 2010 Mac Mini has an Apple SuperDrive DVD/CD drive so loading from a CD/DVD is not an issue. Are you saying that there is a driver for High Sierra 10.13.6 that is compatible with the MBOX2 Pro using its firewire interface? Is there a later version of Pro Tools LE than Pro Tools 8.0 LE that would run on the Mac Mini with High Sierra 10.13.6 using the MBOX2 Pro that I could reasonable update to? Thanks for any guidance! Al
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MacMini Mid 2010 High Sierra 1 23" Cinema Displays w/ATI Radeon X1900XT MBox2 Pro Model 0xA9 <-> FW400 Port - Pro Tools LE 8.0.3 2 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 1.5TB FW800 <-> FW800 Port 1 LaCie D2 Big Disk Extreme 1.0TB FW800 <-> FW800 Port DBX 286A Mic Preamp/Proc Neumann U87 Ai EV RE27 N/D Mic Sonamp 260 JBL Control 28 |
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
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Download the drivers and software. You wont be receiving anything on disc. As TopJimmy mentioned, you should downgrade that machine to Snow Leopard and run the MBox and PT8 on that OS. They are seriously out of date and the likelihood of them working on High Sierra is VERY slim. If you need that OS for other reasons, partition the drive and create a dual boot system - one for PT and one for everything else. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
Perhaps, I should consider upgrading to a replacement for the MBOX2 PRO and a more modern version of PT that would run on Windows 10 or Mac OS 10.15.3.? What would be recommended? Does the maker of the MBOX2 PRO (DIGIDESIGN) make a bundle with PT like when I purchased the MBOX2 PRO?
Thanks, Al
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MacMini Mid 2010 High Sierra 1 23" Cinema Displays w/ATI Radeon X1900XT MBox2 Pro Model 0xA9 <-> FW400 Port - Pro Tools LE 8.0.3 2 LaCie Big Disk Extreme+ 1.5TB FW800 <-> FW800 Port 1 LaCie D2 Big Disk Extreme 1.0TB FW800 <-> FW800 Port DBX 286A Mic Preamp/Proc Neumann U87 Ai EV RE27 N/D Mic Sonamp 260 JBL Control 28 |
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
No they dont.
You might wanna do some reading on the AVID website and see how Pro Tools has subscription and perpetual offerings. Lots of info. As of PT9, you can use any third party audio interface with Pro Tools, assuming the device has drivers for the OS. Best of luck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
And Digidesign is Avid since 1995 so if you want a complete solution look at what Avid has in regards to interfaces.
I personally would look at Focusrite since I get a feeling you dont need anything high end and Focusrite has good interfaces around the 300 usd mark and upwards. They work and sound great and compared to Mboxes it will probably blow your mind how far things have come on the home user market.
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Re: Mbox2 pro macOS High Sierra
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In case it's helpful for someone, I can add that earlier today, I used the same detailed procedure posted by Apollinaire on 2018-05-07 (thanks!), and was able to get my Mbox 2 Pro working with my 2019 iMac running macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave). My experience was essentially the same that he described. In my case, the Mbox 2 Pro is connected to the iMac using a 400-800 Firewire adapter into the Firewire 800 port on my OWC Thunderbolt 3 13-port Dock. I was able to confirm that the Mbox 2 Pro input was working properly with several applications. During subsequent use, I found that the iMac will crash and reboot (benignly) due to a Firewire exception if the computer goes to sleep with the external hardware connected and powered on, or if the external hardware is powered off or on. Once the computer is running with the external hardware connected and operating, the system seems stable. Based on this evidence, I recommend powering up the external hardware and then (re)booting the connected computer, and shutting down the computer before powering off the external hardware. The computer seems to recover easily from the exception crash, but I prefer to avoid unexpected restarts. Last edited by RadPro; 07-31-2020 at 12:26 PM. Reason: Update |
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