2022.4 best macOS on Mac Pro 2013

[Howardk]

I have been running Pro Tools Ultimate 2021.12 on macOS Mojave and it has been reasonably solid on a Mac Pro 2013 10 core. I have a secondary system for testing that is identical and would like to start testing 2022.4. I tend to like to move as far forward as safe when I do upgrade, so it might be a good time to migrate to Big Sur or Monterey. I was going to do a Carbon Copy from one system to the other in Target Disk mode, upgrade macOS and then upgrade Pro Tools on the Target/Test system (hoping to avoid starting from a blank drive because it takes days to get all the plugins and sample libraries working again, with lots of heading scratching).

I would appreciate insights into which macOS is best at this time, as well as any other suggestions.

Thanks…

[Eric Lambert]

Monterey has felt the best so far.

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by Howardk

I have been running Pro Tools Ultimate 2021.12 on macOS Mojave and it has been reasonably solid on a Mac Pro 2013 10 core. I have a secondary system for testing that is identical and would like to start testing 2022.4. I tend to like to move as far forward as safe when I do upgrade, so it might be a good time to migrate to Big Sur or Monterey. I was going to do a Carbon Copy from one system to the other in Target Disk mode, upgrade macOS and then upgrade Pro Tools on the Target/Test system (hoping to avoid starting from a blank drive because it takes days to get all the plugins and sample libraries working again, with lots of heading scratching).

I would appreciate insights into which macOS is best at this time, as well as any other suggestions.

Thanks…

Big Sur or Monterey at this point.

[climber]

installed on Big Sur. seems OK so far...

[alexthemusicbloke]

I’m on a 6-core trashcan with 64gb of RAM.

Although PT2022 isn’t officially supported on Mojave, Avid say there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work.

I found there to be a significant drop in available CPU resources when I’ve tried upgrading to newer OSes on a secondary boot, so have stayed at Mojave with zero stability issues.


I’m using the rig a solid 8 hours or so every day with large numbers of plugins.

[Howardk]

Originally Posted by alexthemusicbloke

I’m on a 6-core trashcan with 64gb of RAM.
I found there to be a significant drop in available CPU resources when I’ve tried upgrading to newer OSes on a secondary boot, so have stayed at Mojave with zero stability issues.

That’s unfortunate news. With Mojave unsupported, and moving to a newer OS being a performance step backward in CPU Usage/efficiency, it is a problem… especially when using VIs… Argh!

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by Howardk

That’s unfortunate news. With Mojave unsupported, and moving to a newer OS being a performance step backward in CPU Usage/efficiency, it is a problem… especially when using VIs… Argh!

Avid does not say it's unsupported but they will no longer be testing on Mojave. That's actually a step they normally don't take and would usually have just dropped a four year old OS. I believe they realize that a sizable portion of the pro studio world is still running cheese graters.

Mac:

Intel® Mac with macOS 10.14.6, 10.15.7, 11.6, 12.3 (PT 2021.12 and later with 2022.2 Plugins)
(please find version specific qualifications in the macOS Compatibility Grid below)