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Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
Hey All --
I just bought a Mac Studio and the sales rep I spoke to said it would ship with Ventura. It didn't... it came with Sonoma. I've read the threads on running the latest version on Sonoma and it seems like it works for some people and doesn't for others. I guess I have two specific questions though: 1. Do you think the next version of pro tools will have support for Sonoma? 2. Do you expect that before the end of 2023? I know no one knows for sure and these are just guesses but I'm trying to decide whether to return it or just install everything now and hope that it works well-enough. Thanks for your help! |
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
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Heck I would to have a Mac Studio. soon , very soon.
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MAC PRO 2010 5,1 3.46hex 128ram - MONTEREY 12.7.4- PT 2024.3 / 003 RACK SIGNATURE MOD / DIGIMAX FS / PCM90 2CHANNEL SPDIF
Last edited by basslik; 12-09-2023 at 10:23 AM. |
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
Ah, I called Apple Support and they said I couldn't downgrade from Sonoma -> Ventura. I didn't realize a partitioned drive would be able to run Ventura. I'll have to give that a whirl!
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
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If Sonoma is installed, then you might not be able to go backwards.
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
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That said, I'd just leave it at Sonoma. PT is running fine on Sonoma on several installations here.
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offthewallproductions Mac Pro 5,1 3.46 Ghz 12 core, Open Core 0.9.8, Radeon RX580 GPU, GC-TITAN RIDGE TB3 PCIe card, M.2 NVMe SSD boot drive on PCIe card, 48GB RAM, macOS 12.7.4 Pro Tools Ultimate 2024.3.1/HD Driver 2023.3 HDX, UA Octo PCIe card in external TB3 chassis, MTRX Studio I/O, C|24 control surface. Genelec 1031AP/7070A 5.1 monitoring. |
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
If the computer model has ever shipped with Ventura then yes, you can downgrade it.
PT is not likely to support Ventura on the expected 2023.12 release, because macOS beta users just got second release candidate of 14.2 and the release version is not out yet. It is my best guess that Avid begins working on compatibility once 14.2 is out. So perhaps earliest we can expect is Sonoma support in PT 2024.03
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
What’s your return window? 15?30 days?
Install the software and see what happens. If it doesn’t work out you know what to do. |
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
Especially if he told you shipped with Ventura.
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
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Tempted to just run with it but 1.) I want to do a clean install which will take a long time to set up. And it would suck to spend a week getting everything all installed (tons of VIs, etc..) just to find out, nope, best to wait for PT 2024.3 (or whatever) 2.) I might have to update some firmware to get everything running on the new Mac Studio -- especially on my Eucon stuff -- and that miiight mess up my current system. So if it's not running smooth, I might not be able to just revert to my current system. 3.) If it takes so long for me to switch to the Mac Studio as my real system, the M3 might already be out or at least on the horizon! It seems dumb to have the M2 but not be able to use it until the M3 is out. I have until Jan 6 to return because of the holiday return window. So I definitely can. Just not sure what to do. I know it's no one's fault but man this is annoying and the precise reason I'm using a 10 year old computer running Catalina and PT 2022.4. Makes me feel like a luddite but I'm just too busy with work for things not to work! |
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Re: Advice on new computer that shipped with Sonoma
Go to everymac.com and check by your model identifier. If it says shipped with Ventura, then you can downgrade. No guesswork here.
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