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Old 06-04-2023, 07:40 PM
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Default Pro Tools Subscription + High Sierra MacOS

Does anybody know if the $9.99 Pro Tools subscription is compatible with High Sierra 10.13.6 ???
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Old 06-04-2023, 08:07 PM
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Old 06-06-2023, 07:43 AM
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The $9.99/month subscription is for Pro Tools Artist, which was released with version 2022.4, when they introduced the new tiers of Ultimate, Studio, Artist, & Intro.

The last supported version of Pro Tools that ran on High Sierra was 2020.12. So, no, Pro Tools Artist will not run on High Sierra and that license won't authorize any version that will run on High Sierra.

The Pro Tools Studio subscription for $29.99/month is the equivalent to the previous version called Pro Tools Standard, and that license should authorize versions back to 12.6, one of which will definitely run on High Sierra.

Hope that helps.

Also, I have included a couple links, one to the Pro Tools Compatibility Chart which lists which operating systems each version is supported with, and one to the release history, which lists the different releases and which features they included.

Compatibility:
https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...tibility-Chart

Release History:
https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/faq/en393795
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Old 06-06-2023, 11:07 PM
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Pro Tools ran on High Sierra until 2022.7. It was installable. And it worked fine at 2022.7 (if you have a Metal card.)
After that, it won't even install/run. Avid changed to a different compiler or something but it links a library not in High Sierra so it is a complete "no go" situation.

I have no idea if the subscription allows you to run/install older versions. Current Pro Tools will not even install/run on High Sierra.
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Old 06-07-2023, 06:58 AM
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Pro Tools ran on High Sierra until 2022.7. It was installable. And it worked fine at 2022.7 (if you have a Metal card.)
After that, it won't even install/run. Avid changed to a different compiler or something but it links a library not in High Sierra so it is a complete "no go" situation.

I have no idea if the subscription allows you to run/install older versions. Current Pro Tools will not even install/run on High Sierra.
Good to know about a real life use case running 2022.7 on High Sierra. Since I never used High Sierra, I didn't want to recommend anything that wasn't on the compatibility chart, even though many versions do work after the listed compatibility. I'm pretty sure the current Pro Tools Studio and Pro Tools Ultimate licenses (both perpetual and subscription) will authorize back to 12.6, but I'm also pretty sure the new tiers (Artist & Intro) won't authorize any versions earlier than when the tiers were introduced (2022.4). I'd be curious if Pro Tools Artist 2022.7 would run on High Sierra; I'm guessing that it would, given your experience.
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I'd be curious if Pro Tools Artist 2022.7 would run on High Sierra; I'm guessing that it would, given your experience.
The software is the same (therefore the compile is the same) between the tiers. So it will work. (just the standard unlock based on iLok license)
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