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Old 07-24-2021, 01:23 AM
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Hi,
I'm still on 10.13.6 (and everything works fine) but I want to go to 10.14 or 10.15.
whats your recommendation?
I`m on a Mac pro (2013) btw.
thanx for advise.
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Old 07-24-2021, 02:00 AM
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i have 2 Mac Pro 2013. running on both OS.. its just fine.. but i think 10.5 has more long run.
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Old 07-24-2021, 03:23 AM
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Cstalina (in my opinion) is the best OS for trashcans, works very well and zero reason to upgrade to the Apple Silicon transition versions.
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Old 07-24-2021, 05:45 AM
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Trashcan, 64 gig, Catalina, 2021.6 runs great.
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Old 07-24-2021, 08:51 AM
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Mojave is the best, because it's the last OS still supporting the video engine (such as Quicktime Bounce with same as source for every video format). In fact it's the last OS before Apple started forcing developers to re-write/re-compile for 64 bit and now M1.

Bottom line, even PT 2021.6 is still trying to fully transition from 32-bit to 64-bit as required by Catalina (they had to ditch QuickTime components, ruining the Quicktime Bounce feature, which they still have not fully restored to full working condition). And Big Sur is optimized for M1 chips, but PT is not even close to running natively on M1, so much so that the video engine has literally been disabled for 2021.6 on M1 Macs!!!

Until PT comes out with native M1 support and a video engine that can bounce out same-as-source H264/H265, I'll be sticking to Intel/Mojave.

Of course if you NEVER use video, then Catalina is a pretty good bet too.
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Old 07-24-2021, 08:53 AM
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As you said, it depends on your needs. Catalina got hardware side of transition done, but video is still unfinished. Mojave has video still allright, but performance is (relatively) bad.
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Old 07-24-2021, 11:49 AM
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Just finished a Dolby Atmos mix with apx. 300 tracks on 2021.6 HDX2 with hybrid engine using Catalina on new MacPro.

Amazing experience. The performance and stability was superb.
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Old 07-26-2021, 11:03 AM
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Mojave is the best, because it's the last OS still supporting the video engine (such as Quicktime Bounce with same as source for every video format). In fact it's the last OS before Apple started forcing developers to re-write/re-compile for 64 bit and now M1.

Bottom line, even PT 2021.6 is still trying to fully transition from 32-bit to 64-bit as required by Catalina (they had to ditch QuickTime components, ruining the Quicktime Bounce feature, which they still have not fully restored to full working condition). And Big Sur is optimized for M1 chips, but PT is not even close to running natively on M1, so much so that the video engine has literally been disabled for 2021.6 on M1 Macs!!!

Until PT comes out with native M1 support and a video engine that can bounce out same-as-source H264/H265, I'll be sticking to Intel/Mojave.

Of course if you NEVER use video, then Catalina is a pretty good bet too.

I was just about to upgrade to Catalina and then I saw this message. oh that's important to know, i use the bounce-to-video feature (to same as source) a lot. thank you for all of your advice.
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Old 07-26-2021, 03:55 PM
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Big Sur 11.4 seems more stable here, so mostly depending on the computer style. Mac Pro 2019 24 cores 96G Ram HDX2 and MTRX
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Old 07-27-2021, 06:20 AM
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Just updated my 2013 trashcan from Mojave to Catalina and am very pleasantly surprised. It could be the clean install itself, but Catalina seems to run PT 2021 better than Mojave was.
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