Yosemite and PT10

[McStolk]

GOT IT! Okay, the installer doesn't work because it's a crappy version controller. What to do to reinstall or update PT 10 on Yosemite. Go in Finder to "System --> Library --> Coreservices --> SystemVersion.plist. Make 2 copy's (keep always a back up file) one on your desktop and one for back up (place this in a directory or something). Now open on your desktop the plist with "teksteditor" and change ProductUserVisibleVersion and ProductVersion to 10.9. Save the file and copy paste this into the CoreService directory. No it's a text file, no problem. Now install or update PT 10, restart and voilà...it works! To finish it up, go to the directory with your back up plist and place this plist in CoreServices. Overwrite the file and all is original again (the system version). Good luck!!

[McStolk]

Restart after all this one more time!! Make always a back up of the original plist. Your system needs this file to function!!

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by McStolk

GOT IT! Okay, the installer doesn't work because it's a crappy version controller. What to do to reinstall or update PT 10 on Yosemite. Go in Finder to "System --> Library --> Coreservices --> SystemVersion.plist. Make 2 copy's (keep always a back up file) one on your desktop and one for back up (place this in a directory or something). Now open on your desktop the plist with "teksteditor" and change ProductUserVisibleVersion and ProductVersion to 10.9. Save the file and copy paste this into the CoreService directory. No it's a text file, no problem. Now install or update PT 10, restart and voilà...it works! To finish it up, go to the directory with your back up plist and place this plist in CoreServices. Overwrite the file and all is original again (the system version). Good luck!!

Typo: "TextEdit" (but maybe it was put there as a test, if you did not get that you should not be editing plist files )

[Craig F]

What to do to reinstall or update PT 10 on Yosemite

or not try playing with unsupported configurations, it's called Holding Fast

[McStolk]

I got a message of the missing file, so I putted it back as text file, the warning was gone I'm not a programmer haha! What I just did was find out how to spoof the version OSX to fool Pro Tools version check. (btw...plist-editor was run out of demo period, so that's why I tried teksteditor, just see what happens)

[jimlongo]

Originally Posted by Simsy View Post
Hi

I have Yosemite on my mac book and wanted to install pro-tools onto it to test but it won't let me. The installer says that I need Mac OS 10.7.4 and higher! (Which of course Yosemite is). Is there anyway round this?

I would guess the installer just believes OS 10.1x is less than 10.7 so it won't install.
I can verify that if you already have protools installed it works just fine (as far as I can tell)

[Obsidian Dragon]

Originally Posted by jimlongo

I would guess the installer just believes OS 10.1x is less than 10.7 so it won't install.
I can verify that if you already have protools installed it works just fine (as far as I can tell)

It is not running fine here. The Inserts and Sends do not show the text on the drop down menus. You have to slowly mouse over them before they appear. It will work but just slow and difficult to select when you can't see them. Others have reported the same behavior.

[VoltageControl]

I have that same problem. It is the only app I have installed which has this drawing issue after the upgrade.

Yosemite has been in beta for a long time, so I don't understand this.

Other than the drawing issue, Protools works as expected. The menu bar menus don't have this problem.

Anyone figured out a work-around, or do we need to wait for Apple or Avid to fix it?

[VoltageControl]

Installed the Protools 11 demo, and that doesn't have the video issue.

[Obsidian Dragon]

Originally Posted by VoltageControl

I have that same problem. It is the only app I have installed which has this drawing issue after the upgrade.

Yosemite has been in beta for a long time, so I don't understand this.

Other than the drawing issue, Protools works as expected. The menu bar menus don't have this problem.

Anyone figured out a work-around, or do we need to wait for Apple or Avid to fix it?

Avid has pretty much abandoned Protools 10 after Mountain Lion so I would not expect (although I hope) that they would put any effort into fixing this issue. What a shame, because Protools 10 was a fine and stable version that works with the older RTAS/DPM plug-ins.