ProTools 11 ok w/El Capitan?

[shane36]

Looking to upgrade from Mt Lion to El Capitan, is it ok to use with that OS.
I really only use it for simple sound editing on short films, promotional videos, etc.
thanks

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by shane36

Looking to upgrade from Mt Lion to El Capitan, is it ok to use with that OS.
I really only use it for simple sound editing on short films, promotional videos, etc.
thanks

PT11 is not okayed by Avid for El Crapitan and probably never will be. Why do you want to 'upgrade' to EC if ML works for you? And if you really want to do this then do this: make sure you have a bootable clone of your system (use Carbon Copy Cloner), then if your system drive is big enough create a separate boot partition and put EC on that and leave your ML partition alone. You can add/delete boot partitions in OSX without losing data. Then reinstall from scratch ALL applications on the EC partition - do NOT use Migration Assassin to do that.

If you do that and find out EC and PT11 don't get along you still have a system that works. Keep in mind that you'd be using an unsupported configuration with EC and PT11 so you'd be on your own for official support. Even if you don't having a bootable clone will help you out for when you do have problems.

[shane36]

I need to upgrade to EC for other reasons.
Given EC is just an upgrade and not a completely new OS, I find it suspicious some companies want you to purchase a newer version of their product to work on EC. They are just trying to fleece customers who don't need to purchase it for any other reason. (For example, I've already confirmed that older versions of Plural Eyes works fine on EC.)
So I'm just looking for someone using PT11 on EC to confirm this...

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by shane36

I need to upgrade to EC for other reasons.
Given EC is just an upgrade and not a completely new OS, I find it suspicious some companies want you to purchase a newer version of their product to work on EC. They are just trying to fleece customers who don't need to purchase it for any other reason. (For example, I've already confirmed that older versions of Plural Eyes works fine on EC.)
So I'm just looking for someone using PT11 on EC to confirm this...

You ignored something I brought up - what is the size of your system drive? If it's big enough create a second boot partition and put EC on there. And PLEASE have a bootable clone for if/when things go wrong. You won't regret having that clone backup. Something else you're ignoring is PT11 is unsupported on EC and that even if it does work there there's no guarantee you won't have issues, possibly fatal ones.

[shane36]

I'll be backing up w/time machine. I plan to go Yosemite, then EC.
After searching other's experiences w/PT11 on EC earlier in the week, it seems like it either doesn't work due to several problems, or it works perfectly fine. So I want to be able to go back to Yosemite if needed.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by shane36

I'll be backing up w/time machine. I plan to go Yosemite, then EC.
After searching other's experiences w/PT11 on EC earlier in the week, it seems like it either doesn't work due to several problems, or it works perfectly fine. So I want to be able to go back to Yosemite if needed.

Why hopscotch OSX versions? There's no need to.

Once again you have ignored the question I asked - how big is your system drive? If big enough to have multiple boot partitions that would solve your issues. I hate to harp on this but am just trying to save you heartache and hair pulling for when (not if but when) your system starts acting up. And believe me when doing an operating system 'upgrade' there's plenty of chance for problems.

[shane36]

1 TB, about 400GB used w/o any project files.
As I said, I need to upgrade for other reasons, which necessitates Yosemite, but EC is preferred. Everything I'm already using is OK w/Yosemite, I'm just looking into stuff that is not "officially supported" on EC. I do not upgrade OS unless I really have to, which is why I'm still using MtL.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by shane36

1 TB, about 400GB used w/o any project files.
As I said, I need to upgrade for other reasons, which necessitates Yosemite, but EC is preferred. Everything I'm already using is OK w/Yosemite, I'm just looking into stuff that is not "officially supported" on EC. I do not upgrade OS unless I really have to, which is why I'm still using MtL.

400 GB used out of 1 TB? You must have a LOT of stuff on there. I'm guessing this is not just a music machine because on my daw computer I have under 200 GB used on each boot partition of 1 TB each (it's a 2 TB system drive). Truly if you can get away with using Yosemite that's your best bet, especially given Avid will never okay or support PT11 on EC. There's no need to be on the bleeding edge of OSX versions if you can get away with it.

[mindnoise]

PT 11.3.1 worked with El Capitan 10.11.3.
The 10.11.4 update however broke it.
Cannot select any Outputs anymore.

So I guess it's byebye for me finally.

[hauskuk]

I'm stuck with Yosemite because my Protools 11 Works with it but my new iphone can't work with Yosemite and wants El Capitain.. so this really sucks.. and I have to upgrade to Protools 12 if I want to upgrade my osx ? :-(