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Old 06-05-2020, 09:33 AM
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Default Pro Tools 2020.5/2020.3 Compatibility with Catalina 10.15.4?

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro 16-inch because my old one stopped working and it came with Catalina 10.15.4.

At the moment, Pro Tools says it's not compatible with this version of OS but is anyone currently running their Pro Tools on this OS successfully? I need to purchase a reinstatement plan for my Pro Tools because my old one expired with my perpetual license but I don't want to right now unless Pro Tools actually works.

Thanks in advance

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Old 06-05-2020, 10:45 AM
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Default Re: Pro Tools 2020.5/2020.3 Compatibility with Catalina 10.15.4?

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I'm having a major issue with CPU spike when using Pro Tools (2020.5, but also when i attempted .3 and 2019.12) on my new MBP 16". Currently trying to get to the bottom of it, (have posted a thread awaiting moderation). The issue renders it completely useless for me, tho am unsure if anyone else has experienced this
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Old 06-05-2020, 02:00 PM
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Default Re: Pro Tools 2020.5/2020.3 Compatibility with Catalina 10.15.4?

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Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro 16-inch because my old one stopped working and it came with Catalina 10.15.4.

At the moment, Pro Tools says it's not compatible with this version of OS but is anyone currently running their Pro Tools on this OS successfully? I need to purchase a reinstatement plan for my Pro Tools because my old one expired with my perpetual license but I don't want to right now unless Pro Tools actually works.

Thanks in advance
Yes with 10.15.5 dev beta 6 (IIRC it’s the golden master for the .5 release), Ultimate 2020.5, 2020 i5 Mini with 16GB. I’ve been able to run PT, Live, Spitfire BBC and Soundgrid Studio concurrently. None of the sessions are very big, under 30 tracks, mostly audio, some midi and most of the plug instances in Live not PT with plugs running on the Soundgrid. Loads on the Mini are pretty minimal 20-30%ish spiking at 50-60% across all six cores though not spiking every core when it does. It’s pretty responsive. I’ve got the samples, projects and audio on an external SSD with some other space on a spinning disk and a Time Machine spinning disk (both WD Red) So far no spinning disk issues like they’ve mentioned.

I’ve got .6 beta 1 available but I’m holding off for a while.

Bad news is they won’t support you if you do have issues.
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Old 06-05-2020, 02:36 PM
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2020.5 and OS 10.15.5 is working for me but I ask very little of it. Had heavy fan activity on my MBPro when first using 2020.5 so I checked Activity Monitor and found Avid's Video Engine eating up my processor. Don't need that so I disabled it (Setup >> Playback Engine) and now all seems happy.
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I recently upgraded to Catalina 10.15.6. Call me a risk taker! I have a subscription version of PT 2020.5. No DSP/CPU problems seem to be apparent but I receive a message on boot up of PT that some video protocols are not compatible esp. Quicktime. As I am not doing any post production work atm. I am content to wait till Avid performs their predictable catch-up trick. "Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat" routine. As for the rest, Pro Tools is working very consistently.
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