Welcome back, one year on since the introduction of Apple’s Sierra OS to the release of OS 10.13 High Sierra. And we’re asking the same questions as last year, albeit with a little more info from music software developers.
As always, just because there’s a brand new, shiny OS available doesn’t mean you have to rush into updating it, especially if you’re mid project or have some software you suspect won’t be compatible yet.
I’m going to repeat this section of last year’s post on Sierra here as it is still applicable in 2017 as a general rule for computer-based musicians and producers: when a new OS comes out...
Here’s a list of some of the major DAWs and music software / plugin companies and their High Sierra compatibility status as of beginning of 25 september 2017. Please check directly on the developer's site to confirm the status of your software / hardware compatibility!
We also recommend a safe macOS update strategy using Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner so you can more easily roll back to your previous OS if needs be.
As always, just because there’s a brand new, shiny OS available doesn’t mean you have to rush into updating it, especially if you’re mid project or have some software you suspect won’t be compatible yet.
I’m going to repeat this section of last year’s post on Sierra here as it is still applicable in 2017 as a general rule for computer-based musicians and producers: when a new OS comes out...
- Don't upgrade if you're mid-project / album
- Don't upgrade until someone else has tested the software, hardware and plugins you rely on with the new OS
- Don't upgrade on your studio or live machine
- Backup your Mac/PC before upgrading
- Keep extra copies of your important projects, settings, files in the cloud or a separate hard drive.
Here’s a list of some of the major DAWs and music software / plugin companies and their High Sierra compatibility status as of beginning of 25 september 2017. Please check directly on the developer's site to confirm the status of your software / hardware compatibility!
macOS 10.13 Fully Compatible
- AKAI Pro: All hardware and software is compatible with macOS 10.13
- Alesis: Almost everything is good to go. Full list here.
- Apogee: good to go
- Focusrite: Good to go
- FXpansion: Good to go
- Line6: Good to go
- M-Audio: Good to go
- Nektar: good to go
- Novation: good to go
- Numark: good to go
- PreSonus: good to go, BUT there are some warnings here.
- Propellerhead: Reason 9.5.2 and above work, but older versions do not.
- RME: good to go
- Rob Papen: good to go
- Toontrack: good to go
macOS 10.13 Compatibility Coming Soon / Waiting for Confirmation
- Ableton: macOS 10.13 High Sierra compatibility coming soon…
- Arturia: statement coming soon
- Audient: statement coming soon
- Celemony: statement coming soon
- iZotope: statement coming soon
- Korg: statement coming soon
- Native Instruments
- Soundtoys
- Spectrasonics
- Steinberg
- UVI
DO NOT Upgrade to macOS 10.13 / no confirmation from these companies yet…
- Antares
- Antelope: no official news yet
- Avid: As always with Pro Tools, hold back until you get the official statement.
- EastWest: Not known
- IK Multimedia
- MOTU
- PioneerDJ
- Plugin Alliance
- Roland
- Seraro: Serato DJ does NOT support macOS 10.13 yet
- Slate Digital
- Softube
- Solid State Logic
- Universal Audio
- Waves Audio
- Zoom
We also recommend a safe macOS update strategy using Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner so you can more easily roll back to your previous OS if needs be.
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