
With that said, Rosetta 2 is a bloody miracle, you can run most Intel-based apps and not realise you are running an UNSUPPORTED app 99% of the time. What this all means is that unless you plan to run something like Logic Pro using just factory plugins and a few early adopters such as Blue Cat Audio and FabFilter then for pro work the M1 Macs aren't ready for showtime. In summary, if you rely on apps that need to make system changes you might find yourself shouting at an M1 Mac.Īs outlined in my earlier summary, my Apogee Ensemble remains unsupported.
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This is acknowledged by the Apple OS and tells me how to deal with it, however after carefully following the Apple instructions, I'm still unable to make it work. I've also had the same issue trying to run the supported app Audio Hijack, which again needs to make some system changes. In previous versions of Mac you can often find workarounds and brute force the system, but in this case it wasn't possible. In one case it was for the DisplayLink software that is necessary to add additional monitors to the system now Apple has dropped support for more than one Extended Display.
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Security on the new machines is locked down tighter than a supermax prison, so there have been a couple of occasions when I've been unable to install software that makes system changes that Apple doesn't like.

Of course I would like more ports but with my set-up two ports has been enough. It's only got two Thunderbolt ports, but as I have a CalDigit dock and a well thought out connection workflow, I only need two to run my studio. So with that said, what would I change about the new Apple MacBook Pro? Not a lot, to be honest. If you read anywhere we've made claims of the M1 being supported they are wrong. Any tests done have been to show the performance of UNSUPPORTED (yes, block caps again for the hard of thinking) DAWs using Rosetta 2, to indicate how UNSUPPORTED apps should function when running as native apps when SUPPORTED. Most software at this time is unusupported, as has been made clear in the articles written.

I'm sure many looking at the new Silicon powered Apple Macs think it's an attractive proposition, but when they honeymoon is over am I still in love with this machine? A Warningīefore I share my findings, I need to make it as CLEAR AS I CAN (block caps for shouting!) that at no point since the launch of the new Apple Macs, have we claimed compatibility with DAWs like Pro Tools, Studio One and other Intel based apps.

It is said that the most attractive thing is something you can't have. This space of time allows us to continue to use it every day, and the big question is, do we still think it's as good as when we first started using it? Russ Hughes tells of his month with a new Mac and his verdict. We've had the Apple MacBook Pro M1 for about a month now.
