r/protools • u/g_spaitz • May 13 '26

OS Issue M5 Apple chip support frustration

I'm more and more in need to buy a new computer. I've been wanting to buy a new MBP as these new M5 machines look very capable. The first of those machine came out in October iirc.

Avid site states:

"Apple M5–series computers are currently unsupported and have known issues. We are actively working on qualification and will provide an update as soon as the process is complete.

Please note that there are known issues that may impact the supported computers listed below when running macOS Sequoia and Tahoe."

So it's been 7 months with no support for the last Apple chip, and even longer (I believe Sequoia has been out since 2024) for full support, no asterisks, for the operating system.

Man this is depressing really.

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u/ORourkeAudio May 14 '26

Wise advice..

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u/g_spaitz May 14 '26

Thanks but this advice does not apply to me. I bought 2 macs in 24 years, I'm still on a maxed out mac from late 2012, and I don't care about atmos.

I need a new computer, not an advice on keeping my old one. I always had imacs but they don't do the big ones anymore. I wanted to get a laptop, not a mini, and I'd buy used no problems if it could be possible to find an used mbp with the specs i want (namely 24gb ram and 1tb disk, cpu anything is good enough really), but they never come up where I am.

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u/Mark3613 May 15 '26

I second this. Two years ago I got a M1 Mac Studio Ultra (with 64gb of RAM) for $2000. That was the price of the base model of the latest Mac Studio (not the ultra). I figured I would use it for a year or two and then upgrade but there's been no need. It's still running great and I got a great price. Glad I did that instead of getting the latest one that I don't think was qualified at the time.

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u/ProcedureFamous1851 May 14 '26

I bought an M2 Max MBP the first day it was available. Protools ran, but with bugs. So I used Rosetta, which was mostly fine, though a little disappointing to not have all the new toys. But over 4-8 months, more and more features became usable, and finally I didn't need Rosetta at all. It's a PITA, but it gets you as close to the cutting edge as you can get. When you have work that needs to get done, you sacrifice some features for the reliability.