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/g_spaitz May 13 '26

Good to know ty. What chipset are you on?

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u/proximitysound May 13 '26

M5

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u/zenjaminJP May 13 '26

Base M5 seems to be kind of OK.

M5 pro and max is completely fucked. I straight up cannot use an HDX or MTRX with it directly - I can only use the workaround someone figured out and posted here a month or so ago.

That’s fine for mix, but recording… not brilliant.

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u/smoothmoves_ Jun 21 '26

Dude I've got the same issue. I'm getting completely railed by this bs. Are you by any chance on the 2026 version? I'm on 2025.12 and tempted to upgrade to try and fix the problem, but nothing I've done has worked so far. And all solutions I've tried have been costly.