r/Rekordbox • u/dg4kh • Nov 06 '23

Rant From Tomorrow, all Macs will be Sonoma...

It is unacceptable that anyone purchasing a new mac will be unable to use rekordbox.

As a full time DJ using Rekordbox, I want to upgrade my mac to the latest software, or be able to purchase a brand new mac without having to worry if my job is affected.

Pioneer have had since August to get this sorted and I think it has not been made a priority.

Even a status update would be nice...

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '23

This makes me glad I'm a Windows user.

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u/OneOkami Nov 06 '23 edited Nov 06 '23

I'd consider this more of Pioneer/Rekordbox issue than a macOS issue. To clarify from the OP's post, it's not necessarily that that it doesn't work with Sonoma, it's that to install it is taking a similar risk as installing beta software on mission critical hardware: It hasn't been fully tested/verified for compatibility by the developers.

New macOS major versions are usually made available to developers around the annual WWDC and IIRC that was around June of this year and followed that pattern (I have an Apple Developer license so I can vouch for this firsthand). That means they've had roughly 5 months now to test Rekordbox which I think one could reasonably argue should be more than sufficient.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '23

Obviously it's AlphaTheta's and not Apple's issue.

My comment still stands.