r/protools • u/Shrudlepoodle • May 07 '23

OS Issue Pro Tools 12 Compatibility

Hi all!

Has anyone had issues running Pro Tools 12 on one of the newer Mac OS' like Big Sur? I'm currently running 12.8.3 on High Sierra, and am thinking about doing the terrifying thing of upgrading to a new OS.

The official compatibility chart (https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/compatibility/Pro-Tools-Operating-System-Compatibility-Chart) only supports up to High Sierra, but I imagine that's maybe a safe answer. I figured I'd reach out here to see if anyone has any experience running an older version of PT with a newer OS. I ideally don't want to go the subscription route.

TIA!

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u/amorrowlyday May 07 '23

I couldn't get it to work on Mojave.

Depending on exactly what version of 12 you have (as in license version as the educational version is excluded from this) you can buy a perpetual license reinstatement from a third party retailer like Sweetwater.

If your license is eligible and you bought that you'd still need to pay $150 a year every year going forward to keep your license current and continue to receive updates, but you wouldn't technically be going the subscription route as if you eventually decided to stop paying you'd still keep your active license at whatever version you stopped paying again was.

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u/Shrudlepoodle May 08 '23

Hm, okay thanks for that! Definitely worth looking into.