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Superior Drummer not compatible with Mac/garageband

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  • Replied August 23, 2020 at 21:42 #2614274
    Unclebass
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    I had the same problem with a 2017 iMac. 2 machines later…It was a font management problem and I had mixed OWC ram (the correct, compatible specs) with Apple ram. The apple store rebuilt the machine with all apple ram and all is well. If you replace apple tam with 3rd party make sure it is all the same company. Hope this helps

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    Replied August 23, 2020 at 22:41 #2614287
    NSC217
    Participant

    I don’t understand anything you said lol. The computers were built brand new by apple and sent to me in the mail…

    Replied August 23, 2020 at 22:45 #2614288
    NSC217
    Participant

    I didn’t add 3rd party ram to the computer

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 00:52 #2614315
    mickg
    Participant

    All I can say is I’ve upgraded my 2017 MacBook Pro to Catalina and I’ve had nothing but problems. Nothing works as it should. ProTools is a complete mess. I restart my computer every half hour because it is always telling me I’ve run out of ram. I can watch my internal ssd fill up with who knows what. I’ve dump 20 gigs of stuff from my internal drive, emptied the trash and somehow only picked up 2 gigs of space. My guess is your problems have to do with Catalina. I’ve owns almost every Mac made an have never had the problems I’ve had this this terrible update.


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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    Replied August 24, 2020 at 00:57 #2614317
    NSC217
    Participant

    Is it possible to downgrade OS?

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 06:51 #2614371
    Brad
    Participant

    I don’t use GB but I have it installed on one of my Catalina machines. SD3 seems to be functioning. There was a prompt to lower security settings, which seems to have something to do with third party plugins.

    In the past Apple has not let you downgrade to an OS earlier than the one your hardware was delivered with, at least not easily. Possibly it’s been done, but I haven’t tried it.

    What kind of problems are you having with GB on Catalina and I will see if I can recreate it.


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 07:07 #2614374
    NSC217
    Participant

    The computers froze and had to be factory reset. They showed the memory being full and I had to erase everything. However, the computers came with 1TB of memory

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 08:42 #2614385
    Brad
    Participant

    And SD3 is running fine stand-alone.
    Do you have any other third party virtual instruments and have you tried them with GB?

    At which point does it freeze. What do you mean by factory reset, did you install the recovery partition?


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 08:45 #2614386
    NSC217
    Participant

    It runs fine but sometimes GB says won’t save and I have to restart the computer and reopen GB to get it to save.

    After I restart it or put it on sleep mode it won’t turn back on and I need to erase the Hard Drive and do a factory reset

    Replied August 24, 2020 at 08:59 #2614388
    Brad
    Participant

    Did you buy the iMac from an Apple authorized dealer? If so, you can usually schedule some time with CustomerCare to go over the features of your new system. This sounds like something other than a superior drummer problem. You’re right the odds of getting 2 defective machines is astronomical. I have been using iMacs and MacBooks since 2005 and have never sent one back.

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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