Americana EZX on MacOS 10.4.11?

[seasack]

Hi!

EZDrummer 1.3.1 seems to be running smoothly on my re-discovered Macbook1,1 with MacOS 10.4.11.

But Americana won’t install as it tells me it needs MacOS 10.5 or higher.

Is there any workaround? I thought that EZX where mostly samples…

Any hints appreciated!

Thanks from a new user!

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[Scott]

AFAIK the EZX installers need OS 10.5 to run. I don’t think there is a workaround for that.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jym Feat]

yes, there is: running X.5.8, I’ve installed everything on an external disk, and now EZdrummer will happily use that when booted from my MacBook running X.4.11

[Rogue]

sure you can bypass installer routines with such tricks, but it remains that Americana is unsupported under 10.4.x, as it is build both for EZdrummer and a version of Superior that will give you grief in that environment.

… it is unlikely you will also be able to install or run future updates too – so you have to ask yourself if you really want to do that and ignore the product specifications, which are there for a reason 😉

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
Configuration Manager

[Jym Feat]

yet it’s what is written on the back of my Americana box: system requirements, OS X 10.4; probably a mistake…

[Scott]

If you want to install the original boxed version on a Mac running 10.4 it will work as stated on the tin. If, on the other hand, you want to install the latest download version, 10.5 is required to install, also as stated on the tin (website).

Time marches forward, software installers printed to discs do not.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jym Feat]

that’s weird: my account page still doesn’t signal any update of the Americana drum set…

yet if the download version is actually different, it would be nice to read the list of changes and improvements: are there any release notes?

[Scott]

The full download version is different from the original boxed version insomuch as the installer works in the latest OS versions. That is why the system requirements have changed and are listed under the system requirements on the website. Sound-wise, there is no change.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jym Feat]

ah, thank you so much!

[Author]

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