No more kernel panics with macOS Tahoe 26 (so far)

It seems that macOS Tahoe 26 has solved the kernel panic problems many users had with NI software. I’ve been using Reaktor on my M4 Pro MacBook Pro with macOS 26.0 daily for over a week now, and I haven’t had a crash yet.

The same setup inevitably crashed macOS 15 after a few hours. I’m growing cautiously optimistic that Reaktor is usable again on newer Apple machines.

Can anyone confirm?

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Vocalpoint

A lot of Mac folks out there are probably considering this first…

macOS 26 Tahoe Compatibility Statement – Native Instruments

nanotable

I‘m aware. But, you know, if you’re getting kernel panics I’d say it’s worth a shot.

Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/242442#Comment_242442

At the expense of getting no support at all (if needed)?

Not to mention that pretty much the rest of the audio industry doesn't yet support it either? Not sure that is a good trade off.

Also not everyone is getting kernel panics either. But you gotta do what you gotta do :)

Kymeia

Might be better to try Sequoia 15.7 first - just out. If they can fix it in Tahoe it's possible the fix has also been added to Sequoia updates now?

nanotable

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/242465#Comment_242465

Certainly worth a try. Although I think it’s unlikely it’ll work, based on what NI told us and how Apple usually operates.

But it’s looking increasingly good now. I’ve been playing with Reaktor the whole day without issues. It’s all fine, including tons of other plugins (VST3, M4L).

Maciej Repetowski

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/242439#Comment_242439

Exactly. I would wait at least a few months (even if NI software seems to work), at least until 26.1 is released - it should fix most of the bugs and there are many of those already discovered (26.1 is presently in Beta).

nanotable

Update: I’ve spent the weekend using Reaktor (Blocks) quite extensively, and yeah, that bug is fixed. No more kernel panics. Yay!

The only small glitch I’ve noticed is that the GUI gets a bit laggy after a while. Or after loading tons of Blocks (from Toybox in my case), I’m not sure. Anyway, the performance is excellent overall, it’s possible to build ridiculous polyphonic stereo Racks now, which is lots of fun.

Now I’m really looking forward to these upcoming new Reaktor based synths NI has hinted at! 😃

And to clarify: this thread is mostly meant to publicly document that a particularly nasty bug has been solved by Apple, and to encourage discussion and more testing, not to extinguish it.

Just for the record, the upgrade went fine for me, as usual. I’ve been using Live 12 beta with tons of VST3 and M4L plugins, no problems so far.

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