Is native instrument compatible with latest macOS Sonoma?

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  • Oliver Busse
    Oliver Busse Member Posts: 13 Member

    @Chong

    It seems this is only affecting Apple Silicon machines, I am just running updates on a macOS14 Intel MBP - so far so good. At least not the issues I had on my other machine with a download queue not displayed and stalled/stuck.

  • Oliver Busse
    Oliver Busse Member Posts: 13 Member

    @Monochrome

    Maybe, but the experience is different. It may not be officially supported, but it works.

  • D-One
    D-One Moderator Posts: 3,591 mod
    edited October 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/103002#Comment_103002

    I think it's tricker than just Apple Silicon VS intel, I got an intel mac and Native Access is broken, everything else worts fine tho.

    I haven't updated my M1 OS yet as I use it for live performance and theres no way I would ever update it early, probably in 6 months or so... This should be common sense for any MacOS user.

  • Chong
    Chong Member Posts: 72 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/103004#Comment_103004

    Not sure about others but I use my Mac not just for NI stuff...it's basically everything else too so that means sometimes I will have to update especially when it comes to fixing security holes.

  • Max Marlo
    Max Marlo Member Posts: 6 Member

    I tried updating to Sonoma, but I couldn't even have three instances of Kontakt opened and playing before I got prompted with "System overload" so my advise is stay on Ventura till it's fixed. I reverted back to Ventura, now all works fine.

  • D-One
    D-One Moderator Posts: 3,591 mod
    edited October 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/103024#Comment_103024

    Same.

    Older MacOS versions also get security updates tho, especially the immediate previous release (Ventura), so if theres no security patches for Ventura it's because theres no known security holes. Apple doesn't just abandon security for a 1 year old OS, that would be crazy.

    I mean they just released a security update for Monterey https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213932

  • Calagan
    Calagan Member Posts: 187 Advisor
    edited November 2023

    No more feedback about NI plugins compatibility with Sonoma ?

    After my macbook was bricked because of an OS update (from 12.7 to 12.7.1 : thanks again Apple for making my life harder), I was obliged to update to Sonoma to recover my data.

    So far, everything is working fine but I sometimes have issues with what seems to be Kontakt 6 (I didn't test rigorously so I'm not sure it's the culprit - it could be Reaktor, but I'm less sure about that).

    What I'm sure about is I don't have any issues in mixing sessions with plenty of non-NI plugins, but in one particular session where I've got almost only Kontakt instances and some Reaktor ones, I've got some CPU spikes in Ableton Live where I shouldn't have any. My Live CPU meter is only around 30% and I've got only half a dozen tracks playing at the same time, so in theory it's pretty nothing for my M1 pro.

    Any feedback from someone else in the same situation...

  • dbrdt
    dbrdt Member Posts: 2 Member

    Most issues revolve around Native Access 2 not installing updates. This is a NEW app! Is it any more than merely downloading files into specific locations? How difficult can this be?

    I could perhaps understand some packages not working as planned under the now not so new OS but surely it's relatively simple to get the files in the right place in order to find out!

    Last update on compatibility is Nov 15th - 2 weeks ago and the list, mainly Traktor stuff, hasn't changed for weeks.

    Im sooo pissed now: I ve got a 2010 MacBook that has to use an old version of Native Access that has downloaded updates that aren't compatible with OSX 10.4 and so many sounds/intruments won't play as they require newer versions of Kontakt etc and a brand new MBP that can't install anything using the latest version of Native Access and OSX 14 - so I have a ton of software and two controllers I can't use fully at all! 8-(

  • mykejb
    mykejb Moderator Posts: 1,867 mod

    Have you gone through the steps of giving Full Disk permissions to the Native access and the other apps that require it? I had problems before doing that.

    Also, as a long shot - are you installing by downloading everything or trying to install from a Kontakt hard drive? I found if I try to use a hard drive it fails but downloading worked ok. This is on an Intel Mac rather than an M series so that might be totally different of course.

    -- Mike

  • Oliver Busse
    Oliver Busse Member Posts: 13 Member

    Just got back here to follow up. I am running Sonoma on an Intel MBP and just downloaded the free plugin "Glaze" or whatever it's called today with Native Access - no problems.

    Sonoma on my M1 Pro - Native Access just tells me "download failed". At least it tells me this with the latest version instead of just doing nothing.

    @NativeInstruments just let me download and install that bloody stuff and let me fail with using it - but this absolutely makes no sense to block me completely when using a current Mac.

    I got disappointed with NI hardware during the past years but now it seems they also do with the software. Bummer.

  • Chong
    Chong Member Posts: 72 Member

    I'm still waiting for NI to fully support Sonoma. It would be nice if they have a rough timeline.

  • pet
    pet Member Posts: 30 Member
    how many years, will it take for native instruments to be fully compatible with a new OS version :)
    i can wait. just curious. still on ventura
    thanks!
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