About to return the following Mini to Apple on the 14th day (Tuesday.) Read all about the T2/USB2 glitch after the purchase, but "luckily" Apple released 10.14.4 last week, which I installed, not because of the T2 issue (I hadn't gotten that far) - please read on. FYI, my USB interface is the MOTU Ultralite Mk4.
The Mini: 2018, 6-core32GB/512GB, 3.2Ghz 6xCore i7 - Ableton Live 10.0.6 Suite, fresh install (twice, after a manual uninstall/cleanup suggested by Ableton.)
The intention was to run this Mini live on stage (to upgrade from a MBP 2015). The plan was to demote the MBP (I own a couple) to be a Screen Share client, to avoid the "clumsy" of portable LCD/keyboard/trackpad - GB Ethernet back-to-back - the simplest "network" on the planet.
The issue - WITHOUT a "Dummy Plug" (HDMI Emulator) Live 10 will NOT display ANY content - only the top menu and BLANK window(s) appear - 100% unusable. WITH a Dummy Plug, Live 10 will run and appear normal, but in short order (minutes) bogs down not just itself, but the whole Mini. I've tried two different HDMI Emulators, and a number of different resolutions - so, also 100% unusable.
NOT off to a promising start.
All other applications (e.g., all the pre-installed apps, including Garage Band), and MAX 8 (the only other app I've installed/licensed on this Mini) have NO display or performance issue running WITHOUT or WITH the Dummy Plug - only Live 10.
I think this is pretty clearly a Live 10 problem, however it was during an Ableton Team Viewer session late last week that the "fix" was to "connect a monitor" with no acknowledgement of the population of "stage" users who would need Screen Sharing to work. Ableton did not even mention the Dummy Plug; I had to research that on my own.
Posting this in the hopes that someone is ahead of me in this learning curve and will provide a usable suggestion for Live 10/Mac Mini on stage setup, or a fix for this issue.
I plan to call both Ableton and Apple tomorrow - I will not keep a 2K+ Mini and the Live 10 upgrade, and then wait around "in case" one/both of the Firms decide to acknowledge and fix this problem.
MANY THANKS to anyone to may have some ideas or even questions.
Live 10.0.6 Mac Mini 2018 10.14.4 Screen Sharing = Freezes MacOS
Re: Live 10.0.6 Mac Mini 2018 10.14.4 Screen Sharing = Freezes MacOS
Same problem, would love to know the outcome!
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Re: Live 10.0.6 Mac Mini 2018 10.14.4 Screen Sharing = Freezes MacOS
Any fix here? Same problem for me. And it´s kinda urgent.. reinstalling ableton for each use has worked uintill now. I chose ableton cause i want stability in my live gigs so this kinda sucks big time.
edit: ive called ableton 10 times but ends up in waiting line for 30 mins then i get: there is no available agent
i´ve also sent a mail but no luck so far.
edit: ive called ableton 10 times but ends up in waiting line for 30 mins then i get: there is no available agent
i´ve also sent a mail but no luck so far.
Re: Live 10.0.6 Mac Mini 2018 10.14.4 Screen Sharing = Freezes MacOS
The best thing to do is to contact support@ableton.com
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