Hey Guys,
Just wondering if I do a clean install of Leopard will the latest version of Live 6 work? Whats the deal where should I look to find out this information?
Cheers.
Ableton Live Apple Leopard
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neonskimmer
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good luck with that..
haven't tried a clean install, but i can attest that i'm not having much luck with leopard after upgrading from tiger..
just won't load. i doubt it's the plugins, i don't think it's even getting to that part of the code
just won't load. i doubt it's the plugins, i don't think it's even getting to that part of the code
Re: Ableton Live Apple Leopard
electrolee wrote:Hey Guys,
Just wondering if I do a clean install of Leopard will the latest version of Live 6 work? Whats the deal where should I look to find out this information?
Cheers.
version 6 is working fine here.
i did the upgrade from tiger to leopard.
i can only run live as a rewire slave to digital performer.
if i launch live6 by itself it doesn't want to load.
i use projectmix i/o for a control surface and i'm hearing that
m-audio products drivers do not support leopard.
i'm dead in the water.
if i launch live6 by itself it doesn't want to load.
i use projectmix i/o for a control surface and i'm hearing that
m-audio products drivers do not support leopard.
i'm dead in the water.
when the aliens finally come to conquer the earth,let us hope that their weapons of choice are fender telecasters and macintels...
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jeffrydada
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Works fine!
I did a clean install on my MBP and both Live 6 and 7beta work fine. Also both my M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 and Axiom 25 work without any issues.
Blessing
j
Blessing
j
I tried an upgrade on 2 machines, and leopard totally screwed up both of them... the text in almost all context menus was stuff like "A-3452", "N-2231", instead of actual text. I ended up just doing clean formats, and restoring my files by hand. Leopard runs quite smoothly, though, and I've only found one app that doesn't support leopard yet (keepassX).
BTW, here's how to make a full disk image backup of your mac before installing leopard, so you can easily revert to tiger if you want to. You need 2 macs, a firewire cable, and enough hard drive space to store the backup image somewhere. Here's what you do:
1. Connect the two macs with a firewire cable. Make sure any laptops are attached to external power.
2. Boot up the target mac (the one you want to install leopard on) in firewire target disk mode. This can be done either by pressing 't' while booting up, or from the system preferences under "startup disk".
3. The target mac should now show up as a firewire disk under the backup mac. You should be able to open up the drive and see your files on it.
4. Open up disk utility on the backup mac. Select the partition (not disk!) of the target mac. The partition should be directly under the disk, indented a bit, and you'll see the name of your hard drive there.
5. Go to the menu, select New -> "Disk Image from diskXsY (blah)...", where X & Y are the disk number and slice (which will vary from machine to machine), and "blah" is what you named your hard drive.
6. Select the destination to where the image will be stored. Disk utility will compress the dmg by default, but you should still have as much free space on the backup drive to hold the amount of disk space used by the target mac.
7. Brew up some coffee, this part takes awhile..
8. When the backup finishes, eject the target mac's drive from the backup mac, and simply turn off the target mac.
When you are finished, you should have one giant dmg file, named diskXsY.dmg on the backup mac. You can mount it and browse the files on it if you choose. Now you can install leopard on the target mac by doing a clean install, which will wipe the whole drive.
The big advantage of doing a dmg backup like this is twofold... first, you can simply mount the dmg on the target mac after it's done installing, and copy over any files you want. Also, if you choose, you can revert to your exact tiger installation if you decide that leopard sucks. The proceedure for a full restore from dmg is as such:
1. Connect the two macs with a firewire cable, boot the target mac up in target disk mode again.
2. Open disk utility on the backup mac.
3. Select the disk (not partition!) of the target mac. Go to the "Erase" tab, and reformat the drive as HFS+ (listed as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)").
4. Mount the dmg you made of the backup mac by double clicking it. It should show up in the drive list in disk utility.
5. Go to the partition (not disk!) of the backup mac, click on the "Restore" tab. Drag the mounted DMG disk to the "Source" line, and the target mac's partition into the destination line. Do not click "erase destination". (Well, you can, but sometimes disk utility will crap out with an error when it tries to erase and restore at the same time, which is why I advise doing the erase separately).
6. Click "Restore", and brew up a pot of coffee... this part usually takes much longer than the backup proceedure.
7. When the restore is finished, eject the target mac and turn it off. When you boot it up again, your friendly old tiger install will be there, just the way you left it.
BTW, here's how to make a full disk image backup of your mac before installing leopard, so you can easily revert to tiger if you want to. You need 2 macs, a firewire cable, and enough hard drive space to store the backup image somewhere. Here's what you do:
1. Connect the two macs with a firewire cable. Make sure any laptops are attached to external power.
2. Boot up the target mac (the one you want to install leopard on) in firewire target disk mode. This can be done either by pressing 't' while booting up, or from the system preferences under "startup disk".
3. The target mac should now show up as a firewire disk under the backup mac. You should be able to open up the drive and see your files on it.
4. Open up disk utility on the backup mac. Select the partition (not disk!) of the target mac. The partition should be directly under the disk, indented a bit, and you'll see the name of your hard drive there.
5. Go to the menu, select New -> "Disk Image from diskXsY (blah)...", where X & Y are the disk number and slice (which will vary from machine to machine), and "blah" is what you named your hard drive.
6. Select the destination to where the image will be stored. Disk utility will compress the dmg by default, but you should still have as much free space on the backup drive to hold the amount of disk space used by the target mac.
7. Brew up some coffee, this part takes awhile..
8. When the backup finishes, eject the target mac's drive from the backup mac, and simply turn off the target mac.
When you are finished, you should have one giant dmg file, named diskXsY.dmg on the backup mac. You can mount it and browse the files on it if you choose. Now you can install leopard on the target mac by doing a clean install, which will wipe the whole drive.
The big advantage of doing a dmg backup like this is twofold... first, you can simply mount the dmg on the target mac after it's done installing, and copy over any files you want. Also, if you choose, you can revert to your exact tiger installation if you decide that leopard sucks. The proceedure for a full restore from dmg is as such:
1. Connect the two macs with a firewire cable, boot the target mac up in target disk mode again.
2. Open disk utility on the backup mac.
3. Select the disk (not partition!) of the target mac. Go to the "Erase" tab, and reformat the drive as HFS+ (listed as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)").
4. Mount the dmg you made of the backup mac by double clicking it. It should show up in the drive list in disk utility.
5. Go to the partition (not disk!) of the backup mac, click on the "Restore" tab. Drag the mounted DMG disk to the "Source" line, and the target mac's partition into the destination line. Do not click "erase destination". (Well, you can, but sometimes disk utility will crap out with an error when it tries to erase and restore at the same time, which is why I advise doing the erase separately).
6. Click "Restore", and brew up a pot of coffee... this part usually takes much longer than the backup proceedure.
7. When the restore is finished, eject the target mac and turn it off. When you boot it up again, your friendly old tiger install will be there, just the way you left it.
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silicon1138
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Live 6 and 7 are working fine for me after one failed install on the G5 (caused by having application enhancer installed i gather). A further archive and install sorted it out.
A few issues i've had are:
NI Massive crashes Live 6 and 7 on my G5, works on macbook.
Cakewalk Dimension Pro crashes live 6 and 7 on G5 and macbook.
Cakewalk Rapture - can't use it's patch browser, have to manually click load and get patches from the finder. That's the same in 6 and 7 , macbook and G5.
My Korg audio units dont load in Live 7 on the G5, not checked live 6 on macbook yet.
A few issues i've had are:
NI Massive crashes Live 6 and 7 on my G5, works on macbook.
Cakewalk Dimension Pro crashes live 6 and 7 on G5 and macbook.
Cakewalk Rapture - can't use it's patch browser, have to manually click load and get patches from the finder. That's the same in 6 and 7 , macbook and G5.
My Korg audio units dont load in Live 7 on the G5, not checked live 6 on macbook yet.
Carl Finlow aka - Random Factor / Voice Stealer / Silicon Scally / Il.Ek.Tro / Scarletron...
OSX 10.13, Quad Core Mac Mini, Live 10 Suite.
OSX 10.13, Quad Core Mac Mini, Live 10 Suite.
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electrolee
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scriptdango wrote:a lot of major software companies are warning people not to upgrade their professional systems yet because of compatibility issues.
native instruments says DO NOT upgrade yet. there is a few problems with them.
as bad as i want the new os, i am waiting a whiile
i really want leopard. i've gone to the apple store a couple of times just to see what its all about and play with it. spaces, quick look, and boot camp look amazing
. all those features are nice and all, but time machine is really why i'm getting it.Macbook 2ghz c2d, 2gb ram, osx 10.5.5, live 8.0.8, fw-1884, ms20, x-session, 2xLP