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OSX Sierra (MAC OS Sierra)

Sierra has been in beta for months and now in RC status. Does anyone (hopefully Pioneer) have experience with it working with Rekordbox?

Official roll out is a week away and just wanted to check in to see if it's will be good. Also a good warning for those buying new macs soon as they will come pre-installed with Sierra.

 

Thanks

 

DJ Chase

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Great question is one that's definitely asked annually with each Apple release.

As with any major OS release, whether it be Windows or Mac, best practice is to avoid updating for 3 months (minimum) to avoid any potential pitfalls, be it drive recognition issues or compatibility problems.

While it may be RC labeled, it still has yet to be have gone "gold." In other words, there could still be source code changes to fix defects, changes to data files, etc., all which could create potential problems for DJ's and producers alike.

While new Macs will certainly come pre-loaded, the 2k16 MBP's won't be dropping for a bit longer–hopefully all OS related issues will be squashed by that time.

If you do insist on tempting fate, definitely perform a full Time Machine backup prior to doing so in case you encounter any problems. Personally, I perform a Time Machine backup and fresh install when updating my OS. That's just me. :-)

While I don't work for Pioneer, I would assume they've been testing Sierra, but may want until the RTM/gold release to address any significant problems since Beta/RC can still experience changes. @Pulse or @Mark may have a bit more insight.

Cheers.

lostnthesound 1 vote
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Yes 100% agreed

I have time machine backing up hourly daily weekly and monthly. My DJ macbook is still stuck on Mavericks for fear it may affect my all important DJ tools. But I am very interested in Sierra will check it out on the non DJ macbook (which has a backup of RB on it) before moving my main rig to RB.

DJ Chase 1 vote
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I am hoping the disaster that was El Cap has been ironed out and Sierra moves along nicely when it comes to audio hardware support.

Thankfully until the next MacBook Pro refresh hits this year (if not early 2017), all of the laptops can run Yosemite which has been solid once I made the leap on my mid 2012.

Mike Roehr 0 votes
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