Recently Avid chose to email their users to advise them not to upgrade to iOS 13 if they were using the Pro Tools Control App. Now Avid has emailed their users again, this time to advise us not to upgrade to macOS Catalina if we use Pro Tools, Media Composer or Sibelius. We have the full statement.

Here is the text of the email in full…

“Hello,

In October, Apple will release a new operating system, macOS 10.15 Catalina.

To ensure your Avid creative products work the way they should, we recommend waiting to update until we have confirmed compatibility. We’re working closely with Apple to ensure our software is compatible with macOS 10.15. In the meantime check here for more information regarding your Avid products and support for macOS Catalina.

Thank you,

The Avid Team”

The Avid Knowledge Base entitled macOS 10.15 (Catalina) support for Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibelius, EUCON, and Avid NEXIS Last Updated on September 20th, 2019 says…

“Products Affected : Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibelius, Avid NEXIS, Media Composer First, Media Composer Ultimate, Pro Tools Ultimate, Sibelius First, Sibelius Ultimate, Media Composer Enterprise

Pro Tools, Media Composer, and Sibelius software products are not currently supported under macOS 10.15 Catalina.

We are working closely with Apple in order to support macOS 10.15 Catalina after it has officially been released. Please check this page or your product's specifications page regularly to obtain information on the current operating system requirements. In the meantime, we recommend you continue to use macOS Mojave and earlier until further notice.”

For Pro Tools Control App users Avid’s advice said…

“Dear Pro Tools | Control User,

As you may already know, Apple is planning on releasing their iOS 13 software update next week. We want to advise you that we have seen issues with Avid Pro Tools | Control running on iOS 13 and advise you to not update for now. We will update you as soon as we know more.

Please visit the Pro Tools | Technical Alerts and Updates Knowledge Base article for the latest info about Pro Tools and Avid control surfaces.

Thank you for your continued support.

–The Avid Control Surfaces Team”

More Than 30 Other Brands Also Advising Users Not To Upgrade to macOS Catalina

If you want to know what over 30 other brands have said about macOS Catalina support and not to upgrade to macOS 10.15 then read our article entitled macOS Catalina - UPDATED - More Brands Are Issuing Warnings About Not Upgrading