With the introduction of the first Apple Silicon M1 Macs, Apple has started a 2-year program to move away from Intel-based x86/x64 CPU solutions. PreSonus has announced that all currently supported hardware now works natively with Apple M1 powered Macs. PreSonus has also announced that Studio One 5.2 is compatible with M1 Macs running Rosetta. We have all the details…

PreSonus Support for Apple M1 Macs is now available. 

Studio One 5 - Starting with Big Sur macOS 11, Apple introduced Rosetta v2, which allows applications to run in an emulated mode. Although initial tests undertaken by PreSonus revealed performance problems when using their software with Rosetta v2 (emulation mode). Presonus has resolved then and has announced that the Studio One 5.2 is now compatible with M1 Macs running Rosetta 2.

Native M1 support for Studio one support is not yet in place but PreSonus reassure us that you can use Studio One with the latest release on M1 series Macs via Rossetta 2. 

Quantum Series Thunderbolt products - These require a custom device driver, which PreSonus provide via Universal Control. PreSonus has now announced the Universal Control 3.4.2 now provides Native support for all Apple M1 Macs.

Not sure how to install the software drivers needed for your PreSonus Quantum interface then check out this video from the team at Presonus…

Atom And Atom SQ Products - PreSonus has released firmware update v1.15 for the Atom SQ that supports macOS 11.2 with the release of Universal Control 3.4.2. 

If you're having issues with MIDI and Big Sur with Atom / Atom SQ then check out this PreSonus Knowledgebase Article

All other PreSonus USB audio and controller products - These are supported with Universal Control 3.4.2 with Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 11 (Big Sur). This includes…

• AudioBox iOne / AudioBox iTwo

• AudioBox USB 96 / AudioBox USB / AudioBox USB 96 Studio / AudioBox USB Studio (all colors)

• Revelator USB Microphone

• ioStation24c

• Studio 24c / Studio 24

• Studio 26c / Studio 26

• Studio 68c / Studio 68

• Studio 1810c / Studio 1810

• Studio 1824c / Studio 1824

• Studio 192 / Studio 192 Mobile

• StudioLive Series III Console and Rack Mixers

  • Note about AVB Connectivity change with macOS 11 Big Sur

    • AVB-D16*

    • NSB 8.8, NSB 16.8

    • EarMix 16

    • SW5E

  • StudioLive Series III 64s

  • StudioLive Series III 32s

  • StudioLive Series III 32X

  • StudioLive Series III 32SC

  • StudioLive Series III 32R

  • StudioLive Series III 24R

  • StudioLive Series III 16R

• StudioLive 1602USB

• StudioLive AR8c / AR8

• StudioLive AR12c / AR12

• StudioLive AR16c / AR16

• StudioLive AR22

• AudioBox 1818VSL / AudioBox 44VSL / AudioBox 22VSL

• FaderPort 2018 / FaderPort 16 / FaderPort 8

Products Not Supported For macOS Big Sur

StudioLive AI-Series mixers and rack mixers - Please note that these will not work with Apple Silicon Macs. PreSonus tell us that they have no plans to develop a driver to enable 1394 to connect to these machines. We will continue to support Intel-based Macs.

Note that StudioLive Ai-Series mixers and rack mixers will continue to be supported on the Windows 10 platform.

If you need Apple M1 support for StudioLive Ai-Series mixers and rack mixers then we suggest you reach out to the PreSonus sales team for information on how to get into a Series III mixer which will be supported on M1 Macs. 

Rational Acoustics’ SMAART software - This limitation for 1394/KEXT support with M1 Chips also affects the use of Rational Acoustics’ SMAART® software, as it is a FireWire service for the StudioLive AI / RM series of digital mixers

• StudioLive 32Ai

• StudioLive 24Ai

• StudioLive 16Ai

• StudioLive RM32Ai

• StudioLive RML32Ai

• StudioLive RM16Ai

• StudioLive RML16Ai

• StudioLive CS18Ai

StudioLive (1st Generation) will not work with Apple Silicon Macs. PreSonus tell us that there are no plans to develop a driver to enable 1394 to connect to these machines. Legacy support is available for Intel-Based Macs up to macOSX 10.14.6 (Mojave) and Windows 10 using the UC 1.7.6 release. 

• StudioLive 2442

• StudioLive 1642

• StudioLive 1602 - FireWire

Important Tips From PreSonus

• Check your third-party plug-in developers’ websites for updates, as many of them may not install or run correctly under macOS 11, and will need updates themselves to work correctly.

• Some Studio Magic Plug-ins may not run under macOS 11, please check with our partners for compatibility information.

macOS Big Sur Compatibility For Current Intel-based Macs

If you are looking for information on hardware and software support for macOS Big sure on Intel-based Macs then check out the PreSonus Knowledgebase article Mac OS X 11.0 / macOS 11.0 - Big Sur Compatibility