Then you can think about your actual hardware details.
Get MacTracker to see what your existing or potential-purchase Mac is compatible with. I kept an image of my Big Sur system just in case. I’m currently running Monterey and it only broke a couple of less-used audio plug-ins. Ideally the very latest version for additional future-proofing.
So for a start you need to make sure your Mac will run one of these versions. There’s still some compatibility issues though – see below.Īs of Feb 2022 only Big Sur and Monterey are the supported MacOS versions. There are numerous YouTube videos comparing performance of the different MI-based models and with the Intel-based units, and the M1-Pro and Max based systems kick ass. One of the features of the new updated M1-Pro and Max chips are increased memory size, which lays to rest some of the issues people had with purchasing them for pro audio and video tasks. MacOS Monterey has been out for a few months now, and Apple have released several more Apple Silicon-based devices. So here’s my version of an answer to it.Īlmost any Mac will run a version of Logic Pro, but maybe not the latest version of Logic Pro. Regular group participants get sick of this type of question. Will my (insert model here) Mac be good enough to run Logic Pro? That kind of thing. I see this sort of question coming up all the time – especially on social media.