How is Mojave working for you?

[waterstrum]

I'm sure many of you have made the switch to OS 10.4.1.
Just a check in, to hear your observations.

I'm about to go there.
Of course, I've cloned my boot drive, etc.

Any advice about making the transition to 10.4 with DP and plugins?
Is Mojave a stable, working OS for DP?

Thanks!

[Hideout]

I'd like to know this as well.

[Guitar Gaz]

okay - it doesn't seem that different.

[mwalthius]

I haven't researched this yet, but I have one computer with 10.14 (DP works great) and another with 10.14.1 and Digital Performer won't start. Crashes on startup while seemingly asking for my serial number... Ugh.

[Gravity Jim]

I'm on the public beta thing, so I'm running 10.14.2. It works great.

[waterstrum]

Hey Jim,
That's great news!
Gives me incentive to switch over.
Thanks

[monkey man]

Most of the reports I've read have been very-positive.

The only thing holding me back is the need, should I choose to live without the startup screen and Option-boot functionality (I love it), for a graphics-card update, and I'm too much of a luddite to know quite what my requirements are.

I know I'd love something more power-efficient than my 2012 cheese grater's factory card, but which model would it be? Is there any utility in seeking a card that'd expedite FCP / Compressor rendering and conversions? I only edit "small" files for now, but if I ever buy a camera (could happen soon)...

I figure that at some point Sir Markus or the like (is there a like?) will drop the necessary info and if it reads nicely, I'll have no hesitation in conducting the upgrade. As I said, pretty much all the reports I've read at GS and elsewhere have been positive, and were so from the beta and point-nought release onwards.

[HCMarkus]

Because I am still running Sierra in the studio, I can't offer first-hand perspective on how Mojave works. Jim's experience is heartening. OTOH, there is mwalthius' take. I have no doubt I'll make the move at some point, but I'm just not there yet. I figure my time will come when Mojave nears its final version.

As for GPU, take a look at this thread Monkey... it may assist you in your quest. And have a great day, too!

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=65587

I have been running a Gigabyte 4GB RX460, precursor to the Apple-recommended RX560, successfully for almost two years now. No power cables required (PCIe power is all it needs) and the fans don't spin at all unless it gets worked hard. Love the gigantic 4k display it and Sierra enabled me to use. Although not officially supported by Apple, the 460 reportedly works under Mojave, too.

[monkey man]

Thank you, Sir Markus!

Yeah, I'll try to hold off as, like you, I usually wait 'til at least the .4 release.

In this case 'though, the signs are there that one wouldn't be risking too much if one were to jump in earlier-than-usual, IMHO.

Thank you again, bud.

PS:
By "efficient" I meant power usage, in case you didn't realise. The cost of electricity in Australia is way OTT, so every watt saved is gold to me.

[rockitcity]

Hello all, been a while since I've posted here, as I have been gravitating to other DAW software at wife's request (although she had been a long-time DP user, she just wasn't happy with the lack of integrated sounds in DP and never got along with Mach 5.) So, I succumbed to the nagging of Apple and upgraded to Mojave this weekend. We have never progressed past DP 8.07, and it has been working fine except for having to enter the serial number after every OS software upgrade. Well, it looks like Mojave may have finally broken it. I can launch DP 8, but every time I try to open an existing project or make a new one, DP immediately quits. Guess I'll have to either upgrade to DP 9 to access my old projects, or abandon the platform altogether. Think there's a chance MOTU will do a patch? LogicX and PT 12 work fine with Mojave. Anyone else in this situation?

[EMRR]

We have some people reporting the latest DP9 not working with older projects, others saying it does. Earlier versions of DP9 seem to work for those having problems with the latest.

I contacted MOTU recently after updating to High Sierra, DP8 works on both computers, but one wants authorization every time there's a power cycle. Strangely, the other computer does not require constant re-authorization. Anyway, MOTU's answer was....DP8 isn't supported on Higher Sierra, and I should upgrade. I doubt there'd ever be a patch.

[rk21]

running 10.14.1 with dp9 and everything is working normally. I updated my graphics card (macpro 5,1) to an RX 570 and it seems to be running much smoother overall. Love the dark mode as well. Goes really nice with DP's dark theme.

Only issue I seem to have is a bug that will crash DP is if I switch chunks, but that appears to be project specific. the work around I've figured out is to switch to an empty chunk, and then switch to the other chunk.

[mhschmieder]

I've spent the past 24 hours doing extensive backups followed by incremental upgrades through initial High Sierra, final 10.13.6, initial Mojave, and current 10.14.2, with pit stops along the way to verify everything works and to re-authorize stuff like DP9 when necessary.

Contrary to what everyone I know experienced over the past year, I found the High Sierra upgrade painless and without hiccups, but ran into some stumblers with Mojave, all of which were easy to take care of just due to years of experience.

Not too thrilled so far, as it takes more clicks to do simple all-the-time stuff like menu access, due to weird decisions Apple made about application focus. I've also spent time in various preference windows getting rid of awful default settings.

My main gripe though, is that fonts are fuzzier, regardless of anti-alias settings, vs. High Sierra and Sierra. And also some unwanted and distracting shadowing that I can't find a way to get rid of, such as below the application menu bar.

Of course, what matters most is audio and DP9, and both are flying fine, with no RME driver updates required (I haven't even checked to see if there are any updates; I last checked in OCT or NOV and did take care of things then so that might have already been enough for Mojave).

Overall, I'm not noticing major changes from Sierra to Mojave as with previous single or dual upgrades. And even my Adobe CS6 perpetual license products are authorizing and working properly (that was my biggest concern).

Performance seems a bit better in both High Sierra and Mojave than in Sierra, but I have a limited time window for thoroughly evaluating the impact as I will be going from 8 GB to 64 GB RAM in a week (when it arrives) and switching to an SSD for my main sample libraries (vs. HDD).

[HCMarkus]

Di you try any of the Terminal commands mh?

http://osxdaily.com/2018/09/26/fix-blur ... cos-mojave

[mhschmieder]

Strange how the font smoothing didn't have an effect until going from 10.14.0 to 10.14.2.

In both the example at that link, and on my own retina display, things look sharper and are easier to read with font smoothing turned off. They look like bold text otherwise, which slows down reading and also introduces fuzzy edges.

Perhaps on a non-retina display, the experience would be the opposite.

I might try the more granular settings in Terminal later on. Good to know it isn't just an on/off choice. For now, I am turning font smoothing off. I'm finding everything clear that way, with no jaggedy edges.