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Are the new Apple Silicon Macs fast enough to run a VM of a legacy DP setup.

I have a complicated DP live performance environment (using legacy plugs that are no longer supported) running on Mojave on a 2018 Macbook Pro i7. At this point there is no path forward for me.

I am considering hosting the Mojave environment in a Virtual Machine on an M3 Macbook? Any experiences?

Otherwise I'll be stuck in Intel land forever.

Peter

Similar thoughts and questions here, and I’ll be interested in any advice you get. I have some old apps I want to keep using, and my old Macs are likely to die a lot sooner than yours. You probably have several years of life left in a 2018 MBP.

Questions like this have been asked for years—ever since Catalina shipped. The answers keep coming back that it should be possible. Then the subject dies and we never hear back.

The M1/2/3 are certainly fast enough. Unfortunately, that’s only part of it. It’s not enough just to install macOS 10.14.6. Networking, Audio and MIDI drivers need to be installed and/or Core Audio has to be enabled. In my case, if printing cannot be made to function, it’s of no use. YMMV.

I wouldn’t try it below High Sierra because of APFS but that’s not your issue nor would it be mine.

I got tired of following the various MacRumors threads years ago though I sometimes check back now and then.

The Encore and BIAS Peak Pro boards would really like a solution, too. Many threads that end in “it should work”.

Maybe think about moving to Windows. The support for your Mac legacy plugs may be supported in current Windows configurations without issue. If you were up to date on everything Mac, I wouldn't consider this recommendation. Being dependent on legacy, you've got a better shot with Windows at this point. AU plugs may be an issue though.