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by rvz 1937 days ago
> I like bleeding-edge technology, and I had to use preview versions of some software, but had no major issues in my typical workflow.

Those who are in the music production industry would say otherwise, especially those who like using Ableton Live. They got burned on the '64 bit-only' software move from Mojave to Catalina and now they are getting burned again for the hardware move to M1. Not surprised why I see them still running Mojave these days.

As for the developer software on M1, I would rather wait until it is optimised for the processor and the software ecosystem fully supports Apple Silicon before making the switch rather than wasting time finding workarounds that 'sort of work' and ends up breaking in a software update.

Until then, no thanks and no deal. (Until M1X or M2 comes out)

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This is actually partly why I moved to Logic from Ableton. I plan on staying with Mac (I just can't do Windows unless I need Skyrim with all the f'n mods), so might as well use the software that will be highly available on it.
I don't know the numbers but Ableton would be losing a huge percentage of their market if they stopped supporting Mac. I can't imagine them doing that, ever.

God I wish they would support Linux. I understand why they don't however. I would dearly love to leave Windows but Apple is not an option.

I've been running Live 10 just fine on M1. Is there something I am missing? Push 2 works fine too. I haven't gotten around to installing 11.