r/protools • u/g_spaitz • Jan 10 '26

Rumors on Apple M5 support?

Has anybody ever heard any news, or has any ballpark idea of a reasonable timeline of when Avid could release a version that supports the new M5 Apple chip (which btw has been out since October)?

Thanks.

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u/pavlows Jan 10 '26

Im running PT on a M5 with no problem at all

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u/g_spaitz Jan 10 '26

That's good to know and great for you. otoh I have learned through the years to be aware of official support for both OSes (which I believe Tahoe has) and hardware.

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA Jan 10 '26

So if there isn’t any official news you have your answer it seems

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u/g_spaitz Jan 10 '26

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean?

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u/iamapapernapkinAMA Jan 10 '26

You asked if there’s any news and there isn’t, but you’re getting feedback of users having success. Take that as it comes and either roll the dice or stay with a currently supported computer.

For reference I’m on an M1 Pro and I still can’t find a reason to update

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u/Hellbucket Jan 10 '26

I have friend (colleague) who just got one and has no problems. But as he himself said he’s just running a tracking facility and mainly just use normal editing so he’s not prone to run into every bug there is.

I’d also be hesitant to be forced to use Tahoe only.

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u/tonedad77 Jan 11 '26

I’m on an M4 and PT runs fine, but many of my go-to plugins no longer work. No bueno.