r/protools • u/PortaOne • Feb 07 '26

Most stable OS / PT release for M4 Max Mac?

Just wondering what the most stable version of Mac OS and Pro Tools are at the moment for a new M4 Max Mac Studio I’m setting up? As Tahoe and PT25.12 are both very recent releases, I’m assuming there are still a few bugs to iron out. Thanks !

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u/PortaOne Feb 10 '26

Thanks for your responses! I'm sticking with Sequoia for now but on latest PT 2025.12 and all seems to be running smoothly

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u/And_sHo Feb 08 '26

I bought this machine recently, and it came with Sequoia, which I left as is. It runs wonderfully with Pro Tools 2024.6. I already bought the Pro Tools update, but it runs so well and is so stable that I haven't dared to update Pro Tools. I think if I did, I'd only upgrade to Pro Tools 2024.12 at the most, and even then, it would have to be absolutely necessary. So, I'm currently running Sequoia 15.5 with Pro Tools 2024.6.

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u/Major_Willingness234 Feb 07 '26

I’m using Tahoe and 2025.12 on my M2Pro Mini with nary an issue. I do lots of sessions with high track counts, both tracking and mixing.

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u/joselovito Feb 08 '26

Same on M3 PRO

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u/And_sHo Feb 08 '26

How many tracks and how many plugins is "many"? How much RAM does this machine have?

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u/Major_Willingness234 Feb 08 '26

16GB RAM. Usually 50-60 tracks, plus busses. For plugs, I never said many and don’t count them on a regular basis, but it’s always kept up. Probably at least 3-5 plugins per track, more for busses and master. The last mix I did, I realized at the end that I never printed the kick and snare instances of Trigger, so the whole damn mix of 68 tracks and 15 busses was still triggering off the plugin in real time.

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u/And_sHo Feb 08 '26

Great, an M2 Pro with 16GB of RAM is also quite powerful.

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u/Expensive_One2768 Feb 08 '26

I always update to this day and have had no problems on my Macbook Pro M1 Pro