Comments on: Mac Users: Might Want to Hold Off on 10.5.7; Breaks Euphonix EuCon Control Surface

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:29:30 +0000

Well, let’s not get too carried away. There are times when doing an update does in fact improve things, and if you’re careful, you can avoid breaking something else in the process. I think it depends on the machine/situation.

By: pg13

pg13 — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:26:47 +0000

I havent updated my OS in over a year. Never will probably. In fact, the number one piece of advice for someone running a mac: when its working, dont change a damn thing.

By: Create Digital Music » Euphonix EuControl Software Patched, Fixes 10.5.7 Support and More

Thu, 14 May 2009 08:04:38 +0000

[...] was quick! The folks at Euphonix are already out with a patch that resolves an issue with the just-released update Mac OS X 10.5.7. From the description: Software update for both MC [...]

By: Oliver Lucas

Oliver Lucas — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:36:23 +0000

The patch has been released:

http://euphonix.com/artist/support/downloads.php

Now that’swhat I call a fast reaction!

By: daves561

daves561 — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:11:15 +0000

Wow, what an awesome coincidence. (And by “awesome” I mean “sucky”) Today I upgraded to 10.5.7 (at some point in the back of my head I said “shouldn’t I maybe wait to see what breaks first?”) and *then* I ordered a EuCon. And *then* I read this blog post. All in that order.

So the race is on: does my EuCon arrive in the mail first, or does Euphonix release a patch? My bets are on UPS. Nothin personal, Euphonix coders.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:46:48 +0000

@spinner: Well, yes, indeed. That’s why I run screaming headlines trying to get people not to update. ;)

I will say, though, this is something different on Linux, in which you really *can* get the operating system and applications and libraries in sync. There are still issues, and other challenges arise, of course, but to have people with their fingers in the code can make a big difference. Now, commercial tools *could* learn something from this, which is to get dependent changes in the hands of developers more aggressively.

By: jt

jt — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:41:57 +0000

hmm. ableton live 8.02 is all fine for me luckily, but i did get the euphonix warning email about an hour after i updated. doh! i’d rather wait for a fix than rolling back my system. that sounds like a disaster in the making.

By: spinner

spinner — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:06:39 +0000

As much as I agree with you Peter I think it’s down to the individual user to start realize that jumping onto the latest OS bandwagon ain’t a good thing. PT take a ridiculously long time to approve a new version but they do have a point. If ain’t broke don’t fix it!

By: MMI

MMI — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:45:53 +0000

PS. if the above didn’t work, Ableton Support wanted:

$HOME/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live 8.0.2/Log.txt

By: MMI

MMI — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:44:30 +0000

BTW, before doing this, Live was blowing chunks on startup.

Sure, simply remove:

$HOME/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live 8.0.2/Preferences.cfg

After doing this, Live was back to stock. It doesn’t even look in your plugins folders, you need to re-enable that stuff at which point your plugins may or may not ask for attention. Dunno what else I lost in the process, probably not much since I don’t rely on a default set and I don’t have bookmarks all over my library.