Ardour installer for OSX 10.10.5 Yosemite on Intel MBP?

Installation & Configuration Mac OS X
#1

Hi all

I have an ancient Intel MacBook Pro that cannot upgrade its OS beyond 10.10.5 Yosemite. It has Ardour v5, which I installed maybe a decade ago.

I know it will fail someday. I don’t do work for clients or any live work. I use it because my PC laptop cannot support my old-but-hardly-used Firewire interface. There is no budget for any new hardware. I’m just digitising some cassettes and had no luck with installing Audacity.

Is anyone able to provide me with a newer Ardour installer that is still compatible with OSX 10.10.5 Yosemite? I know I cannot run v.9 but perhaps I could use something newer than v.5, just to get some of the newer features/refinements. I’m happy to pay something of course.

I did read https://discourse.ardour.org/t/old-versions/89074 but building from source is way over my head.

Many thanks for any assistance.

Sven, South Africa

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#2

I believe Ardour 6.9 might be the last version that still runs on Yosemite. I could be wrong though. 64bit Intel I presume: https://gareus.org/d/Ardour-6.9.0-x86_64.dmg

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PS. Note that older versions are not signed or notarized.
Right-click (or control + click) and select Open the first time to launch it.
See also information how to disable the gatekeeper.

and maybe release from quarantine. Though that should only be required for macOS (not OSX)

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/Ardour-6.9.0-x86_64.dmg
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#3

I just checked git log, 7.5 might also still work on Yosemite. https://gareus.org/d/Ardour-7.5.0-x86_64.dmg

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#4

What MacBook Pro (year/size/etc.) are you using?
According to everymac.com, I can’t find any MacBook Pros that specifically cap-off at Yosemite (10.10.5). But many around ~2008 officially (supposedly) cap-off at El Capitan (10.11.6).

Regardless, you likely can still use modern Ardour 9 on what you have.

Two options:

  1. Use Dosdude’s patcher for installing Catalina (10.15).
  2. Use OpenCore Legacy Patcher.

I have used both I’m pretty sure, and each worked well. But make sure to read the compatibility lists to confirm whether or not your machine will be compatible.

Just follow the tutorial(s) for either, download the appropriate macOS installer, etc., and you should be good to go! Then you can come back here and get the latest Ardour, and hopefully be better off. :slight_smile: As an added bonus, you’ll be able to get a more modern web browser, more (newer) software, plugins, etc… :+1:

~Long-live old(er) machines!
(~Just typed this up on my 2012, 13" MBP, FYI. :grin: :+1:)

Cheers,
-J

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#5

Thank you both; this is all incredibly helpful!

I will explore these suggestions and will then give feedback (probably on
Sunday 26 April).

For now I’ve downloaded the two installers provided.

To answer GhostsonAcid, the machine is model no. A1278, a 13" MBP from …
(bought it used around 2013). I seem to recall (it was ~10 years back)
that Yosemite was (officially speaking) the end of the road for this
machine, *but *perhaps that was merely due to system drive space or some
such non-fundamental / me-specific factor. I will explore - and thanks for
all the links/resources!

Thanks again

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#6

good. The download link expires in 5 days.

I had one of those and the SSD (nvram?) failed, (luckily I had backups), it was soldered on, and repair more expensive than a new one.

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#7

No no, mine is a pre-Retina model: → Sata SSD, 16GB removable RAM (DDR3)…
~Even a CD/DVD drive! :grin: :dvd:
…Pretty much the last of that ‘Unibody’ breed…

I do not approve of things needlessly soldered onto boards, and lack of user customiz-ability and repair-ability. … Too bad Apple has gotten far worse along those lines over the years… :roll_eyes:

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#8

I had to get one with Retina, to add Retina support to Ardour.

Get a Thinkpad next time. They come with an exploded-view drawing and a FRU (field replacement unit) part number list. Also no more than two different screw sizes…

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