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macOS has been sending mixed signals to musicians since Catalina. I'd be surprised if people are still seriously using it for studio work.

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There are tons of musicians on Mac, and it gets lots of studio use. I'd say at least 50% of music studios are on Macs from what I've seen.

For sure. But I'd be surprised if a significant number of those setups were running recent versions of Mac OS, especially in older studios. Stability is preferable to new features since old studio hardware is often very reliable and studio engineers are wary of ruining compatibility with system upgrades

I can just imagine the Apple statement, like they did with flash/Flash.

‘We fully support the Studio.’

Edit: After hunting around without success, I’m now doubting my memory. I thought I could remember Jobs dismissively replying to a question about Adobe Flash that Apple supported flash (memory). Maybe I made that up?

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