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Mark of the Unicorn, Inc. And S&S Research (“MOTU/S&S”) warrant this equipment against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of NINETY (90) DAYS. Installing the UltraLite Mac OS X Software 29 MOTU Audio Setup 33 UltraLite Front Panel Operation 39 Digital Performer 43 AudioDesk 47 Other Mac OS X Software 53 Reducing Monitoring. To display the Allow button, run the installer for the MOTU driver again. This behavior will only occur when installing a MOTU driver on Mojave for the first time. If you have installed the driver on an earlier version of macOS and then upgrade to 10.14, you should not need to enable the driver. This issue is not specific to MOTU.
As of macOS High Sierra, Apple has introduced a new security measure. The system extensions for all newly-installed third-party software will automatically be blocked from running. If your MOTU interface is not showing up in Audio MIDI Setup, MOTU Audio Setup, the MOTU Discovery App, or your DAW on High Sierra or Mojave, you might need to allow the driver in your System Preferences.
To enable the MOTU drivers, follow these steps:
- Download and install the very latest installer for your MOTU interface.
- After restarting, open System Preferences.
- Select Security & Privacy.
- In the General section, click the Allow button.
- The Allow button will disappear 30 minutes after installation. To display the Allow button, run the installer for the MOTU driver again.
- This behavior will only occur when installing a MOTU driver on Mojave for the first time. If you have installed the driver on an earlier version of macOS and then upgrade to 10.14, you should not need to enable the driver.
- This issue is not specific to MOTU. It is a general change introduced in High Sierra and will affect any third-party (i.e. non-Apple) kernel extensions.
Apple has released macOS® Catalina (version 10.15). As of March 22, 2020, currently supported MOTU products are compatible with macOS Catalina.
If you have any questions about this information, please contact MOTU customer service or technical support.
Last updated March 22, 2020
Digital Performer and Performer Lite
Digital Performer 10.11 is compatible with macOS Catalina. Please note that you may see an alert when you first launch DP, which you can ignore and click OK to dismiss. For further information, please read this Apple tech note.
Earlier versions of DP are not officially qualified for macOS Catalina, although DP 10.01 appears to run fine under macOS Catalina.
Some third-party audio plug-ins may not be compatible with Digital Performer when running on macOS Catalina. If you are experiencing issues, try removing the plug-in from your system, or try disabling all third-party plug-ins (safe mode).
Performer Lite
Performer Lite 10.12 is compatible with macOS Catalina.
Some third-party audio plug-ins may not be compatible with Performer Lite when running on macOS Catalina. If you are experiencing issues, try removing the plug-in from your system, or try disabling all third-party plug-ins (safe mode).
MOTU virtual instruments (MachFive, etc.)
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Motu Micro Lite Drivers
MachFive, Ethno Instrument, BPM, Electric Keys and Symphonic Instrument appear to be compatible with macOS Catalina, in the same fashion they have been compatible with other recent macOS versions. Be sure to download and install the latest License Manager from iLok.com. Final compatibility testing is still on-going.
M2 and M4
The new M2 and M4 bus-powered USB audio interfaces are compatible with macOS Catalina. They are USB audio class compliant for plug-and-play operation with no driver installation needed. However, a driver is available that provides lower latency peformance and loopback channels under macOS Catalina.
MOTU Pro Audio interfaces
The Pro Audio models listed below are compatible with macOS Catalina. Be sure to download and install the very latest shipping drivers for 10.15. You must install these latest drivers before you can use your MOTU product listed below with macOS Catalina.
PLEASE NOTE: if you are installing MOTU hardware drivers on your macOS Catalina system for the first time, please read this tech note for important information about enabling the driver in your system's security settings. This procedure is not necessary if the driver has already been installed in your macOS Catalina system and you are merely updating it.
- 112D
- Stage-B16
- 624
- 8A
- M64
- 8D
MIDI interfaces
The MIDI interface models listed below are compatible with macOS Catalina. Be sure to download and install the very latest shipping drivers for 10.15. You must install these latest drivers before you can use your MOTU product listed below with macOS Catalina.
If you are installing MOTU hardware drivers on your macOS Catalina system for the first time, please read this tech note for important information about enabling the driver in your system's security settings. This procedure is not necessary if the driver has already been installed in your macOS Catalina system and you are merely updating it.
Motu Asio Driver
- micro express
- micro lite
USB and 'Hybrid' audio interfaces
The USB and 'Hybrid' interface models listed below are compatible with macOS Catalina. Be sure to download and install the very latest shipping drivers for 10.15. You must install these latest drivers before you can use your MOTU product listed below with macOS Catalina.
If you are installing MOTU hardware drivers on your macOS Catalina system for the first time, please read this tech note for important information about enabling the driver in your system's security settings. This procedure is not necessary if the driver has already been installed in your macOS Catalina system and you are merely updating it.
- 8pre USB
- 4pre
- Audio Express
- UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid