I had Cubase 8.5, got a new Apple MacBook Pro, then found I had to buy an upgrade because it wouldn’t load. And now the same problem! pls see below -
Very disappointing.
See below - Tim (nb: I am on Big Sur 11.2, processor 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core 15)
Summary
Process: Cubase 8.5 [6047]
Path: /Applications/Cubase 8.5.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase 8.5
Identifier: com.steinberg.cubase8v5
Version: 8.5.0.69 (8.5.0.69)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Cubase 8.5 [6047]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2021-02-07 10:52:37.116 +0100
OS Version: macOS 11.2 (20D64)
Report Version: 12
Bridge OS Version: 5.2 (18P4346)
Anonymous UUID: 6C5947FF-772B-DE4F-65F8-CD15DD535744
Time Awake Since Boot: 100000 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process: exc handler [6047]
VM Regions Near 0:
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__TEXT 10fba4000-11280f000 [ 44.4M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Cubase 8.5.app/Contents/MacOS/Cubase 8.5
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff203175ce strcasestr_l + 117
1 com.apple.ImageIO 0x00007fff28aa39fd IIO_Reader::matchesExtension(char*) + 13
2 com.apple.ImageIO 0x00007fff28aa399e IIO_ReaderHandler::readerForPathExtension(__CFString const*) + 142
3 com.apple.ImageIO 0x00007fff28acd210 IIOImageSource::IIOImageSource(__CFURL const*, IIODictionary*) + 476
4 com.apple.ImageIO 0x00007fff28aa36f4 CGImageSourceCreateWithURL + 197
5 libgraphics2d.dylib 0x0000000112e23a35 0x112e1b000 + 35381
6 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x00000001114c14e8 0x10fba4000 + 26334440
7 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110e1b6ac 0x10fba4000 + 19363500
8 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110bdea71 0x10fba4000 + 17017457
9 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x00000001113091dc 0x10fba4000 + 24531420
10 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110e1a8b2 0x10fba4000 + 19359922
11 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110e1460c 0x10fba4000 + 19334668
12 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110e1446d 0x10fba4000 + 19334253
13 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110e1a578 0x10fba4000 + 19359096
14 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000111308c4a 0x10fba4000 + 24529994
15 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x00000001114b2e3e 0x10fba4000 + 26275390
16 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x00000001114b306e 0x10fba4000 + 26275950
17 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x000000011130940c 0x10fba4000 + 24531980
18 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x000000011130ea7b 0x10fba4000 + 24554107
19 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x000000010fba5674 0x10fba4000 + 5748
Thread 1:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 2:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 3:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 4:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 5:: CRASH THREAD
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff203b8ed2 semaphore_timedwait_trap + 10
1 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x000000011132776e 0x10fba4000 + 24655726
2 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x00000001113281bd 0x10fba4000 + 24658365
3 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x0000000110ace07f 0x10fba4000 + 15900799
4 com.steinberg.cubase8v5 0x000000011132738f 0x10fba4000 + 24654735
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203ed950 _pthread_start + 224
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e947b thread_start + 15
Thread 6:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 7:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 8:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 9:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 10:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 11:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 12:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 13:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 14:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 15:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 16:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 17:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 18:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 19:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 20:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 21:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 22:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 23:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 24:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 25:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 26:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e9458 start_wqthread + 0
Thread 27:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff203bd7e2 kevent + 10
1 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116c1482f 0x116b47000 + 841775
2 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116c176f0 0x116b47000 + 853744
3 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116c19ebd 0x116b47000 + 863933
4 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203ed950 _pthread_start + 224
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e947b thread_start + 15
Thread 28:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff203bf4fe poll + 10
1 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116c11b5c 0x116b47000 + 830300
2 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116bac68a 0x116b47000 + 415370
3 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116bf33bc 0x116b47000 + 705468
4 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116bf3c53 0x116b47000 + 707667
5 com.eLicenser.POSAccess-DLL 0x0000000116bec554 0x116b47000 + 677204
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203ed950 _pthread_start + 224
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff203e947b thread_start + 15
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000003 rbx: 0x00007ffee005a101 rcx: 0x0000000000000001 rdx: 0x00007ffee005a101
rdi: 0xffffffffffffffff rsi: 0x000000000000fff0 rbp: 0x00007ffee005a0e0 rsp: 0x00007ffee005a0b0
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000600002917cb1 r10: 0x00000000a5baadb9 r11: 0x00001ffedd742450
r12: 0x000000000000002e r13: 0x0000000000000003 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x00007fff88a274e0
rip: 0x00007fff203175ce rfl: 0x0000000000010217 cr2: 0x0000000000000000
Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000004 (no mapping for user data read)
Trap Number: 14
Thread 0 instruction stream:
83 fa ff 74 14 49 89 d7-48 85 d2 75 13 48 8d 05 ...t.I..H..u.H..
7e 47 de 5f 4c 8b 38 eb-07 4c 8d 3d 52 ff 70 68 ~G._L.8..L.=R.ph
0f b6 3b 48 85 ff 74 19-48 ff c3 40 84 ff 78 16 ..;H..t.H..@..x.
48 8d 05 1b 37 73 68 44-8b a4 b8 3c 04 00 00 eb H...7shD...<....
10 4c 89 f3 eb 65 4c 89-fe e8 d8 c3 fd ff 41 89 .L...eL.......A.
c4 48 89 5d d0 48 89 df-e8 0f 9f 02 00 49 89 c5 .H.].H.......I..
[41]0f b6 3e 48 85 ff 74-40 4c 89 f3 49 ff c6 40 A..>H..t@L..I..@ <==
84 ff 78 10 48 8d 05 d7-36 73 68 8b 84 b8 3c 04 ..x.H...6sh...<.
00 00 eb 08 4c 89 fe e8-9a c3 fd ff 44 30 e0 75 ....L.......D0.u
cf 4c 89 f7 48 8b 75 d0-4c 89 ea 4c 89 f9 e8 1d .L..H.u.L..L....
fe ff ff 85 c0 75 b9 eb-02 31 db 48 89 d8 48 83 .....u...1.H..H.
c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41-5e 41 5f 5d c3 55 48 89 ..[A\A]A^A_].UH.