Hello everyone, I really need help as the assistance is very slow even to answer…
I tell you my story: I always had original versions of Cubase, since its begin, when it was just a sequencer and not a multitrack too, and it was very similar to FL.
The last version i bought is Cubase 5, which was full of bugs and limits, and my old mac was a problem and limit too, so I’ve decided to buy a new iMac and upgrade my Cubase 5 to 10.
Now are the problems: I cannot install it because the new mac has no CD port, so I cannot insert it… I would liked to download it from the site, so I could install it using the file, but there is no chance in the site, so from my old mac, I copied all the cd files in a pen drive, and put it in the new mac, and… wait… WHAT!!! To install it asks me for the 10.5 version of OSX, obviously as I just bought it and updated it, I am at the 10.14, more than 10.5, but it says I need a 10.5 or above… what?!
I cannot even upgrade it, because if I buy the upgrade (300 euros!!!) there will be always this OS issue because it asks for another OS…
Any help? Assistance is so slow… I have a new Mac stucked here, what should i do? Maybe change software and with less problems and issues as in Cubase since ever, and with no help
SOLVED!!! For who had the same problem, I tell you how to fix it…
Copy the whole original cd to a pen drive
Paste it to the new Mac (don’t know if is the same on pc)
Right click the file “Cubase 5.mpkg” and select “show package contents”
Open CONTENTS and then open the file DISTRIBUTION.DIST using text edit or similars
check for this part (it should be at begin)
function pm_install_check()
{
if(!(system.version.ProductVersion >= '10.5.0'))
{
my.result.title = 'Wrong Mac OS X Version';
my.result.message = 'You need at least Mac OS X 10.5.0 to install this software';
my.result.type = 'Fatal';
return false;
}
return true;
}
- then delete from -> if(!(system.version.ProductVersion >= '10.5.0'))
- delete and include to -> return false;
}
- after delete you will have this -> function pm_install_check()
{
return true;
}
Save, close, and start your installation… Just did it and my Cubase 5 started in my new iMac with Mojave
good job
but i personally wouldnt want to run cubase 5 on that os; it was never tested to work properly on that os obviously
as it was designed for OSX Leopard released back in Early 2009!
i would like to hear how well its running on mojave tho; thats pretty impressive if it works on the os after 10 years of updates
As already mentioned, you are completely on your own, because you will not get any support for such an old release. If something fails, well…
However, if you seriously want to try this you need to run in Rosetta mode, because that ancient release has no clue about M-Chips and that makes it prone to serious problems.
