I was running Sophos along with Cubase for years without issue but a recent update with Sophos really taxed my system when my DAW was active. I know the Mac ecosystem is fairly resilient on its own but the integrated OS & iOS environment is becoming more susceptible to attacks. What are others using with success…light on CPU but Cubase-friendly?
One of the great things about Mac’s is the ability to use an external boot drive. So I downloaded a copy of Super Duper and cloned my internal hd to my external USB 3 hd and I then use the external drive for web surfing and the internal hd for my music. If the external hd gets corrupted I can just erase it and re-clone it.