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For those like me who still don’t intend to switch to Dorico Pro 6, will it be forever unable to update to macOS Tahoe?
I wrote to Steinberg support and they replied that the compatibility updates will be published on the site and for the moment it is better not to update. Only that on the site, to the last update, I only read the compatibility with Dorico 6. Is this possible? Can someone who is using Dorico 5 on Tahoe give me some information about any bugs? "I use 2 devices, a Mac M1 and a Mac M3. "
I make a reflection about it:
I honestly think the price to update to version 6 is too high. Given the current era, in which the updates are very close, it is not possible to charge this price to a user to update to a later version. Also given the not so many novelties introduced. Steinberg should therefore be concerned about releasing, at least, compatibility updates even to those who own an older version of Dorico. I think this is a correct thing! It’s my thought and I would like to know your opinions about it.
Steinberg has sales on from time to time, including Dorico, so you can wait for those if you think the update price is too high.
For those still on v5, here is a link to the v6 blog, the v6.1 blog and the version history is on this page (Dorico v6 downloads page) which has all the v6 additions, new features, fixes etc.
I think v5 was released about 2 years before v6. I’m not sure I would say the updates are very close, but it depends on what other software you are comparing it to.
I suspect the small Dorico team would not want to have some of them leave their current development tasks to revisit v5.
Perhaps someone from the team will address your concerns
Development of Dorico 5 has finished. It may work, but problems won’t be fixed.
Seriously? The upgrade price is €99. That includes VAT, and also whatever cut FastSpring takes for the shop service. There is a major new version approximately every 2 years.
There are literally hundreds of features in every new version. I am amazed that the team can do so much for so little. You would pay €99 every year to subscribe to Sibelius – that’s 4 times as much! Finale updates traditionally cost more, and you’d get much less for it.
So you want the team to spend half their time working on Dorico 5, instead of new features for Dorico 6? For no additional income?
I know that times are hard; but if you can afford to buy two Macs, then you should be able to save up €5 a month over two years. As said, there’s likely to be a sale in November.
Do you really need to upgrade to Tahoe? I’m staying on Sequoia for the time being.
It’s not a question of money, because fortunately I can afford to buy the update to version 6 and that’s not the point. It’s a matter of principle, because I bought Dorico a year ago and I find myself after a year with an old version and no longer updatable for new operating systems. I think Steinberg should worry about making some other updates (I don’t say forever, but at least for a short period) even for those who, like me, decide not to update immediately to the new version, and there are many of us, believe me! Also because the new features added in version 6, at the moment, I don’t see them very useful, at least for the use I’m making of them.
Unfortunately we are in a society that pushes consumerism and what I believe is new today will soon be obsolete. Mine was a reflection and not a problem regarding the €99 of the update to version 6.
If you think all this is right and sensible I’m happy for you, for me it’s not!
(As a Windows user I have no skin in this game, but) surely your complaint should be aimed at Apple producing annual OS changes that cause older software to malfunction?
I understand – you could have bought Dorico 5 in February, and only had a few months of use before Dorico 6 came out. But, realistically, this is how things work.
If you decide to delay your update to version 6 until some time next year, then you’ll feel exactly the same when version 7 comes out a year later. It’s better to get on the train while it’s in the station.
If the price is not the issue, and you enjoy using Dorico, then I’d strongly recommend that for your own piece of mind, you buy the update. I’d be very surprised if you couldn’t find something in the 6.0 and 6.1 updates that aren’t helpful in any way to you. At least, you’re supporting the work of the development team.
But ultimately, the choice is yours – from what is available.
Software doesn’t last forever. Without additional work ( == money), it will only work on the specific environment it was written for.
That having been said – I haven’t seen or heard any reported problems running Dorico 5 on Tahoe. But again – do you really need to update to Tahoe right now?
Actually there is no real need to update Tahoe at the moment. The problem, as @Janus also said, is also Apple’s, which now releases operating systems annually and I understand that companies struggle to keep up at this speed.
It’s all about wanting to accept this “game” a little perverse and being behind all this or accepting the limits in case you want to “stay behind”. I know colleagues who still use old versions of final makemusic and still work very well on it.
I used final for many years and also Sibelius, which I still continued to use. Dorico is a software that I love and I’m glad I bought it and I’m dedcsvdk to learn it more and more.
I would have been happy if the Steinberg team had released some more small compatibility updates for Dorico 5, at least for those users who, like me, do not want to update right away. But maybe I’m too dreamy
I mean compatibility problems with new operating systems. Only those. I don’t say for everyone (obviously!), but at least for the operating system after the previous version.
I don’t mention the compatibility issues because I haven’t updated Tahoe yet. That’s why I asked for information about it in the forum to get advice from someone who had already done it.
Many people (regardless of which version of Dorico they are using – or any other software package for that matter) are not upgrading to Tahoe because of possible problems with compatibility. If you are willing to wait on upgrading to Dorico until there is some feature you absolutely want, then don’t upgrade the OS. Or, upgrade the OS on just one of your Macs to see what happens! Take time to see if others are running — and have problems — v5 on Tahoe (and if those problems affect the way you use Dorico).
Is MakeMusic going to make sure that Finale will run on Tahoe? Why should we assume Steinberg should make an older version “forward compatible”? (That sounds harsh but I don’t intend any offense!)
For those more familiar than I with running Dorico on a Mac, does it make a difference running under Rosetta?
The cost of upgrading Dorico every two years works out to less than the price of a coffee per month in the UK. Given the regular updates that sneak in new features and fixes, plus the stellar support from the team, keeping Dorico up to date seems like a bargain. Frankly, it’s cheaper than my caffeine habit, and far better for productivity!
I got used to update Mac OS always round about April of the next year. With Cubase, Dorico and a lot of VSTs installed this is the time where all those small companys (and the companys for musicians software are tiny in comaprison to someone like Apple or Microsoft) were able to make the necessary tests and ensure compatibility. This tests take very long, especcially when you have such comparatively small capacities.
There was only one update , which made this cycle for me difficult, because I lost compatibility with some iOS Apps. But that was only once.
