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dasen · Post by **dasen** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:22 am

Hey,

I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 with 16 GB and 500 GB SSD disk. What is the fastest OSX for Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro Mid 2012?

jonljacobi · Post by **jonljacobi** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:54 pm

Have no clue. I'm not sure it would even matter than much as I've never really noticed a difference. You're limited in choices as later versions of LPX are tied to later versions of the macOS. I don't know if mid-2012 is supported by Mojave, but the cutoff is some time that year. The workarounds (driver injection) for older Macs and Mojave weren't nearly complete last time I checked.

Apple are real SOBs. Removing drivers to force upgrades.

supimpa · Post by **supimpa** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:40 am

I have a late 2012 Mini and Logic is running smooth with the latest Mojave.

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:14 am

I have a similar mid-2012 MBP running Sierra 10.12.6. I'd suggest going for the most recent OS - I think Mojave will run on these. Each major OS upgrade brings some improvements - not so much in raw speed, but things like multi-tab Finder browsers, not needing to constantly fix disk permissions, lower resource consumption for background tasks, iOS device integration. I like to get things done rather than be a guinea pig for plugin compatibility, so I tend to lag about 1-1.5 years behind the latest.

Of course they do stupid stuff with each OS - can no longer directly navigate multiple virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts, smaller system fonts, abandoning older hardware.

softska · Post by **softska** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:44 am

Kept my 2012 mbpr on yosemite, last version that you can still turn off beamsync to make the GUI run faster. Metal runs like garbage on the old nvidia card, doesn't help Logic at all

That said you'll be stuck on older ver of Logic X, YMMV. You need at least 10.12 to run latest ver

Fastest OSX for Logic Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro Mid 2012?