macOS Ventura 13.3 Update—Bug Reports

bigcatrik

@tja said:
What exactly would give Stage Manager to you?

The left side display of open application icons. I could put the dock there, but it doesn't hide everything else when switching (though there's a key command for that), one the dock I have to search for those little dots of open applications, it doesn't automatically hide everything else when switching, and I like the dock at the bottom of the screen. I'm in the habit of leaving a bit of desktop open on the left so it's available space that's not doing anything right now anyway.

However, I don't want any of my preferences or other settings to change in an update and since I'm newish to Mac OS I'm not exactly sure what I altered in those first weeks getting to know my new Macbook Air last year (some application keystrokes were conflicting with system shortcuts, like FL Studio and Spotlight, to name one example).

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NeuM

After contacting Cherry Audio with my discovery that their Voltage Modular software was crashing during plug-in validation in Logic Pro, they informed me that Voltage Modular is only crashing for Logic Pro on Apple Silicon computers. If you are running Logic Pro in Rosetta, there are no issues. They're investigating a fix with the help of Apple.

mjm1138

@NeuM said:
With nothing to lose (except for possibly wasted time) trying to get my GarageBand problems solved, I took the leap and downloaded a trial version of Logic Pro… and it worked. I was able to identify and exclude all of the problem plugins AND open all of my malfunctioning files. Guess I’m finally going to buy Logic Pro now. I can’t wait for a fix for GarageBand which might take weeks or months.

Logic Pro works flawlessly on this Ventura update so far. And this won’t be a surprise to people who already use it, but I had no idea about the high quality of instruments in this software.

And here's my list of plugins (nearly all of which previously worked in GarageBand) which do not work in Logic Pro. Many more work than do not, so I have alternatives for most of these.

If you haven't tried yet, many of those might be fine if you just check the "use" box in plug-in manager. Could be that Logic has stricter plug-in validation, I know it will reject plug-ins on the basis of "no uppercase letters in name" or suchlike, so frequently enough there's no actual functional problem.

For me, by the way, the best thing about upgrading to Logic has been enabling a smooth GarageBand iOS -> Logic workflow by having Live Loops. It's got me actually using GB on my iPad. But yeah, the upgrade in instruments, effects and capabilities in Logic vs MacOS GB is huge, and for me at least, well worth the $200US.

NeuM

@mjm1138 said:

@NeuM said:
With nothing to lose (except for possibly wasted time) trying to get my GarageBand problems solved, I took the leap and downloaded a trial version of Logic Pro… and it worked. I was able to identify and exclude all of the problem plugins AND open all of my malfunctioning files. Guess I’m finally going to buy Logic Pro now. I can’t wait for a fix for GarageBand which might take weeks or months.

Logic Pro works flawlessly on this Ventura update so far. And this won’t be a surprise to people who already use it, but I had no idea about the high quality of instruments in this software.

And here's my list of plugins (nearly all of which previously worked in GarageBand) which do not work in Logic Pro. Many more work than do not, so I have alternatives for most of these.

If you haven't tried yet, many of those might be fine if you just check the "use" box in plug-in manager. Could be that Logic has stricter plug-in validation, I know it will reject plug-ins on the basis of "no uppercase letters in name" or suchlike, so frequently enough there's no actual functional problem.

For me, by the way, the best thing about upgrading to Logic has been enabling a smooth GarageBand iOS -> Logic workflow by having Live Loops. It's got me actually using GB on my iPad. But yeah, the upgrade in instruments, effects and capabilities in Logic vs MacOS GB is huge, and for me at least, well worth the $200US.

Yes, I'm continuing to investigate what is possible so far and it's a bit overwhelming. But I've downloaded manuals into the Books app and I plan on checking out some tutorials on YouTube to try to streamline my "new" production process. It's interesting. I especially like the fine grain controls over nearly every single thing in the software. I'm already getting a brand new case of carpal tunnel syndrome with all the extra mouse clicking.

mjm1138

@NeuM said:

@mjm1138 said:

@NeuM said:
With nothing to lose (except for possibly wasted time) trying to get my GarageBand problems solved, I took the leap and downloaded a trial version of Logic Pro… and it worked. I was able to identify and exclude all of the problem plugins AND open all of my malfunctioning files. Guess I’m finally going to buy Logic Pro now. I can’t wait for a fix for GarageBand which might take weeks or months.

Logic Pro works flawlessly on this Ventura update so far. And this won’t be a surprise to people who already use it, but I had no idea about the high quality of instruments in this software.

And here's my list of plugins (nearly all of which previously worked in GarageBand) which do not work in Logic Pro. Many more work than do not, so I have alternatives for most of these.

If you haven't tried yet, many of those might be fine if you just check the "use" box in plug-in manager. Could be that Logic has stricter plug-in validation, I know it will reject plug-ins on the basis of "no uppercase letters in name" or suchlike, so frequently enough there's no actual functional problem.

For me, by the way, the best thing about upgrading to Logic has been enabling a smooth GarageBand iOS -> Logic workflow by having Live Loops. It's got me actually using GB on my iPad. But yeah, the upgrade in instruments, effects and capabilities in Logic vs MacOS GB is huge, and for me at least, well worth the $200US.

Yes, I'm continuing to investigate what is possible so far and it's a bit overwhelming. But I've downloaded manuals into the Books app and I plan on checking out some tutorials on YouTube to try to streamline my "new" production process. It's interesting. I especially like the fine grain controls over nearly every single thing in the software. I'm already getting a brand new case of carpal tunnel syndrome with all the extra mouse clicking.

Check out "Music Tech Help Guy" and his "Ultimate Guide to Logic Pro" YouTube videos, he breaks it down nicely.

NeuM

...> @mjm1138 said:

@NeuM said:

@mjm1138 said:

@NeuM said:
With nothing to lose (except for possibly wasted time) trying to get my GarageBand problems solved, I took the leap and downloaded a trial version of Logic Pro… and it worked. I was able to identify and exclude all of the problem plugins AND open all of my malfunctioning files. Guess I’m finally going to buy Logic Pro now. I can’t wait for a fix for GarageBand which might take weeks or months.

Logic Pro works flawlessly on this Ventura update so far. And this won’t be a surprise to people who already use it, but I had no idea about the high quality of instruments in this software.

And here's my list of plugins (nearly all of which previously worked in GarageBand) which do not work in Logic Pro. Many more work than do not, so I have alternatives for most of these.

If you haven't tried yet, many of those might be fine if you just check the "use" box in plug-in manager. Could be that Logic has stricter plug-in validation, I know it will reject plug-ins on the basis of "no uppercase letters in name" or suchlike, so frequently enough there's no actual functional problem.

For me, by the way, the best thing about upgrading to Logic has been enabling a smooth GarageBand iOS -> Logic workflow by having Live Loops. It's got me actually using GB on my iPad. But yeah, the upgrade in instruments, effects and capabilities in Logic vs MacOS GB is huge, and for me at least, well worth the $200US.

Yes, I'm continuing to investigate what is possible so far and it's a bit overwhelming. But I've downloaded manuals into the Books app and I plan on checking out some tutorials on YouTube to try to streamline my "new" production process. It's interesting. I especially like the fine grain controls over nearly every single thing in the software. I'm already getting a brand new case of carpal tunnel syndrome with all the extra mouse clicking.

Check out "Music Tech Help Guy" and his "Ultimate Guide to Logic Pro" YouTube videos, he breaks it down nicely.

Thanks, I will!