Notable music production software that currently do not have an M1 or M2 compatible version include Cubase, Ableton Live and Adobe Audition. It does however mean that you may encounter problems from time to time and slower performance compared to using music production software that has been built to work specifically with the M1 and M2 chips, especially when using plugins. This doesn’t mean that you can’t use them on Apple Silicon Macs as macOS uses a clever system called Rosetta to translate them to work on M1 and M2 Macs. However, some music production software or Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) haven’t released an M1 or M2 compatible version yet. However, it’s only a matter of time before all music production software runs natively on Apple Silicon and gradually drop support for older Intel chips because the M1 and M2 chips deliver much better performance. Older Intel Macs have anything ranging from an Intel Core i5 to i9 all of which are still suitable for music production on macOS. We therefore strongly recommend choosing an M1 or M2 Mac over buying an older Intel Mac.

Most new Macs sold by Apple now come with either the M1 or M2 processor and the fastest models such as the amazing Mac Studio have the incredible M1 Ultra chip. The Apple Silicon M1 and M2 chip is made by Apple and is much faster than the Intel chip especially the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. It’s important to be aware that at the moment there are two types of Mac on the market: older Macs that have Intel chips and the latest Macs with Apple Silicon M1 chips and more recently M2 chips.

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