I'm using 10.12 Sierra. How can I upgrade my Logic 9 to the version of Logic that will work with it?
Mac Pro, macOS 10.12
This page at least let me update so I could install the old Logic, and then update to 9.1.8. Not sure yet if I can upgrade from there, but it's a start. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1519?locale=en_US
Keep in mind that you will face quite a few issues with Logic 9 on Sierra. I've been using Logic 9 on El Capitan for more that a year, and while it works, there are stability issues. I'd expect such issues to multiply on Sierra.
You need a Mac running Catalina or Big Sur to log in to your App Store account and buy Logic 10 from there.
There are several options how to temporarily achieve that if you don't want to upgrade to Catalina:
In all cases, as soon as you have purchased Logic 10, it will appear in your Sierra App Store Purchased tab for download.
Been there done that a few weeks ago. It works.
Thanks Luke, but I think I'll just wait until I want to actually need to upgrade before I'll go through all that. Sounds like something I might have had fun with many years ago but I'm over all the rigamarole lol! Instead, my solution was to update Logic9 so I at least could run it on my Mac, and have access to the library of stuff, while upgrading Ableton Lite to Standard. Cost me $100 more, but I got all their plug ins now too, and can still use the old Logic. My new Keypad Mkii will work with both, but I think it was designed more around Ableton, so that seems like a good plan for now. (At first I misunderstood when I read that the Logic upgrade was free, thinking that applied to 9 as well. I haven't used the app for years so didn't buy 10.)
Thanks for taking the time to write. Happy New Year!
I just read that post, so thanks for the warning! It's been so long since I used Logic that I'm just going to start with Ableton for mixing and so on. I've read that the latest Logic update is really great, but I have to basically start over anyway. Perhaps Logic will become the industry standard again now, but after my experience with video editing I have my doubts about how far they're going to go with their pro apps. Sorry Apple. Been a user since the 80s so that's why my attitude is so depressing. You invest a lot of time into learning an app, so you want to know it's something that you can use in your sleep, not have to have your expectations dashed when they decide you have to upgrade half your apps so you can accommodate the latest OS upgrade or whatever. Know what I'm saying?
Logic can do almost anything you want. I've been having mostly mastering jobs in the recent few years, and so I've been using Logic 9 for that. Almost exclusively by using just the built-in Logic plugins, with the exception of a few free helpful AU plugins and with the help of the old "Spectre" real-time analyzer app by Audiofile that I bought many years ago. And of course, since the WaveBurner app is broken and abandoned by Apple, I also had to buy a reliable app that can write DDP images – DSP-Quattro being my choice while it was on sale.
That said, the ability to "do almost anything you want" goes along with a steep lerning curve. In times when I haven't used Logic for weeks or sometimes months, I usually have to re-read large parts of the user guide to work myself into the matter again, even though I now have 20 years experience with it.
I learned Logic initially when I was taking a class on digital composition, after I went back to school for film. My primary mediums have been in the visual arts, mostly, but music was always my first love. I was excited about the new Logic because it looked more user-friendly than the old 9. I remember when I always had my nose in a book or was watching some tutorial, and I'm kind of back in that place with my new gear and direction… on top of being in the middle of remodeling my Airbnb! That's my first priority so I can support myself and be free to experiment. Call it intuition or whatever, but I had a hunch that Ableton wasn't going to have as steep a learning curve. Your post made me feel a little better about my choice to go that route… not that Logic wouldn't have been a great tool for my needs, in time. But since I've been in "construction mode" for awhile, I have to scratch my head for a minute or even do a search just to use certain features of the Mac! It's not exactly like riding a bike!
I should add that I would like to upgrade to Logic 10, but I can't seem to find it.
Logic Upgrade
