Logic Pro 11 issues with Rosetta

Trick: download the trial version of Logic Pro! It is currently still at 10.8.1 and it has NO restrictions besides a 90 day time limit. This should give you immediately 3 months of working under Rosetta and give Apple time to fix the issue.

Retrieve the old (working) Logic version from a backup. You can have several Logic versions in your Application folder as long as the older versions are renamed to something like Logic-10-8-1. The most recent version of Logic should not be renamed.

... and make sure auto-update is disabled now.

I got some good news for all.

I reverted to 10.8.1 using Time Machine. Then somehow I discovered I could keep both versions on the same computer! Both will open without a glitch (although not simultaneously)

Moreover, the project files are compatible with both versions! No "Save as..." needed!

Now I have 10.8.1 with Rosetta on (for some older plugins, mainly orchestral samples)

Then 11 in Native mode (for most other work, and for the stem splitter 😝)

11.0.1 is out now. Rosetta working again!

I downgraded by grabbing Logic from a recent Time Machine backup and ditching vers. 11

Rosetta is probably not a priority for Apple moving forward…

Most 3rd party developers offer native Apple silicon support, so if you’re relying on outdated plugins, I’m afraid it’s either time to upgrade, or ditch them for alternatives. (For those of a certain age, the transition from Power PC to Intel was equally painful)…

ARA compatibility is Logic specific rather than an Apple Silicon issue - due to Logic’s (now) reliance on “AUHostingService” which operates outside Logic & breaks ARA.

I’d much rather Apple concentrate on fixing ARA in Logic & Mac OS than fixing Rosetta. Seems Celemony & Synchro Arts are waiting on Apple rather than the other way around…

I feel bad for those that are having issues with Logic 11 and Rosetta. But for those that are making their living using Daws, you should never perform an upgrade on the very first day. There will always be kinks and incompatibilities with older 3rd party items until they update their software to work with the modern builds. Rosetta has been available for 4 years now and pretty much all major 3rd party developers have native Apple Silicone versions of their plug-ins. Melodyne 5.2 is native. so just update your software.

Also, hopefully you have Time Machine or some other back-up regimen in place. This will allow you to go back to the last version of Logic 10.* and continue with your work.

11.0.1 -> Sorry, ROSETTA isn't working well, maybe only for Logic Pro intern, but chrashes also with many good (updates) plugins (UVI, NATIV INSTRUMENT, MELODYNE, MAUDIO, IK SAMPLETANK, WAVETUNES et cetera). Every session Logic Pro send CHRASHREPORT. Whenn you open again the Plugins do not work oder sometimes a l'bit. Logic Pro run until now on Logic X Basis and NATIV with older Plugins. Melodyne say it is the DONT LIKE of Apple too implate correctly the "bridge" for there Plugin and others. Yes and this working Device is new with M3 and enought power et cetera, so i can't go back to older version.

This happened to me just now, and I immediately dragged my previous version of Logic over from a recent backup and deleted version 11. I don't have 5-7 minutes to wait each time I want to record. FAIL

Yes, it's a hassle. And Apple should have had a disclaimer on this. But Celemony and Synchro Arts have had four years to fix this, a fair time span, I would think...Do they want to stay in business?.. Rosetta is no good, it slows down performance. I have been waiting for all my plugins to be Silicon native, waiting only for Melodyne.....

But Melodyne still works fine in the old 'rewire' mode. So keep calm!

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I thought Logic Pro 11 wasn't opening in Rosetta too. On my system (Macbook Pro M1) it does open, after about 5 minutes. For those 5 minutes nothing seems to be happening, but it does eventually open.

Once open it runs, under Rosetta, as well as I expect. I open under Rosetta to keep Rewire, which I use to run Sibelius and Logic in sync.

Obviously it's a nuisance to have to wait 5 minutes for it to open, but Logic isn't the sort of program I'm opening and closing a lot. If I'm working in Logic it's usually going to be a for a long time.

Hi - The old 10.8.1 won't open because of Gatekeeper. Easy fix -- instead of double clicking the Logic Icon, Right Click or Control click it, THEN select open. It will prompt you if you really want to, then say yes. You should only need to do that once.

Extremely frustrating. Same here, so many issues. I’m a full time producer and engineer and I had to go back to 10.8.1 because of so many issues. We pay a lot of money for these computers and software, we shouldn't have to deal with this. They need to work. Please be better Apple.

I have the exact same issue. I heavily use Melodyne and Vocalign as ARA plugins, and now I can't because Logic Pro 11 doesn't support ARA and it won't open in Rosetta. I was excited for this update, and now I regret downloading it.