Logic Pro X and Mavericks

For anyone thinking about upgrading to Mavericks...... (OS X 10.9)

Firstly, don't upgrade straight away!!!!!

Only do so if you have full clone backups of your system HD. Use something like Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper! to make a clone of your current system disk before you try and install Mavericks... and please do not rely on Time Machine backups.. as in the past, these types of backups have no provided full protection after upgrading the OS. Only a decent cloned image of your system drive, that you can easily and quickly restore from, will provide you with that safety net just in case anything goes wrong... so you can just restore from the cloned image and be back where you started from prior to the upgrade to 10.9

Wait a few days until some of the Users here and elsewhere.. have tested out the combination of LPX and the Public Release version of Mavericks.... I know it's very tempting to use the 'latest and greatest' stuff... but if you rely on your current setup in any real sense... hold off and see what the general option is in regards to compatibility with Drivers/Hardware and Software/plugins etc.... and you will save yourself a lot of potential headaches....

The most common issues after performing a major OS X upgrade are;

1) Driver/hardware incompatibility,...... Do not upgrade unless you know for sure your Audio/Midi interfaces have drivers with full Mavericks compatibility, ready for installation. Check with the device's Websites before even thinking about upgrading! No update or comfirmation of working fine? Don't upgrade!!

2) 3rd party apps and plugin incompatibility. Again, wait and confirm any plugins and other apps you use/need are fully 10.9 compatibile.... before upgrading.

3) Initial bugs.... All OS updates will have some bugs in them initially. .. Its the 'nature of the beast'. No matter how much Beta testing is done, bugs do and will slip through the cracks.... So, wait until at least the first couple of bug fixes are released to correct these enevitable issues... before making the transition.

The above is just some friendly advice from someone who has made all of these mistakes in the past (and paid for it!) It's your choice to follow it or ignore it of course...... but history tells us that those who just charge ahead and upgrade tend to suffer for it later.. Just looking at the hundreds of posts that were made here by users with issues.. after Mountain Lion was released.. willl confirm this....

Cheers..

Logic Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Motu UltraLite V3

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 1:22 PM

161 replies

Oct 25, 2013 8:26 PM in response to dwarfspiders

Make sure you have updated Logic Pro 9 to 9.1.8 as that version seems to work fine with Mavericks for most people...

Some people are still having this issue but its a far fewer number...

Oct 25, 2013 9:48 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

I switched Logic to 64 bit version and it seems to be fine.
Thanks guys.

kcstudio

Level 4

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Oct 25, 2013 9:52 PM in response to dwarfspiders

dwarfspiders wrote:

I switched Logic to 64 bit version and it seems to be fine.
Thanks guys.

How did you manage to do that?

Cheers!

Oct 25, 2013 9:57 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

go to applications and right click on the Logic icon, then choose "get info". In the popup window uncheck open in 32-bit mode. That is, if you have logic 9.

jorangb

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Oct 26, 2013 5:46 AM in response to **j**

The same thing (black bars) happened to me in LP 9.1.6 and Mavericks. Any solutions?

Oct 26, 2013 6:55 AM in response to jorangb

jorangb,

Try updating LP9 to 9.1.8 as that version seems to be the one that works with Mavericks... (for most people)

Oct 26, 2013 5:58 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

I am getting the same issue with my logic (see screen shot). I have enabled 64 bit mode. still happening. I have downloaded 9.1.8 and it says I need to update via the app store. There is no update in the app store besides logic x. This is terrible.

what can i do to get this working? please halp!

I am running logic 9.1.6 and mavericks, currently.

Blueberry

Level 4

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Oct 26, 2013 6:29 PM in response to teamfiend

Still the same answer: you _have_ to update to 9.1.8. Run Software Update and you will get the update - if you didn't rename/move the Logic Pro application.

Oct 26, 2013 6:41 PM in response to Blueberry

I ran software update. It says everything is up to date, wrong. I downloaded 9.1.8 from here (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1601) it says I have to update via the app store. But there is no **** update in the app store to let me fix this.

I have tried renaming my logic pro to let me update. didn't work. Named it back. My logic pro is in my applications folder

Oct 26, 2013 7:44 PM in response to teamfiend

teamfiend,

Read Blueberry's last post very carefully...... as he is trying to tell you something important!

Check your applications folder and make sure that

a) Your Logic Pro application is in there (if not put it back there..)

and...

b) It is named Logic Pro and not something like Logic Pro 9.1.6 or Logic Pro 9. If it is not named Logic Pro, rename it.

Now run software updates and you will find the update to 9.1.8 will appear....

The only other reasons it may not appear are;

1) It is already updated to 9.1.8 (Double check this is not the case..)

or...

2) If you are using an illegal copy of the Logic Pro App from the app store...

or...

3) Logic Pro was purchased using a different Apple ID to the one you are signed into the App Store with. If this is the case, sign out of the App Store and sign back in again using the correct Apple ID

Oct 26, 2013 10:35 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

Yeah, i have done all of the above and to no avail. I purchased a LEGIT copy of logic pro from the app store on december 25, 2011 under my same apple id. I only use 1 and there is no way it would have been purchased under a different ID. This is just bizarre.

Oct 26, 2013 10:49 PM in response to teamfiend

TF,

Please post a screenshot showing your Logic Pro app in your applications folder...

Next, right click on the app and select get info.. and post up a screenshot of the dialog box that opens...

Finally, open the Purchased Tab in your Mac App Store app... and take a screenshot of its contents...

This information should help us get to the bottom of things...

Note: You may have to put each screenshot into a separate post here due to a bug in the forum software that can prevent multiple screenshots correctly appearing in a single post...

Oct 26, 2013 11:20 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

Here is a screenshot showing the first two requests. I have also unchecked the open in 32-bit mode button, as some have eluded that this might solve the black screen issues, nope.

The final request, my app store was showing items in the recently purchased tab-logic being one of them. I would click update on the logic pro "update" button then I would get error 1044 or something from the app store. I tried this multiple times, then clicked the "x" next to it and now it is gone from my purchased page in the app store. My purchased page is now empty. I paid for logic on decmeber 25, 2011 under my apple ID that I use today, that I have used forever. I still have the receipt of the app purchase in my inbox.

Oct 27, 2013 7:54 AM in response to teamfiend

I bet it was error 1004 which is a corrupted App Store cache issue... normally caused by an incomplete download of something that literally gets 'stuck' and prevents completion of the update/download/install. It would explain everything that is going on...

You will need to contact Apple directly as they might need to reset something on their server their end for your purchase to reappear... or will help you do the reset of the cache on your Mac if needed.

http://www.apple.com/contact/

Good luck.. and thanks for posting up all that info... The error msg was the 'clue' though

Oct 27, 2013 3:18 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

Just wanted to give an update here. I went into the apple store. We ended up just calling the apple support line. They reset a couple things on the backend and I was able to download the 9.1.8 version of logic pro from the app store, finally! This update has cleared up my issue. what a relief!

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