Tag MacOS

ANNUAL PSA: Big Sur will probably break your stuff

Given the trail of broken gear left in the wake of successive macOS updates, I'd hold off going for Big Sur. I suspect the industry will advise the same.

Serato Catalina update

DJs have been hit hard by the launch of macOS Catalina. And while Serato et al update their apps, it seems your hardware may not be so lucky.

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Catalina and iTunes — we said this in June, and it’s still true

The tech press panicked DJs with untruths about the end of iTunes in macOS Catalina. We posted the correct info in June. Nothing has changed, but here it is again.

macOS Catalina — Serato says not yet, and so does my inner lemming

Preempting the release of a macOS update is PR telling you not to update. Serato is the first, but the death of iTunes makes this a tricky update for DJ software companies.

Help is at hand: ATGR’s Traktor Cue and Key tool

And The Groove Remains Productions has come back with another useful tool for moving your music collections around. This time, the Traktor Cue and Key tool helps you sync your Mixed in Key and iTunes information.

High Sierra, and why you should cage your inner lemming

An OS release day is when I mercilessly rip into the DJ industry for not keeping up to date. But this old man has had a change of heart, and so should you.

Out of beta: Remixvideo for Windows arrives along with 1.2 update

After a bit of a beta test, Mixvibes' VJ app, Remixvideo, is out for Windows, along with the 1.2 update.

A&H Xone:2D and Xone:DX get macOS Sierra updates

Making new drivers for dead product is rare. So a special mention must go to Allen & Heath for making macOS drivers for the xone:2D and xone:DX controllers.

KADO: inspiring your digital crate digging

KADO is new macOS software designed to help DJs dig the digital crates. Drop a track in and see suggestions based on other DJ mixes. Clever.

Dear DJ Industry — about MacOS Sierra beta

It pains me to berate the industry when they fail to support a new OS at launch. So instead, I urge it to dig into the new MacOS sooner rather than later.