macOS 10.12 Sierra Third Party Product Compatibility Info

Article ID = 163
Article Title = macOS 10.12 Sierra Third Party Product Compatibility Info
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 15th September 2016
Article Last Updated = 31st May 2017
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?163

Article Brief Description:
A list of information relating to third party software products and their compatibility with macOS 10.12 Sierra

macOS 10.12 Sierra Third Party Product Compatibility Information

No PowerPC only software will run on Sierra because Sierra does not support Rosetta.

Gatekeeper

Some (older) software may not install or run on Sierra due to the Gatekeeper security feature. However, it will work, you just need to temporarily bypass gatekeeper if you are sure the software is trusted and safe - see our Gatekeeper article for more information.

System Integrity Protection (SIP)

Sierra includes a low-level security technology called System Integrity Protection (SIP) which prevents the modification or removal of certain system files - this could affect third party products that try to install/modify files/folders at the system level. We have a separate article all about SIP.

64-bit vs 32-bit

By default Sierra is a full 64-bit operating system running on computers with a full 64-bit EFI so make sure any 32-bit software you have has been updated to 64 bit versions. Common examples of 32-bit software include:

Printer drivers that are not included with OS X
Graphics and video "plug-ins" such as those for Adobe Photoshop
Audio (VST) plug-ins such as those for Logic
Third party hardware drivers such as those for PCI cards or USB devices
Drivers for modems

NOTE

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NOTE: It may be possible to run individual applications in 32-bit mode (Get Info on the application in the Finder and tick "Open in 32-bit mode" - if that option is not there then you can't).

HiDPI

If you have a HiDPI compatible monitor connected e.g. Retina Display, UltraHD, 4K, 5K, Sierra will try to run applications in HiDPI mode on them. Older applications (written before HiDPI was available) may have problems with this. It is possible to run older, individual applications in "low resolution" mode (Get Info on the application in the Finder and tick "Open in Low Resolution" - if that option is not there then you can't).

Products Specifically NOT Sierra Compatible

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5.1 or earlier - printing issues so upgrade to CC 2017.1 or later plus macOS 10.2.1 update or later
Ambrosia Soundboard and WireTap Anywhere / Studio
Apogee Duet FireWire - see not supported
Apogee Ensemble FireWire - see not supported
Arris Timbuktu for Mac - discontinued and incompatible with SIP but might be made to work with some config changes
Bento 4 has issues - see knowledge base article
Default Folder X - v4 incompatible with SIP (upgrade to v5.0.6 or later)
FileMaker (Server) v14 and earlier - not tested/suported and there will be no updates
Finale 2014/2014.5 - known issues no updates to be issued - upgrade to Finale v.25
Finale NotePad - known issues will not be updated - upgrade to Finale PrintMusic
Finale SongWriter - known issues will not be updated - upgrade to Finale PrintMusic
Intego Personal Antispam X6 - see discontinuation warning
Intego FileGuard X6 - see discontinuation warning
LaCie RAID Manager v1 - known issues: upgrade to RAID Manager v2
Microsoft IntelliType/IntelliMouse drivers - remove and replace with USB Overdrive 3.3 or later (US$20)
MT-Newswatcher
Native Instruments TRAKTOR - see discontinuation warning

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 MK1 (first generation)
TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 MK1 (first generation)
AUDIO 2 DJ
AUDIO 4 DJ
AUDIO 8 DJ

Native Instruments KOMPLETE - see discontinuation warning

AUDIO KONTROL 1
GUITAR RIG MOBILE I/O
GUITAR RIG SESSION I/O
RIG KONTROL 2
RIG KONTROL 3
KORE Controller
KORE 2 Controller

Nikon (various software applications) - will not be updated (account and login now required)
Now Up-To-Date And Contact
Perian
QuicKeys
QuarkXPress 6, 7 and 8 (in addition Quark do not support QuarkXPress 9 or 10 on Sierra)
Quicken Essentials - upgrade to Quicken 2016
Shrook (RSS Reader)

Products Specifically NOT Sierra Compatible
but they should be updated in the future to be compatible

Apogee ONE for Mac - known issue to be fixed with future update
Autodesk AutoCAD (LT) for Mac = compatibility statement
FileMaker Pro v15 (Advanced) - known issues: knowledge base article
Nikon Wireless Transmitter Utility (previously WT-4 Setup Utility) - known issue: macOS Sierra compatibility announcement (account and login now required)
PreSonus Studio 192 - compatibility statement - Apple to release an update to macOS 10.12 to fix the issue
Thursby ADmitMac v10.0.1 - known issues: update to be released
Thursby ADmitMac PKI v8.0.1 - known issues: update to be released

Companies

Ableton = compatibility statement
Adobe = compatibility statement
Apogee = blog post
Arturia = compatibility statement
Autodesk = compatibility statement
Avid NEXIS = compatibility statement
Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibelius, EUCON and ISIS = compatibility statement
Bare Bones (BBEdit / Yojimbo / TextWrangler) = compatibility statement
Bombich = compatibility statement
DEVON Technologies = blog posting
Enfocus = compatibility statement
Ergonis (PopChar X / KeyCue / Typinator) = compatibility statement
FileMaker = knowledge base article
Finale Notation Products - compatibility statement

Gobbler = compatibility statement
Graphisoft = compatibility statement
Intego = knowledge base article
Native Instruments = compatibility statement
Nikon = macOS Sierra compatibility announcement (account and login now required)
On1 (OnOne) Software = compatibility statement
Panic = compatibility matrix
PreSonus = compatibility statement
Propellerhead = compatibility statement
Rogue Amoeba = compatibility status report
Roland = compatibility statement
Serato = compatibility statement
SmallCubed = compatibility statement
Steinberg = compatibility information
Thursby = compatibility statement
Universal Audio = compatibility statement
Vectorworks = tech bulletin
Waves = compatibility statement

Printer And Scanner Manufacturers/Drivers

Official Apple list of printer and scanner drivers included with macOS 10.12

Brother = Support Statement
Canon (Europe) = compatibility statement (click on "Mac OS X" tab if necessary)
Epson = support page (USA site)
Fiery Command Work Station (CWS) = 10.12 supported with v5.8.0.39 or later
Fiery Driver = 10.12 supported with macOS 10.12 Update v5.1 or later
Fujitsu Scansnap = 10.12 supported with various updates plus macOS 10.2.1 update or later
Hewlett Packard (Printers) = No specific info but drivers available in macOS via Apple Software Update
Hewlett Packard (Scanners) = No specific info but drivers available in macOS via Apple Software Update
Lanier = No specific info so keep checking their support site
Lexmark (Inkjet) = Use 10.11 drivers if no specific 10.12 driver is available
Lexmark (Laser) = Use 10.11 drivers if no specific 10.12 driver is available
Lexmark (Dot Matrix) = Use 10.11 drivers if no specific 10.12 driver is available
OKI = OS driver compatibility page
Ricoh (Gestetner / Infotec) = No specific info so keep checking their support site
Samsung = No specific info so keep checking the Samsung UK Support site
Silverfast = compatibility statement
Xerox = compatibility page with downloadable PDF

Individual Products

1Password = 10.12 supported with v6.3.3 or later
Ableton Live 9 = 10.12 supported with v9.6.2 or later
Ableton Max Live 7 = 10.12 supported with v7.2.4 or later
Adobe Acrobat Pro/Reader DC = 10.12 supported with v1502320053 or later - see our article on keeping Adobe products up-to-date
Adobe Acrobat Pro/Reader 2015 = 10.12 supported with v1500630279 or later - see our article on keeping Adobe products up-to-date
Adobe Lightroom CC = 10.12 supported with v2015.7/v6.7 or later
Adobe Photoshop CC = 10.12.1 supported with 2017.1 or later plus macOS 10.2.1 update or later
Adobe Photoshop Elements = 10.12 supported with v15 or later
Adobe Premiere Elements = 10.12 supported with v15 or later
Alsoft DiskWarrior = 10.12 supported with v5 or later
Alsoft DiskWarrior Recovery Maker = 10.12 supported with v1.1or later
Ambrosia Snapz Pro X = 10.12 supported with v2.6.1 or later
Apogee Duet for iPad & Mac = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Duet 2 = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Ensemble Thunderbolt = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee GiO = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Groove = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee JAM = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee JAM 96k = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee ONE for iPad & Mac = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee MiC = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee MiC 96k = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee MiC 96k for Mac and Windows = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Quartet = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Symphony I/O Mk II (Thunderbolt and HD) = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Symphony I/O = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Symphony 64 | ThunderBridge = 10.12 supported with latest version
Apogee Symphony 64 PCIe = 10.12 supported with latest version
App Tamer = 10.12 supported with v2.2 or later
Arq (online backup) = 10.12 supported with v5.2.4 or later
Avid EUCON = 10.12 supported with v3.5 or later
Avid Media Composer = 10.12 supported with v8.6.5 or later
Avid Pro Tools = 10.12 supported with v12.6 or later
Avid Sibelius = 10.12 supported with v8.4.2 or later
Avid ISIS and NEXIS = 10.12 supported with NEXIS v7.2 and ISIS v4.7.5 or later
Bare Bones BBEdit = 10.12 supported with v11.6.2 or later
Bare Bones Yojimbo = 10.12 supported with v4.0.4 or later
Bare Bones TextWrangler = 10.12 supported with v5.5.2 or later
C-Command EagleFiler = v1.7 or later
C-Command DropDMG = v3.4.1 or later
C-Command SpamSieve = v2.9.25 or later
Carbon Copy Cloner = 10.12 supported with v4.1.10 or later
ClamXav = 10.12 supported with v2.10 or later
Corel/Roxio Toast Titanium (Pro) = 10.12 supported with v15.1 or later (use built-in update facility)
CrashPlan = 10.12 supported but v5.1.2 or later
Default Folder X = 10.12 supported with v5.0.6 or later
Delicious Library = 10.12 supported with v4.6 or later
DEVONagent = 10.12 supported with v3.9.5 or later
DEVONnote = 10.12 supported with v2.9.7 or later
DEVONthink = 10.12 supported with v2.9.7 or later
EazyDraw = 10.12 supported with v8.3.1 or later
Enfocus Pitstop Pro = 10.12 supported with v2017 or later (with Acrobat X or later)
Ergonis PopChar X = 10.12 supported with v7.2 or later
Ergonis KeyCue = 10.12 supported with v7.5 or later
Ergonis Typinator = 10.12 supported with v6.11 or later
Extensis Portfolio Express = 10.12 supported with v2.5.1 or later plus Portfolio Server 2016 v2.5.3 or later
Extensis Suitcase Fusion = 10.12 supported with v7 (18.1.1) or later
Extensis Universal Type Server = 10.12 supported with v6.1.1 or later
EtreCheck = 10.12 supported with v3.0.5 or later
FileMaker Pro 15 (Advanced) = 10.12 supported with v15.0.2 or later (but with known issues)
FileMaker Server 15 = 10.12 supported with v15.0.2 or later (but with known issues)
Finale v25 = 10.12 supported with Finale v25.2 or later
Fontnuke = 10.12 supported with v1.2.10 or later
Intego X6 VirusBarrier = v10.6.24 or later
Intego X6 NetUpdate = v10.5.16 or later
Intego X6 Common Services = v10.5.12 or later
Intego X9 VirusBarrier = v10.9.4 or later
Intego X9 NetBarrier = v10.9.2 or later
Intego X9 ContentBarrier = v10.9.1 or later
Intego X9 Personal Backup = v10.9.2 or later
Intego X9 Washing Machine = v10.9.2 or later
Intego X9 NetUpdate = v10.9.2 or later
Intego X9 Common Services = v10.9.0 or later
LaCie RAID Manager = 10.12 supported with v2 or later
LaCie Sdrive = 10.12 supported with v2.5.12 or later
Lingon X = 10.12 supported with v4.2.1 or later
Little Snitch = 10.12 supported with v3.7 or later
Logitech mice = 10.12 supported with Logitech Control Center v3.9.5 or later
Merlin Project = 10.12 supported with v4.0.7 or later
Micromat Techtool Pro 9 = 10.12 supported with v9.0.2 or later
Native Instruments MASCHINE = 10.12 supported
NeoFinder = 10.12 supported with v6.9.3 or later
Nikon ViewNX-i = 10.12 supported with v1.2.7 or later
Nikon Capture NX-D = 10.12 supported with v1.4.5 or later
Papers = 10.12 supported with v3.4.7 (build 527) or later
Prosoft Data Rescue = 10.12 supported with v4.3 or later
Prosoft Drive Genius = 10.12 supported with v5 or later
QuarkXPress 2016 = 10.12 supported with 2016 v12.2.0.0 (Build 28361) or later
ReadIRIS Pro 14 = 10.12 supported with v14.0.15 or later
ReadIRIS Pro 15 = 10.12 supported with v15.2.1 or later
Retrospect Client/Server = 10.12 supported with v13.5.0.173 or later
Rogue Amoeba Airfoil = 10.12 supported with v5.1.1 or later
Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack = 10.12 supported with v3.3.2 or later
Rogue Amoeba Fission = 10.12 supported with v2.3.0 or later
Serato DJ = 10.12 supported with v1.9.3 or later
SmallCubed Mail Act-On (Mail plug-in) = 10.12 supported with v4 or later (currently BETA version)
SmallCubed Mail Perspectives (Mail plug-in) = 10.12 supported with v2 or later (currently BETA version)
SmallCubed MailTags (Mail plug-in) = 10.12 supported with v5 or later (currently BETA version)
Panic Coda = 10.12 supported with v2.5.17 or later
Panic Transmit = 10.12 supported with v4.4.10 or later
Paragon NTFS for Mac = 10.12 supported with v14 or later
Parallels Desktop for Mac = 10.11 supported with v11.2.1 or v12 or later
Pixelmator = 10.12 supported with v3.6 or later
Posterino = 10.12 supported with v3.2.12 or later
Shirt Pocket SuperDuper! = 10.12 supported with v2.9.1 or later
Sonos = 10.12 supported with v6.4 or later
Steinberg Cubase Pro/Artist = 10.12.1 supported with v8.5.20 or later
Steinberg Cubase Elements/AI/LE = 10.12.1 supported with v8.0.40 or later
Steinberg Dorico = 10.12.1 supported with v1.0.0 or later
Steinberg Nuendo = 10.12.1 supported with v7.1.20 or later
Steinberg WaveLab = 10.12.1 supported with v9.0.30 or later
Steinberg Sequel 3 = 10.12.1 supported with v3.0.20 or later
Steinberg VST Instruments/Plug-ins = 10.12.1 supported with latest updates
Steinberg Hardware = 10.12.1 supported with latest updates
SwitchResX = 10.12 supported with v4.6 or later
Thursby Dave = 10.12 supported with v13.0 or later
Thursby Pkard for Mac = 10.12 supported with v1.7 or later
Titanium Software Deeper = 10.12 supported with v2.1.5 or later
Titanium Software Maintenance = 10.12 supported with v2.2.0 or later
Titanium Software OnyX = 10.12 supported with v3.2.0 or later
Tweetbot = 10.12 supported with v2.4.2 or later
USB Overdrive = 10.12 supported with v3.3 or later
Vectorworks 2016 = 10.12 supported with 2016SP5 update or later
Vectorworks 2017 = 10.12 supported with 2017SP2 update or later
VMWare Fusion for Mac = 10.12 supported with v8.5.0 or later
Wacom tablets = 10.12 supported with latest drivers
Western Digital WD Drive Utilities = 10.12 supported with v2.0.5.18 or later
WhatRoute = 10.12 supported with v2.0.6 or later
WhatSize = 10.12 supported with v6.5.3 or later
X Lossless Decoder (XLD) = 10.12 supported with v20160920 or later

Network Attached Storage (NAS) Products

NAS products must support AFP protocol version 3.3 or later (introduced with OS X 10.7 Lion) if they are to be used for Time Machine backups. Sierra supports SMB1 (CIFS) and SMB2 for normal networking/file sharing but they cannot be used for Time Machine backups. If you use NAS products that utilise open source software (FreeNAS and/or Netatalk) - FreeNas must be at least version 8.1 and Netatalk must be at least version 2.2.0. Specifically:

AppleShare IP (ASIP) - You are out of luck, sorry no update will ever be issued.
Buffalo NAS - check your product is macOS 10.12 Sierra compatible.
DataRobotics / Drobo - AFP v3.3 supported support area.
FreeNAS - AFP v3.3 supported along with SMB2 for normal file access.
Lacie NAS - check your product is macOS 10.12 Sierra compatible.
Microsoft Windows Home Server (including HP MediaSmart Servers): HP have abandoned their original implementation of this software so there will be no update from HP. Microsoft's Windows Home Server 2011 even with the latest service pack does not support AFP protocol v3.3 or later. WHS is unlikely to ever support AFP protocol v3.3 or later. Also note:
- Some implementations of Windows Home Server install Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection software. You can download the latest version from the Mac App Store
- Windows Home Server 2011 installs an application called "Launchpad" - but so does Sierra. If you install Sierra first and then try to install WHS's Launchpad, you can't and currently there is no fix. If you have WHS installed and upgrade to Sierra you won't get Maverick's Launchpad. Follow these steps to fix:
- Proxure have a WHS add-in for Mac backups called KeepVault Connector but there is little information on it and their links don't work
Netgear/Infrant ReadyNAS - use ReadyNAS OS 6 or later
QNAP - Time Machine supported.
Synology - Time Machine supported.
Western Digital NAS e.g. "MyBook World" - Time Machine compatibility

If a product is not listed above it doesn't mean it does or doesn't work with macOS 10.12 Sierra. Make sure you are running the latest version of the software and if you still have problems check the developer/manufacturer web site. If you spot any Sierra compatibility information online that we don't have above be sure to let us know the link/URL.
You could also check out this web site that lists compatible/incompatible Sierra software.

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