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Wed, Mar 11 2020 10:23 AM

chap
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Which avid MC version for brand new iMac?

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Hi all

I've just bought the following iMac with the listed spec, which ships with the Catalina OS.

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display

With the following configuration: 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory Radeon Pro 580X with 8GB of GDDR5 memory 1TB SSD storage

As far as I can work out, I should be downloading the Avid MC 2020 version? Anyone disagree?

cheers

Mark

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 1:01 PM In reply to

jdrouette
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The only version that currently supports Catalina is the 2020.2 BETA release, correct.

It has some important limitations with importing/exporting as stated in the release notes, but it mostly works as expected from my experience.

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 1:46 PM In reply to

chap
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cheers JD! Yes

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display With the following configuration: 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz... [view my complete system specs]

Wed, Mar 11 2020 2:23 PM In reply to

chap
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I've just noticed, you joined the forum on exactly the same day as me!

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display With the following configuration: 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz... [view my complete system specs]

Wed, Mar 11 2020 3:26 PM In reply to

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Wow. Destiny! Geeked

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 3:54 PM In reply to

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chap:

I've just noticed, you joined the forum on exactly the same day as me!

Hey, me, too! Wink

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 5:16 PM In reply to

pierreh
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Since this iMac was introduced before Catalina (me thinks), can't you just downgrade it to Mojave?

(oh we all joined on the same date!)

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 5:42 PM In reply to

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There is no "revert" option. You'll have to wipe it out and reinstall Mojave from scratch.

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Wed, Mar 11 2020 9:26 PM In reply to

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I did a clean install of Mojave on a new 27" iMac and I'm very happy with it.

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Thu, Mar 12 2020 9:50 AM In reply to

pierreh
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Adman:

There is no "revert" option. You'll have to wipe it out and reinstall Mojave from scratch.

Which is probably fine if the iMac is brand new out of the box with no software installed. You'll probably need to make a USB installer (stick or drive) to be able to wipe the drive first, otherwise the installer will complain about a newer system on the destination.

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