Arris Timbuktu for Mac - discontinued and incompatible with SIP but might be made to work with some config changes.Apogee Ensemble FireWire - see not supported.Apogee Duet FireWire - see not supported.Ambrosia Soundboard and WireTap Anywhere / Studio.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.Products Specifically NOT Sierra Compatible 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). Older applications (written before HiDPI was available) may have problems with this. Retina Display, UltraHD, 4K, 5K, Sierra will try to run applications in HiDPI mode on them. If you have a HiDPI compatible monitor connected e.g.
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). NOTE: Apple's USB modem is not supported in Sierra.
We have a separate article all about SIP.īy 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. 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. 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.
Some (older) software may not install or run on Sierra due to the Gatekeeper security feature. No PowerPC only software will run on Sierra because Sierra does not support Rosetta. MacOS 10.12 Sierra Third Party Product Compatibility Info Article ID = 163Īrticle Title = macOS 10.12 Sierra Third Party Product Compatibility InfoĪ 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