I have a installation that runs smoothly since 2011. Now dropbox stoppt supporting 10.7, and it might be a good idea to upgrade the OS for other reasons.

Will I be able to still run Max 5 with 10.13? Any major changes regarding firewire/ADVC-55? I wonder how other people deal with updates on installations - never change a running system vs. keep things up to date.

Max does video motion detection, some gpu shaders for image cleanup, midi sequencing, it uses Jaschs externals, jit.cv & shell object. Apart from Max it just uses appescripts for startup and shutdown and a python-based watchdog script.

I have a installation that runs smoothly since 2011. Now dropbox stoppt supporting 10.7, and it might be a good idea to upgrade the OS for other reasons. 

Will I be able to still run Max 5 with 10.13? Any major changes regarding firewire/ADVC-55? I wonder how other people deal with updates on installations - never change a running system vs. keep things up to date. 

Specs are:
Mac mini 5,1 
10.7.2
Max 5.19
ADVC-55 via  FW 800 to 400 adapter
Midisport 2x2

Hi,
I have a installation that runs smoothly since 2011. Now dropbox stoppt supporting 10.7, and it might be a good idea to upgrade the OS f

max-5-advc-55-based-installation-osx-upgrade

why not replace the firewire/ADVC-55 with a blackmagic thunderbold device and the mac mini with an actual one ? then everything should run fine under max7 for the next 7 years ;-)

FWIW, turns out Max 5 and the ADVC-55 still work problem free with high sierra.

Max 5 & ADVC-55 based installation - OSX upgrade?