Sibelius products on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Looking for more recent information? For information about compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, click here.
Sibelius 7 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Sibelius 7 is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Sibelius 6 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
The latest versions of Sibelius 6, Sibelius 6 Student and Sibelius 6 First are fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. To check that you are running the most up-to-date version of Sibelius 6, choose Help > Check For Updates from within Sibelius. Alternatively, you can click here to download the update »
This update is recommended for all Sibelius 6 users, even if you are running Mac OS X 10.5 or earlier, or Windows.
Important notice about hardware compatibility
Sibelius relies on third party device drivers for many aspects of operation, including screen display, MIDI and audio playback, printing, scanning, and so on. If you intend to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6, please be sure that your existing hardware is fully supported on Mac OS X 10.6 before you install the upgrade.
If you currently use an Avid (formerly Digidesign) audio interface (e.g. Mbox 2 series, Digi 002/003 series) or M-Audio audio interface (e.g. ProFire 610, Audiophile Solo/Firewire, etc.), PCI sound card (e.g. Audiophile series), or MIDI controller keyboard (e.g. Axiom or Axiom Pro series, Oxygen series, KeyRig series etc.), please check compatibility information on the M-Audio and Avid sites before you install Mac OS X 10.6.
M-Audio compatibility information:
Check the Drivers/Updates pages for compatibility information for your hardware.
Avid compatibility information:
http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=353265
Sibelius technical support staff cannot offer any assistance with third party device drivers. For support for M-Audio and Digidesign devices, please contact the appropriate support team, as specified in your product's documentation.
Using Sibelius Scorch in Safari on Mac OS X 10.6
Safari 5.1 no longer supports Scorch. You can instead use Firefox 5 running in 32-bit mode: click here for more details »
Previous versions of Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6
Versions of Sibelius prior to Sibelius 6 are not officially supported on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Sibelius 6 users should update to Sibelius 6.2.
Users of Sibelius 5 and earlier, and of Sibelius 5 First and Sibelius 5 Student or Sibelius 3 Student, should note that these versions of Sibelius are not officially supported on Mac OS X 10.6. Our technical support staff will not be able to provide detailed help with running older versions of Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6.
Provided you follow the important information below, you can run Sibelius 5 and earlier without serious problems on Mac OS X 10.6:
Sibelius 5.2.5, Sibelius 5 Student and Sibelius 5 First:
- Registering Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard »
- Sibelius crashes when displaying the Mixer on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard »
Sibelius 4:
- Sibelius 4 users must install the Leopard Compatibility Update from www.sibelius.com/a545 to run Sibelius 4 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
- Note that Sibelius 4 is not a Universal Binary and will also require Rosetta to be installed: you may be prompted to install Rosetta the first time you run Sibelius 4.
- Registering Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard »
Sibelius 3, Sibelius 2 and G7:
Users of Sibelius 3, Sibelius 2 and G7 should be aware that playback through your Mac's internal sounds (QuickTime Music or the DLS Music Device) is not functional and will produce errors on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Unless you have an external MIDI sound module or synthesizer connected to your computer, you will not be able to hear playback.
