In late 2013 Apple began shipping their new flagship Mac Pro models. These new machines are based on a new PCIe architecture which changes the way they work with UAD-2 and Apollo hardware.
Unfortunately UAD-2 SOLO, DUO, and QUAD PCIe cards cannot be made to work with the new Mac Pro. Click here for more information.
Importantly, the UAD-2 OCTO PCIe card requires a qualified Thunderbolt-to-PCIe chassis for compatibility with the new Mac Pro. UAD-2 Satellite owners, and Apollo / Apollo 16 owners not using Thunderbolt, are able to connect to the new Mac Pro via the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter.
UA audio interface and UAD-2 product compatibility with the Mac Pro (Late 2013) is listed in the table below.
UA Product Compatibility with Apple Mac Computers
| UAD Product | MacBook Air | MacBook Pro | Mac mini | iMac | Mac Pro (pre-2013) |
Mac Pro (2013) |
| Apollo x4 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.10.2 and higher |
| Apollo Twin X | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.10.2 and higher |
| Apollo x6 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.6.1 and higher |
| Apollo x8 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.6.1 and higher |
| Apollo x8p | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.6.1 and higher |
| Apollo x16 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.6.1 and higher |
| Apollo Twin MkII | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v9.0.2 and higher |
| Apollo 8 (black) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v8.0.2 and higher |
| Apollo 8p (black) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v8.0.2 and higher |
| Apollo 16 mkII (black) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v8.0.2 and higher |
| Apollo FireWire (silver) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via v7.5.0 and higher |
| Apollo DUO (silver) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via v7.5.0 and higher |
| Apollo QUAD (silver) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via v7.5.0 and higher |
| Apollo 16 (silver) | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via v7.5.0 and higher |
| Apollo Twin SOLO | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v7.4.2 and higher |
| Apollo Twin DUO | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v7.4.2 and higher |
| Apollo Twin USB | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible |
| Arrow | Compatible (Thunderbolt 3 required) | Compatible (Thunderbolt 3 required) |
Compatible (Thunderbolt 3 required) | Compatible (Thunderbolt 3 required) | Not Compatible | Not Compatible (Thunderbolt 3 required) |
| UAD-2 Satellite USB QUAD (Core, Custom) |
Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible |
| UAD-2 Satellite USB OCTO (Core, Custom, Ultimate) |
Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible | Not Compatible |
| UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt QUAD (Core, Custom) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v7.10.1 and higher |
| UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt OCTO (Core, Custom, Ultimate 3) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible | Compatible via v7.10.1 and higher |
| UAD-2 Satellite FireWire DUO (Core, Custom, Flexi, Omni) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via FireWire Adapter |
| UAD-2 Satellite FireWire QUAD (Core, Custom, Flexi, Omni, Ultimate) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via FireWire Adapter |
| UAD-2 OCTO (Core, Custom, Ultimate) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible via v7.5.0 and higher |
| UAD-2 SOLO (Core, Flexi, Neve/Nevana) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible |
| UAD-2 DUO (Core, Custom, Flexi, Neve/Nevana, Omni) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible |
| UAD-2 QUAD (Core, Custom, Flexi, Neve/Nevana, Omni) |
Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Not Compatible |
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