Native Instruments’ software is already compatible with Mac OS X Leopard with some minor issues; the one significant issue was a problem with installers, and they’ve just corrected that:
Native Instruments Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Universal Installer Patch: direct download link
If you need to install NI software on a clean system — say, a machine you did a clean install on, or if you’re really lucky, a shiny, new MacBook Pro — this should make sure you’re in good shape.
Note there are still some bugs with NI software — be sure to read the whole guide. I’m not sure I’d jump into Leopard yet if I were a heavy user; I’d wait until a fix ships for some of the other issues.
Incidentally, as some people have asked, we’ll soon have a complete compatibility guide for Leopard and an ongoing guide to Windows Vista. And this time, we’re looking at making it editable so we can have even a small group of users keeping it up to date with more detailed information. Past coverage (worth checking comments on these, too):
Leopard Reports: Native Instruments, MOTU, Why Tiger Still Rocks, Java
Leopard Early Installers, How’s it Going?
Aha! The controller functions of my AK1 still fall prey to the dialogue box bug, but there no longer seem to be any problems with audio after reinstalling with this patcher. Thanks for pointing it out.
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