

- #How to reinstall universal audio plugins drivers#
- #How to reinstall universal audio plugins update#
- #How to reinstall universal audio plugins driver#
- #How to reinstall universal audio plugins upgrade#
To my satisfaction I stood up, raising my arms in the sky and thought - I WIN! - well. I could change the settings in the audio engine, record, playback and edit.

#How to reinstall universal audio plugins driver#
I opened the software and sure enough, there was my Apollo TB driver set up. I did not have ProTools installed on my PC at the time, but I had Studio One.
#How to reinstall universal audio plugins upgrade#
Thankfully, the Apollo did reboot and firmware upgrade was successful.
#How to reinstall universal audio plugins update#
After some painful deliberation on whether it was a good idea to update the firmware on a system that wasn't exactly qualified, I decided to press GO and updated the firmware.
#How to reinstall universal audio plugins drivers#
Once the drivers were installed my computer immediately recognized my Apollo Quad and announced it wanted to update the unit's firmware. Installing the drivers on my Windows 10 PC was no problem at all and the installation went smoothly. I decided to have a go and see if I could make it work, but the first attempt was a disaster. I've been waiting passionately for Universal Audio to release Thunderbolt drivers for Windows, which they now have done at last But I was very disappointed when they announced that Thunderbolt support would only be for Thunderbolt 3 and I thought my days on a PC were numbered. Universal Audio Announce Thunderbolt 3 Supportīack to the PC. Once Pro Tools is up and running, there's no difference. The differences are mostly related to the system and drivers and I know from personal experience that it is more difficult to get some equipment working on a PC than on a Macintosh, that's just how it is. I do not favour one or the other and I feel that ProTools works in the same way on both platforms except for the keyboard modifier keys in keyboard shortcuts.

Just to get this discussion out of the way at once, I've been working on Mac and PC, side by side since 1996. I Use Mac And Windows, And Have No Favourite! Running many VI's isn’t an option as the mini is too weak. Having a 7200 RPM drive inside the mini isn’t possible, and big SSD's are expensive. However, my problem with this setup is mostly down to the lack of power and drive space. I've been using the Mac Mini for the last year, and I'm really pleased to be able to use the thunderbolt hot swap as it's supposed to work. So, what to do then? Enter the Mac Mini 2012 i7. So, I had to reboot the computer every time I switched on or off one or more of my Thunderbolt devices. To this day, even with USB-C and Thunderbolt 3, it seems impossible to get hot swap working on a Hackintosh. So why didn't I just continue using the PC as a Hackintosh? The only reason for this is the option to have Thunderbolt hot swap. Processors: Intel Quad Core i7 3.5GHz 3770K Ivy Bridge.My current machine configuration is as follows. You might be asking why on earth did I even think of trying this? Well, I've been using a PC as a Hackintosh machine for some while and I knew that the Thunderbolt ports on my PC did work with my equipment when in Hackintosh mode. Eventually, he was successful and this 2 part series is his story of how he managed to get it to work as the setup was not straight forward and required the right procedure. However, maybe an older computer with Thunderbolt 1 could be persuaded to work?Ĭommunity member Knut Richard Vanderloock decided to take on the challenge to see if he could get his older machine with Thunderbolt 1 to work with his UAD hardware. Late last year UAD announced Apollo Windows 10 Thunderbolt Compatibility but with the caveat that PCs must be equipped with Thunderbolt 3 via USB-C and that older Thunderbolt systems will NOT be supported.
