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The NVIDIA Web Driver situation is/was why many people across the board disabled SIP at one point. There was an update during High Sierra 10.13.3 or 10.13.4 that basically changed the way this was handled. Unless SIP was ENABLED, the driver would not install properly. There were instances where people would then disable Gatekeeper to force everything to work instead of doing it the right way. Then the "never breaking driver" that was pulled by NVIDIA (with Volta support) also needed SIP disabled for SOME people to install properly after it was pulled. After everything was working, MANY people failed to re-enable SIP/Gatekeeper as suggested.

macOS Catalina was supposed to support a GPU-level system access for 3rd party vendors that basically would allow all of the OS security features to remain in place while enabling access to the "stuff" needed, but I've heard nothing of those developments recently.

The reason this was noticed with AVID folks more than any is because those systems also required SIP disable for iLok at one point. Could not use the software without the iLok authentication key and it was basically a requirement. Many continued to run with SIP disabled daily because of this.

This has impacted more than just MP6,1 machines. And there are a lot more MP5,1 machines being used in "Hollywood" than anyone wants to admit publicly.

the only thing I don’t get is the iLok connection. I never had to disable SIP on any machine to be able to use my iLoks. Is this only about first generation iLoks? The ones that actually looked like a key?
I mean even generation 3 is already 2 years old so I didn’t think people would still use these.
 
iv seen a lot of 5.1's in the background of interviews and docs of how studios work.
I asume once you have something that works maybe some hardware acelrators or even just a server to render you dont relay need to change it.
even power mac G5 towers where seen in audio studios untill fairly recently, once you have a lot of software and hardware investments that work for what you need why spend ££££ to replace it all.

i know people who work for the BBC still using 5,1's (the guy i know still works on FC7 with only 8x1GB sticks of ram, he works in prorez and it works think he spent £20K on the setup so it's going to last him a bit)
 
iv seen a lot of 5.1's in the background of interviews and docs of how studios work.
I asume once you have something that works maybe some hardware acelrators or even just a server to render you dont relay need to change it.
even power mac G5 towers where seen in audio studios untill fairly recently, once you have a lot of software and hardware investments that work for what you need why spend ££££ to replace it all.

i know people who work for the BBC still using 5,1's (the guy i know still works on FC7 with only 8x1GB sticks of ram, he works in prorez and it works think he spent £20K on the setup so it's going to last him a bit)

The reason behind this is that in many cases studio peripherals (console, controller, video satellite) are connected to a certain release of macOS (or even OS X ) or a certain type of Hardware.
You don't wanna mess with your system every time a new software update is released. As soon as you find your 'golden' config you don't touch it and enjoy your stable system while working.
I have to admit that some folks tend to overstretch that philosophy a little but most of them just wanna get the job done without spending hours or days in troubleshooting.
I remember when PT 11 came out which brought many changes. Stressful times and I know several studios who went back to PT 10 after the first attempt. I received several mails from UAD, AVID or SSL over the last week warning or advising their customers not yet to update to Catalina. (Which would be crazy anyway)
 
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ah brings back memories of using nikon cool scans around 2010 using that nikon software that had not been updated in a few years for mac os x (maybe it was a PPC app? been to long now).
relay had fun scanning film, relaxing

I kind of miss the days of set up and don't touch, keep the computer offline and get the work done.
it's how I was always told to set things up but now everything is online all the time.

i relay do need to check if i have sip on or not
 
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