colin-campbell / firestudio-catalina

Run unsupported PreSonus Firewire devices on Mac OS Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura
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Run unsupported PreSonus FireStudio* on Mac OS Catalina to Sonoma (Intel Only)

THIS WILL NEVER WORK ON APPLE SILICON (M1) MACS

NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER IS PROVIDED FOR THIS! IF IT EATS YOUR FIRSTBORN, THEN IT IS ON YOU.

This Application will help install the Firewire driver and Universal Control v1.7.6
for unsupported PreSonus Firewire devices on Mac OS Catalina 10.15 and above

Note: The driver will seemingly only run properly on pre 2012 Macs up to Catalina. Later than Catalina require a VT-D capable motherboard. This information comes from OpenCore forum and appears to be a MacOS limitation, not a problem with the driver itself.

What the app does:

See (Silent) Video of it in operation here:

Driver in action on Mac OS Big Sur

Instructions

To uninstall, run the PreSonus uninstaller from the new dmg:
PreSonus_UniversalControl_v3_4_2_63992.dmg

Mac OS Gatekeeper may ask for permission to run the new Firewire driver if you have SIP enabled, if prompted, Visit System Preferences->Security & Privacy to allow the driver to run.

You may need to power-cycle the interface once after the driver is installed.