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On Mac, Linux & Chrome OS. FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs (or Intel Mac/ Bootcamp). With a full feature-set and aggressive pricing (inc. Lifetime free updates), FL Studio may be your ideal DAW! FL Studio can be used as a scratchpad for your ideas or to produce completely mastered tracks ready for publication. This is a custom Crossover wrapped version of FL Studio for Mac OS X and so is bit-identical to the Windows installer. FL Studio is one of the world's most popular and exciting music production systems. All you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix & master professional quality music. FL Studio 64 Bit features. This is a custom Crossover wrapped version of FL Studio for Mac OS X and so is bit-identical to the Windows installer. FL Studio is one of the world's most popular and exciting music production systems. All you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix & master professional quality music. FILES Locating FL Studio Installation Files. This section is to help users who need to work directly with the installation files.If you are looking to access folder locations shown in the Browser (and set in File Settings), you can Right-Click Folders in the Browser and choose 'Open'. The operating system browser will open to this folder.
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Once upon a time, the answer was no. Now the answer is YES! Never say never we suppose. This is a native 64 Bit macOS application that works on macOS 10.11 and later.
How to use FL Studio on a Mac right now
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There are two ways you can run FL Studio right now:
- Install the FL Studio native macOS version (requires macOS 10.11 or higher)
- Run Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp (you will need an official Microsoft Windows OS installer) and install the Windows version.
History of FL Studio on Macs..
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A while back we started testing a FL Studio macOS version using CrossOver (discontinued), with direct installation on macOS. This was promising, but it was still a Windows program, wrapped by CrossOver, running on macOS. The interest in the wrapped beta, and the problems we faced supporting 3rd party VST plugins in it, lead the team to start work on porting our Windows-only VST plugins - Edison, Gross Beat, Harmless, Harmor, Maximus, Ogun, Slicex, Sytrus, Vocodex to macOS native VST format. You can get these plugins here.
The macOS VST plugin testing, was in fact, the stealthy beginnings of FL Studio native macOS compatibility development. These VST plugins use the exact same code-base as FL Studio itself, and if we could get these working to spec on v, then FL Studio would likely follow soon after.
Well, the plugin testing progressed nicely, and so the team has turned their attention to FL Studio 12 itself. It's a long and slow process but work is indeed under way. Below are some of the issues we face porting FL Studio to native macOS and explains why this is taking 'so long':
- Delphi:
FL Studio is written in Delphi with in-line assembly for much of the DSP (yes hard-core assembly, not for babies). This is one reason why FL Studio and its graphics are so fluid.
Delphi only recently gained the ability to compile to macOS. So while this is great, it's a 1st-generation macOS compiler, it's cranky and sometimes causes problems of its own. But, before this came along, we needed to port well over 2 million lines of code to another language. We never thought that was a good idea, and it's why we never did it before. But, things have changed, so let's call this progress. - Windows API:
FL Studio is tightly bound to the Windows API that takes care of moving, minimizing, maximizing windows, detecting cursor position, drag & drop, opening windows dialogs, clipboard functions, decoding MP3s, .. so a port requires all operating system dependent calls to be isolated & replaced by bi-platform dependent functions. That's a major part of what the team are doing now, and it seems to be going great.
FYI, just getting all this system dependent code from Deckadance (which was created more or less with porting in mind) and replacing it with bi-platform versions took almost 6 months. FL Studio is many times the size of Deckadance, so please be patient.
Will this impact on the development of FL Studio for Windows?
No, the core codebase is shared for both the Mac and Windows versions. Developing on one is developing on the other. The team responsible for the VCL (Visual Component Library) is not directly involved in FL Studio feature development, so we don't expect to see any issues here.
Why didn't you do this before?
As noted above, before Delphi could compile to macOS, the job would have meant a re-write of over 2 million lines of code into another language (like C#). If we were going to do that, we would probably start over and write a completely new DAW application and the result would not be FL Studio. Even the change to vectorial FL Studio 12 ruffled enough feathers. Since we were, and still are, doing very well with a Windows only version (we get over 30,000 downloads of the trial per day) we decided to wait and see if technology solutions came along. And they did, first macOS was launched (a Unix based system), then Macs changed to Intel based (Win PC) hardware and finally Delphi came to the party with an macOS compiler, so it seems the long wait has paid off.
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FILES
This section is to help users who need to work directly with the installation files. If you are looking to access folder locations shown in the Browser (and set in File Settings), you can Right-Click Folders in the Browser and choose 'Open'. The operating system browser will open to this folder. To access other files when updating a plugin or component for testing or when working with Techsupport:
Windows
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A 'clean installation' requires a specific set of steps that should be completed in the following order:
Manual Uninstall / Clean Install
- Make sure you have backed up all your personal projects and files! The best way to avoid issues is to make sure everything that is yours is OUTSIDE the FL Studio folders.NOTE: From FL Studio 20 onward, your project files are, by default, in - '..Users[your computer account]DocumentsImage-Line'. This location is set by the User data folder. If so, deleting the folders below won't delete your personal data.
- Perform a Reset settings.
- Restart your computer and do not open FL Studio until you have completed the remaining items on this list. This will make sure no files are locked and in use.
- Right-Click the FL Studio desktop icon and choose 'Open file location'. Note the folder you are in, 'FL Studio N'. N = Version you are using and then go back up one level. The default installation location is 'C:Program Files (x86)Image-LineFL Studio N'. This includes the 32 and 64 Bit versions.
- Delete the FL Studio installation folder 'FL Studio N'.
- Delete the 'Shared' folder.
- If you want to reinstall the latest version of FL Studio, you can do so now. Download it here.
- If you are reinstalling FL Studio, don't forget to:
- Set Browser extra search folders.
- Rescan plugins (although, your previous plugin database should still be intact in the User data folder/FL Studio/Presets/Plugin database).
- Reapply your license by logging into your account from the About Panel.
Multiple Installations
- Right-click the existing FL Studio installation icon and choose 'Open file location'.
- Use your file browser to go back up a level so that you can see the installation folder. Normally C:Program Files (x86)Image-LineFL Studio N, where N is the FL Studio version.
- Create a new folder at the same level (not in the 'FL Studio N' but alongside it. Call it 'FL Studio Test' or whatever you like.
- Run the FL Studio installer, and when it offers the install location, set it to your folder: C:Program Files (x86)Image-LineFL Studio Test
- There will be a new icon on the desktop for this installation. If you need to manually create a shortcut/s, Right-click the 'FL64.exe' and choose 'Create shortcut' and then drag that shortcut to your desktop.
NOTE: The last installation of FL Studio normally becomes the default install to open project files. You can change this by opening the installation you want to use as the default, then on the General Settings select 'Associate project files with application'.
macOS
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- From the macOS Finder browse to [Macintosh HD]/Applications/FL Studio.app
- Right-Click FL Studio.app and choose 'Show Package Contents'
- Navigate to /Contents/Resources/FL. This will place you in the root of the FL Studio installation folder.
From here you can locate the relevant FL Studio installation files discussed elsewhere in this manual.
Manual Uninstall / Clean Install
NOTE: If your Mac is not running the latest version of macOS, we STRONGLY RECOMMEND you update your OS first. Older versions of macOS, particularly before High Sierra, are often linked to instability and crashes. If you can't use Mojave, then update to the last version of High Sierra - Open the Mac App Store and choose 'Store > Sign in'. Click 'Purchased'. Scroll down to find 'High Sierra 10.13.6'.
- Restart your computer and do not open FL Studio until you have completed this list. This will make sure no files are locked and in use.
- Make sure you have backed up all your personal projects and files! The best way to avoid issues is to make sure everything that is yours is OUTSIDE the FL Studio folders.NOTE: Your project files are, by default, in - '[Macintosh HD]/Users/[user account]/Documents/Image-Line/FL Studio'. This location is set by the User data folder. If this is the case, deleting the folders below won't delete any personal data.
- Show hidden folders if you have not already done this.
- Delete FL Studio application. Drag and drop the FL Studio icon to the Trash.
- Delete the '[Macintosh HD]/Library/Application Support/Image-Line/Shared' folder.
- Delete the '[Macintosh HD]/Users/[user account]/Library/Preferences/Image-Line' folder.
- If you want to reinstall the latest version of FL Studio, you can do so now. Download it here.
- If you are reinstalling FL Studio, don't forget to:
- Set Browser extra search folders.
- Rescan plugins (although, your previous plugin database should still be intact in the User data folder/FL Studio/Presets/Plugin database).
- Reapply your license by logging into your account from the About Panel.
Multiple Installations
To avoid installing a Beta, or any new version, over an existing installation, you can rename the existing FL Studio application prior to installation of the beta or new release.
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- Close FL Studio.
- Open Finder and select the 'Applications' folder in the Sidebar.
- Locate and right-click the 'FL Studio N' application. Where N is the version number.
- Select 'Rename'.
- Rename the application to something other than 'FL Studio N', such as 'FL Studio N Stable'.
- Install the beta, or new release, as normal. It will become the default FL Studio installation.
- To maintain quick access to the various installations, make Alias shortcuts.
- Open Finder and select the 'Applications' folder in the Sidebar.
- Right-click the application you would like to create a shortcut for and select 'Make alias'.
- Relocate the alias to your Desktop. Alternatively, you can drag the application from the Applications directory to your Dock to create a shortcut.