MacOS AVB

Supported macOS versions

AVB is supported on all Mac hardware that includes Thunderbolt ports. The first macOS release supporting Thunderbolt, and thereby AVB, was OS X Yosemite in 2014.

OS	Release	Notes
macOS Monterey	12.*
macOS Big Sur	11.*	[11.2) Good [11.0-11.1] Clocking issues at 48kHz.
macOS Catalina	10.15.*
macOS Mojave	10.14.*
macOS High Sierra	10.13.*	All releases have serious AVB clocking issues that. This release is highly discouraged.
macOS Sierra	10.12.*
OS X El Capitan	10.11.*
OS X Yosemite	10.10.*	Only Apple supplied AVB drivers are supported.

For more detailed information see the Avid S3L and macOS page.

Resources

Apple

• Browse your network for an AVB device in Audio MIDI Setup on Mac