Simply right click on your template to select the best performing version of MainStage.Īnd, if you follow these steps you’ll sleep well knowing that whatever happens, you have previous versions of MainStage to fall back on should you discover a problem down the road! UPDATE: Stick with 3.5.3!Īpple has released version 3.6, and we’re finding that version to be a bit wonky (lots of pinwheel, some crashing when making a “new patch from selected patches”, so we do not recommend playing live with it. You’re good to go, and ready for the next update! You can run whichever version that performs the best with your template. Step 4 – Mash that UPDATE Button!įinally! You will see your original MainStage app updating 🙂 Step 5 – Duplicate your updated version Step 6 – Rename your Latest Version SUCCESS! If you need to double-check a version number before renaming, simply run that App, and click “About MainStage”. This preserves this version if you should ever need to come back to it. Step 1 – Go to your Apps Folder, and find MainStage Step 2 – Duplicate your MainStage App Step 3 – Rename the Copy with its Version Number You then have the choice to run whichever version you want, whichever version runs your template best! You can even run them side-by-side to compare ( as I demonstrate in my video). SO before you mash that UPDATE button, follow these steps in order to preserve ALL versions of MainStage. The solution, if you hadn’t been archiving previous versions as we will teach you below, was to find an older machine, download MainStage 3.4.4, rename it, then move that version over to your new machine. MainStage 3.5.1 included a bug that impacted the mod-wheel implementation in nearly every patch of IntuitiveKeys. If you’re like me, you get excited when a new version of MainStage comes out! Apple has been faithfully supporting MainStage, and with the new more powerful M-processors coming, there is plenty to be excited about!īut things don’t always go as planned.

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