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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:

• Downloads and installs the new 10.15+ compatible Firewire driver from UC v3.4.2-63992
• Downloads the old UC Control Panel app from v 1.7.6-5875
• Extracts the control panel and panel drivers from the old version
• Installs Universal Control.app and the panel drivers in the correct locations
• Fixes permissions on the installed software.

See (Silent) Video of it in operation here:

Instructions

• Download the latest DMG release
• Open the DMG file and double-click the "Firestudio Catalina" app
• Reboot when finished.

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.