Sibelius 6 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

The current version of Sibelius, Sibelius 6.1, is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. To check that you are running the most up-to-date version, choose Help > Check For Updates from within Sibelius. Alternatively, you can click here to download the update »

This update is recommended for all Sibelius 6 users, even if you are running Mac OS X 10.5 or earlier, or Windows.

Important notice about hardware compatibility

Sibelius relies on third party device drivers for many aspects of operation, including screen display, MIDI and audio playback, printing, scanning, and so on. If you intend to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6, please be sure that your existing hardware is fully supported on Mac OS X 10.6 before you install the upgrade.

If you currently use a Digidesign audio interface (e.g. Mbox 2 series, Digi 002/003 series) or M-Audio audio interface (e.g. ProFire 610, Audiophile Solo/Firewire, etc.), PCI sound card (e.g. Audiophile series), or MIDI controller keyboard (e.g. Axiom or Axiom Pro series, Oxygen series, KeyRig series etc.), please check compatibility information on the M-Audio and Digidesign sites before you install Mac OS X 10.6.

M-Audio compatibility information:
Check the Drivers/Updates pages for compatibility information for your hardware.

Digidesign compatibility information:
http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=48&langid=1&itemid=38972

Sibelius technical support staff cannot offer any assistance with third party device drivers. For support for M-Audio and Digidesign devices, please contact the appropriate support team, as specified in your product's documentation.

Using Sibelius Scorch in Safari on Mac OS X 10.6

Safari runs as a 64-bit process by default on 64-bit capable computers running Mac OS X 10.6. You will need to set Safari to run as a 32-bit process in order to use Scorch: click here for more details »

Previous versions of Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6

Versions of Sibelius prior to Sibelius 6.0.3 are not officially supported on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Sibelius 6 users should update to Sibelius 6.1 or later.

Users of Sibelius 5 and earlier, and of Sibelius First and Sibelius Student, should note that these versions of Sibelius are not officially supported on Mac OS X 10.6. Our technical support staff will not be able to provide detailed help with running older versions of Sibelius on Mac OS X 10.6.

Provided you follow the important information below, you can run Sibelius 5 and earlier without serious problems on Mac OS X 10.6:

Sibelius 5.2.5, Sibelius 5 Student and Sibelius 5 First:

Sibelius 4:

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