System Requirements for Band-in-a-Box

Band-in-a-Box for Mac is compatible with the Intel and Apple Silicon (M1) chips and works on Snow Leopard (OS 10.6.8) to Sonoma (OS 14.x) inclusive. (Note: Band-in-a-Box DAW Plugin requires OS 10.7 or higher.)

  • Mac OS X 10.6.8 to 14.x (Sonoma) inclusive.
  • Intel or ARM-based Apple Silicon processor with 64-bit support.
  • Minimum 2 GB RAM
  • Screen Resolution: 1024x768 or higher
  • At least 2 GB recommended for the main Band-in-a-Box® program. More space is required for RealTracks, depending on which package you buy...
    • RealTracks & RealDrums: ~100-400 MB per set
    • Pro RealCombos: ~40 GB
    • MegaPAK RealCombos: ~50 GB
    • Full UltraPAK/UltraPAK+ when installed to internal hard drive: ~200 GB
      (another ~200 GB is required for the installation files when downloading the UltraPAK or UltraPAK+)
    • Hard Drive versions of the UltraPAK or UltraPAK+ do not require any hard disk space when run directly from the external hard drive they are shipped on.
  • USB port for the USB Flash Drive version of the Pro or MegaPAK
  • USB port for the USB Hard Drive version of the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition
  • Band-in-a-Box will not work on a drive formatted with a case sensitive file system. This is not very common. You can check this by selecting the hard drive on your desktop or in Finder, and going to the File menu | Get Info (Command+I is the keyboard shortcut). Apple's Disk Utility gives you the option to format with case sensitivity. What this means is that file.txt, File.txt, and FILE.TXT are all unique filenames. Band-in-a-Box does not support this, and needs to be used on a case insensitive formatted drive.
  • Internet connection recommended for program activation and updates.

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