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Can the MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) run Ableton Live 12?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Operating system — supported (Windows: Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 22H2 or higher); Mac: macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur through …); versions are shown, not compared. RAM — needs 8 GB; it depends on the configuration bought (up to 16 GB). Processor — Apple silicon is supported.
How this was judged
Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.
- Ableton Live 12 system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Windows: 5th generation Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen processor (AVX2 instruction set required); Windows ARM computers via Prism emulation. Mac: Intel Core i5 processor or Apple silicon
- RAM
- 8 GB
- OS
- Windows: Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 22H2 or higher); Mac: macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur through macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple silicon Macs) or through macOS 26 Tahoe (Intel Macs)
Sources and limits
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- Ableton — Live Minimum System Requirements · retrieved 10/7/2026
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