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Hardware setup, third party drivers, software and operating systems must always be tested thoroughly with the free of charge demo software provided by ToolsOnAir prior to final installation.


  • All configurations in the following chapters are guidelines based on our internal tests, they can be amended at any time without notice. 
  • We cannot guarantee that these guidelines will work under all user specific requirements. 
  • ToolsOnAir and its international partners provide support and help during this phase but are not responsible for errors and/or failures that may occur due to incorrect or insufficient setups or insufficient testing.

Hardware & Software Requirements

You need to know the Model Identifier of your Macs to continue.

  1. Open the Apple Menu on the appropriate machine.
  2. Select About This Mac while holding the alt key. The menu item turns to System Information…
  3. The Hardware Overview is displayed and you can see the Model Identifier.


Qualified Macs for just:in Engine

PCIe-Card Setups

  • MacPro 12-core (MacPro5,1 or MacPro6,1)

Thunderbolt Setups 

  • Mac Pro (MacPro6,1) 8- or 12-core
  • Mac mini Quad-Core (MacMini6,2)
  • Mac mini (MacMini7,1) → the maximum amount of recordables Channels in HD (with Apple ProRes HQ) on a Mac mini i7 2012 (MacMini6,2) is 2. With the dual core Mac mini (MacMini7,1) the maximum amount of Channels is 1.
Qualified Macs for just:in User Interface
  • iMac Quad-Core i7 (iMac14,1 to iMac14,2 and iMac15,1 to iMac17,1).
  • Any other Mac with sufficient hardware specs can be used but ToolsOnAir gives no support for those.
Operating SystemOS X 10.12.x / macOS 10.13.x or higher. Administrator account required.
RAMAt least 8 GB (>16 GB recommended). 
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