Mac OS 10.12 Sierra Warning for Sony Camera Users – WAIT!!! Resist the burning temptation to upgrade to the latest Mac OS UNTIL it’s supported by all the third-party software. Mac OS Updates typically take time before they’re supported by Sony software and updaters, so consider this fair warning. DON’T UPDATE YET!!! At the very least, be certain that you update all camera firmware and apps BEFORE updating your Mac Mac OS 10.12 Sierra Confirmed Compatibility List: Mac OS 10.12 Sierra Incompatibility List: ) Please Note: All Incompatible Firmware Updates were released BEFORE Mac OS 10.12 was released. It’s always recommended that you update all camera firmware and apps BEFORE updating your OS.

The new macOS Sierra update is now available to download and install for OS X 10.11 El Capitan users, but if you've just decked out your Mac with the latest operating system and noticed that.

I had already installed Sony’s Mac OS 10.10 and 10.11 Driver Loader on all my Mac’s before upgrading one of them to OS 10.12 to test compatibility of firmware and app updaters. Given the incompatibility listed in this post, I don’t believe Mac Driver Loader is of any value with OS 10.12. (I only mention it because it was previously installed.) All the incompatible firmware updates were released BEFORE OS 10.12. This is why I always recommend updating all firmware and apps BEFORE updating your OS. Sony is really slow to support new Mac OS, so I’d advise finding a friend who didn’t update to Sierra and showing up with a six pack or a nice bottle to share while you update your cameras. Hi Brian, I’m Hans from Munich, Germany.

I just recently bought a refurbished macbook pro with OS Sierra, version 10.12.1 to digitalize & edit many of my old but precious tapes, some of them filmed several decades ago (but still okay because stored carefully) with a Sony DCR-PC 100. Now I had to realize that the macbook (my first) is quite primitive in some aspects, only has a simple video player, etc. After getting the right fire wire adapter I’ve been searching the web for a fitting video-grabber plus a video editing tool to finally store the movies on some external discs & DVDs before they deteriorate. I also read some complaints on the web about the video processing tool that Apple offers via their app store, so I’m actually considering getting rid of the macbook again and even return to Windows although I had a really bad and short experience with my last Windows tool by Asus, a company I’d never buy anything from again. So you see, I’m currently quite uncertain and desperate about how to proceed with my precious films.

Any suggestions from an expert like you would be very welcome and appreciated. Best wishes Hans. Hi Brian, thanks a lot for sending another warning about Sony Cameras not being prepared to work with the current Mac update. I’m getting Apple messages every day to update but I have always refused to da that. Actually I guess I’ll have to also buy a new Windows PC to be able to save my old Sony movies on DVDs. And my Sony (DCR-PC100E) only transfers videos via DV in to a Computer, or at least that’s the most convenient way to do it.

When I download Videos to my Macbook (from Youtube for example) and transfer them to an external hard disc I can play these via usb on my Blu Ray Player but there are always problems with the sequence of the videos and there is always a second (empty) file with the same name for each video, etc. I never had these problems with my old Windows computers. So while a Mac certainly has it’s advantages in some areas (security for example) it also has it’s disadvantages. Both systems have their pros and cons and none of them is perfect.

Kind regards, Hans. Hi, I’ve just bought a Sony A6000. I’m attempting to install apps using the camera’s WIFI. Following the route to login, it results in an alert stating: Could not connect to the server. Set the correct Area/Date/Time and verify the ‘Network Settings’. This makes no sense as I’m already connected to their server as I’ve had to go through several of their web pages to get to this point. The Area, Date and Time are correct and Network Settings are correct.

I’ve phoned Sony support who’s help so far has been poor, to the point where after 45 minutes of being on the phone they asked me to hold for a couple of minutes, and then cut me off. Sadly my MacBookPro already has Sierra installed so I can’t install apps using that route. Please could you advise if you know of any solutions to installing apps using the Camera WIFI. Additional note to your viewers: I have a MacPro laptop, (15 inch retina display), running this version of Sierra – 10.12.6. Excel for mac data analysis toolpak. I just downloaded the latest Sony Version 2.00 software for Mac to this computer without any problems, It took about 15 minutes. Just don’t try it with the latest version of HIGH SIERRA.