Compatibility with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15)

Our product's compatibility information with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) is as follows.
Compatibility with macOS Catalina will be verified and announced after the release of macOS Catalina.
If you are using a Roland product via a USB connection to a Mac computer, please continue to stay with macOS Mojave (macOS 10.14) until the results of verification are announced.
About the Compatibility of 32-bit Apps from Roland with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15)
Starting with macOS Catalina, 32-bit apps are no longer compatible with macOS.
An announcement of the action we will take for 32-bit apps from Roland is here.
* Under macOS Mojave (macOS 10.14), these apps can continue to be used as usual.
For compatibility information for Roland brand products, please see here.
For compatibility information for BOSS brand products, please see here.

* Please also check the System requirements for the audio/MIDI application and the operating system you're using.
* For the products introduced after macOS Catalina, please refer to each product information page on the Roland.com website.
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Yes: Compatible Compatible with macOS Catalina.
Limited: Limited compatibility Compatible with macOS Catalina with limited operation.
No: No plan for compatible version We are sorry but we have no plan to make it compatible with macOS Catalina.
Pro Audio-Video
Model name Hardware&
Driver		 Exclusive
Application		 Remarks
M-200i Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:
M-300 Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:
M-5000
M-5000C		 Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:
R-1000 No No  
M-48
S-0808
S-0816
S-1608
S-2416
S-4000H
S-4000M
S-4000S-0832
S-4000S-3208
S-4000S-MR
S-MADI		 - Yes Exclusive Application:
V-02HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-1200HD
V-1200HDR		 - No  
V-1HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-1SDI Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-4EX Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-60HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-DL Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-HS Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-SC Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-SH Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-30HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-1HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-3 Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-3EX Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-4HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-5 Limited Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

* SD cards (1 GB or 2 GB) formatted on the VR-5 are not recognized by Mac computers. SDHC cards (4 GB) are recognized.

Exclusive Application:
VR-50HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-50HD MK II Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-62S Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-82H Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-83H Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-84H Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:

Recorder
Model name Hardware&
Driver		 Exclusive
Application		 Remarks
R-26 Under
testing		 -  
R-44(E) Under
testing		 -  
R-88 Yes - Storage: Compatible with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) built-in driver.
Audio: Compatible driver here
About the Compatibility of 32-bit Apps from Roland with macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15)
Starting with macOS Catalina, 32-bit apps are no longer compatible with macOS.

32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and later

This is to inform you of the action we will take for 32-bit apps provided by Roland.

32-bit Apps Action for macOS Catalina and after
M-200i RCS The update to the 64-bit version has been completed.
Compatible with M-200i RCS Ver.1.055 for macOS
M-300 RCS The update to the 64-bit version has been completed.
Compatible with M-300 RCS Ver.1.512 for macOS
R-1000 RCS We are sorry, but we have no plans to make this compatible with macOS Catalina.
* This application cannot be launched under macOS Catalina.
S-4000 RCS The update to the 64-bit version has been completed.
Compatible with S-4000 RCS Ver.2.401 for macOS

* For applications other than the ones above as well, after the release of macOS Catalina, we will announce the results of verification of operation here.

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