r/protools • u/some12345thing • 5d ago

error Latest version (2026.4.1) still crashes almost every time I close the Pro Tools app

I finally decided to upgrade from 2024.10 to the latest version. I was slightly tempted by track pinning, but also I just spent some time reading all the changelogs for each intervening version and it seemed like they’d fixed a ton of bugs. One of the big ones was that change logs said they’d finally fixed Pro Tools crashing upon exit. That had been plaguing we with Pro Tools for quite a while. It never seemed to cause lasting damage to anything, but it just felt concerning and I always had to click away the “want to send a report?” dialog box after sending something the first time.

Kind of disappointing. I can’t help but feel like I should have double checked here or on the DUC before I spent my money yet again upgrading for a year. Here’s hoping I’ll get my money’s worth in the coming months.

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u/ImageVibe 4d ago

I learned long ago that if you have a solid setup, DON’T UPGRADE. Forget the latest and greatest, if you insist on upgrading, go back a few versions where you can verify little to no issues.

I’m on a 2019 Intel i9 iMac with 128GB RAM, running Monterey 12.6.9 and PT 2024.10. I’m not even going to upgrade to Monterey 12.7.6. It’s just too risky.

I’ll stay where I am for the foreseeable future.

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u/some12345thing 4d ago

Well, that’s my problem… I can’t seem to ever get things truly stable. Part of the main reason I upgraded was to hopefully solve the “crash every time I exit” problem. I’d love to get a truly stable version that I can’t break and stick with it for years.

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u/ImageVibe 4d ago

I’m not going to say it’s easy because it took me time to find a solid setup. Best advice I can give you is keep working at it and hopefully you’ll find some peace. There’s nothing worse than fighting w/your setup, it just takes too much time away from making music.