Here’s the latest update to the Avid user community from CEO Jeff Rosica and CPO Dana Ruzicka with some helpful advice for users running Media Composer on Mac Pro.
Late yesterday social media started to buzz about a possible computer virus attack user on Avid’s Media Composer and Mac Pros. As of now it looks to be an issue with users on older versions of macOS running Media Composer with some third party software. Both Apple and Avid are looking into this. While it is not yet fully understood, the issue does not seem to be caused by a virus, but by a software update that may have corrupted some data.
Avid is one of the go to tools for major studios and movie studios. Some are even starting to wonder, if this could lead to re-runs early in the television season due to lost post production time.
Happened to our whole team at modern family. Our vendor is moviola. Its all systems there and other vendors. Its an OS issue. Key is if you see “var” folder in the mac HD icon. Lots of misinformation but hopefullh more info to come over the next day
— Michael Kamens (@TheMBrand) September 24, 2019
To all @Avid customers/users. Please see the attached update from our team on the issues uncovered late yesterday by #Avid users regarding some models of Mac Pro. We're on it…and determining the cause and how to resolve it is a top priority for us! Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/R75TYn6mVP
— Jeff Rosica (@JeffJRosica) September 24, 2019
