You are right, that is the next plugin, that i cannot use. Avenger, Roland and Univeral audio need the internet. Dune, electra 3, Kontakt 7, Synthmaster and Nexus have crashed in the past. Musiclab and Cherry Audio sometimes have a very high CPU load, ilok has issues.
One day I can only use Adam Monroe organ, pianoteq, Full Bucket Music and Korg. Or I sample every sound with Bliss …
I have had the GUI mistake with AUs. I know, that was an Apple issue, so I replaced all my AUs with VST. For me that is okay. I answered to pianopaul, who asked me to use AU, I don’t want to go this step back. That’s all.
Sorry, you are right “nearly every plugin” is a little bit exaggerated, but a number of plugins have had some issues in the past. That does not mean, that I have had all these issues every time. And there are communities that try to help, in particular here.
I want to be careful, but I think, that it is not possible to avoid all plugins that had an issue in the past.
Of course not. But I rarely upgrade plugins in my live environment once they’re working reliably unless there is a compelling need, which there normally isn’t. I’m still using Kontakt 5 and other plugins that are years old.
For live use, I’m still using an older MacBook Pro with 10.14 on it and no plans to upgrade.