Mac OS Sierra and TAD CD/DAC D1000MK2?

[Taxman]

Hi,

 

does anyone have any experience in connection a Mac Powerbook with Mac OS Sierra (latest version 10.12.4) to a TAD-D1000MK2 through USB? According to the user manual (which seem a bit dated since only Mac OS 10.8, 10.7 and 10.6 are mentioned...), the needed software drivers should be downloaded/installed automatically when connecting the Mac to the DAC, but nothing happens and I can't see the DAC as a selectable Audio Output device in the sound system preferences. 

 

Any ideas? 

[Taxman]

After reading the review of the Audio Research DAC9, I was thinking if the TAD might be using the same crappy USB-interface from RigiSystems with limitations for Mac and non-support for Linux!?

[Indydan]

 

[Taxman]

Thanks - it looks like SIP (System Integrity Protection) is what's preventing the drivers to install. Still, I find it very odd to have the drivers stored in the DAC for download when a mac is connected. It might be plug/play for some people, but it makes it really hard to update the drivers in the DAC - especially in the case of my TAD-dac that doesn't seem to have a simple way of doing a firmware upgrade.

 

Just to have something to compare with, I downloaded and installed the windows driver for the same TAD-dac and they had version 1.0.0.0 and were from 2011...