Guitar Rig 5

Guitar Rig 5 has been discontinued by Native Instruments and is no longer officially supported on current macOS versions or Apple Silicon Macs. Native Instruments confirmed in 2025 that Guitar Rig 5 is not supported on current Mac operating systems and also not on Silicon Macs — the plugin will not function reliably, even under Rosetta 2. Since this is a VST plugin (not a standalone app), you cannot update it independently; however, updating the host DAW itself will not resolve the issue because the underlying Guitar Rig 5 plugin is no longer maintained. When Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), any Intel-only copy of Guitar Rig 5 will stop loading entirely. Your best path forward is to upgrade to Guitar Rig 6 or Guitar Rig 7, which Native Instruments actively supports and supplies as native Apple Silicon builds through Native Access. If you are a Native Instruments Komplete subscriber, both newer versions are included in your subscription and can be installed via Native Access. Alternatively, if your workflow is heavily dependent on Guitar Rig 5 presets, you can export your presets and import them into Guitar Rig 6, which maintains backward compatibility with most Guitar Rig 5 patches.