Best version for MacOS Ventura and vision issues

Hi guys,

Long-time pro user and unfortunately I’ve been out of commission for the last 18 months due to some pretty serious health issues. I’m finally getting back to work and have updated my system from MacOS Mojave to an M2 MacBook running MacOS Ventura 13.2.1. For a variety of reasons I’m sticking with this version of MacOS for now and am in the process of re-installing/updating (thanks, Waves, lol) plugins and of course, Pro Tools.

Mojave was incredibly stable and worked for me from 2019-2024. I know Pro Tools is on ver. 2025.12 now, which I assume is optimized for the latest OS’s. What version would be suitable for MacOS Ventura? Is the latest version fine, or are there bugs Avid still needs to work out?

My only requirement is that since getting sick, I have a ton of trouble with computer screens, especially animations or anything with significant amounts of motion, as well as high-contrast colors. The classic GUI always seemed pretty calm and tame by comparison, but I read Avid made it more difficult to revert. I just bought a new UAD Apollo Twin X Quad and the new UAD Console app is nearly impossible for me to read with the white text on a black background.

Anyway, any advice would be so very much appreciated. It’s been quite an ordeal and I’d love to get back to work again creating, producing, and mixing.

Thanks 🙏