Is it safe to update to Resolve 12.5.5?

We can't promise any update is safe for your system. This page shows what Blackmagic Design's release feed says about 12.5.5, word for word, so you can decide.

Summary

Blackmagic Design's downloads feed lists Resolve 12.5.5 (Free and Studio), dated 02 Mar 2017, build 0.
Platforms listed: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux.

Free vs Studio: wording that differs

Sentences that appear in only one edition's official description:

Only in the Free description

Technical support is available via the Blackmagic Design community forums.

Only in the Studio description

This version requires a DaVinci Resolve dongle.

What Blackmagic Design says

DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5 Update

Edition: Free · build 0 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 02 Mar 2017

This update adds compatibility for the new DaVinci Resolve Micro and DaVinci Resolve Mini hardware control panels, along with support for Red Hat and CentOS 6.8 or 7.2 Linux. Technical support is available via the Blackmagic Design community forums.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record 197ab30bbd95468c984e7ededfca0342, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5 Studio Update

Edition: Studio · build 0 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 02 Mar 2017

This update adds compatibility for the new DaVinci Resolve Micro and DaVinci Resolve Mini hardware control panels, along with support for Red Hat and CentOS 6.8 or 7.2 Linux. This version requires a DaVinci Resolve dongle.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record 96bb7b3779054b70aff643501d61a3c8, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

Plugin compatibility

Plugin compatibility is tracked from Resolve 18 onward.

Before you update

Open each plugin vendor’s page from the table above; the vendor is the authority.
Keep a backup of your projects and your current installer.

Other releases

Older: Resolve 12.5.4 · Newer: Resolve 12.5.6

Machine-readable: index.json