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Is it safe to update to Resolve 17.1?

We can't promise any update is safe for your system. This page shows what Blackmagic Design's release feed says about 17.1, word for word, so you can decide.

Summary

Free vs Studio: wording that differs

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

Only in the Free description

Technical support for the free version of DaVinci Resolve 17 is only available via the Blackmagic Design community forums.

Only in the Studio description

This update also adds support for hardware accelerated encoding and decoding of H.265 10-bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 formats on supported Intel platforms.
This version requires a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or software activation code.

What Blackmagic Design says

DaVinci Resolve 17.1 Update

Edition: Free · build 24 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 10 Mar 2021

This software update adds universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 processors and is compatible with Mac OS Big Sur. Technical support for the free version of DaVinci Resolve 17 is only available via the Blackmagic Design community forums.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record ab039752f18e48fd8240d00059bfab51, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17.1 Update

Edition: Studio · build 24 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 10 Mar 2021

This software update adds universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 processors and is compatible with Mac OS Big Sur. This update also adds support for hardware accelerated encoding and decoding of H.265 10-bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 formats on supported Intel platforms. This version requires a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or software activation code.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record 568b91dde8e94375834d7fd65f4f8046, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

Plugin compatibility

Plugin compatibility is tracked from Resolve 18 onward.

Before you update

Other releases

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