Forum discussions from the software's heyday reveal that functional Mac cracks were rare and unreliable. One user on the Chinese audio forum audiobar.cn noted, "mac下貌似没有Steinberg公司的任何产品的破解？指望用hy2?" (It seems there are no cracks for any Steinberg products on Mac? Rely on hy2?). Another user confirmed this, stating, "HYPERSONIC也是有MAC版的，不过没破解，只能买正版" (Hypersonic has a Mac version, but no crack, only legal purchase). Even if a crack existed at one point, its functionality on modern macOS versions is highly questionable.