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  1. B S Magnet

    ℹ️ Discussion: the Early Intel Macs versus Late Intel Macs conversation lives anew and lives here

    [Mods: If you want to move this from Early Intel Macs over to Site & Forum Feedback, post a reply to this thread with, maybe, a few days’ advance notice. Cheers!] Confession time: For the last few months, I’ve been dropping in on other, model-specific forums to check whether there are any new...
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    MP All Models Need help with connecting front IO on MacPro to an ATX PC motherboard

    So, I am planning to build a custom hackintosh inside an old MacPro case, like many other people seem to have done. I haven't yet bought the MacPro case, or motherboard, but I am holding off temporarily until I can get more information on how to connect everything together, and the only bit I...
  3. K

    MP 1,1-5,1 Upgrading my mac pro mid 2010

    Hi guys I am newbie here I have mid 2010 Mac Pro single core cpu I am looking to upgrade to dual core cpu I have chance to purchase used dual core cpu Mac Pro 2010 and I am thinking of swapping cpu trays and purchasing two X5690 6 core CPUs is this possible in my situation any problems your see...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro: Wifi works but No Internet

    Hello. I have a Mac Pro of the cheese grater variety (4.1 I believe but will confirm later) A couple of days ago it stopped connecting to the internet. I tried various simple steps (wifi off/on, restart, trying connecting via ethernet) none worked. The wifi appears to be working, and it can...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 USB Error on Monterey

    Hello! I need help. A few days ago, I noticed that when I unplug a USB device and plug it back in, the system doesn't detect it, that is, it doesn't work until I restart the machine I also tried it on High Sierra and this error does not appear there Does anyone know a solution to this? Mac pro...
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    MP All Models Would you buy a mac pro m2 ultra?

    There is a lot of speculation on what the desktop future for mac will be and this is extensively discussed in the forums. The latest rumors has that we will not get an updated mac studio to m2 and that a mac pro will instead will be basically a studio with slots. No discreet GPUs, just a an...
  7. Bmju

    iM 4,1-14,4 EnableGop: Pre-OpenCore GOP support for EFI-era iMacs and Mac Pros

    You wait ten years for a driver to enable pre-boot graphics on unsupported GPUs in EFI era Macs, and then two come along at once... This post is to announce a firmware driver to enable the native Apple boot picker and early macOS boot progress bar (plus other parts of the firmware UI: target...
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    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 - A required firmware update could not be installed. Compatible internal storage is required in order to update

    I have just purchased a trashcan Mac Pro 6,1 (12 core, D700), this already had Monterey 12.0 installed on the default Apple 256gb SSD. As this was already at Monterey, I assumed that the required firmware was OK so installed the OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD and attempted a clean install. Got the "A...
  9. Macschrauber

    MP All Models a script for measuring CPU frequency in "normal" and "turbo boost" mode

    A little x-mas gift for you guys :) As there is no real way (I have knowledge of) to monitor the actual / turbo cpu frequency of the Xeons in classic Mac Pros I made two little scripts for displaying the actual cpu and turbo cpu frequency. (The Intel Power Gadget tool does not work on our Xeon...
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    MP All Models Mac Pro 2023

    Hi everybody, merry christmas for all of you ! Wanted to ask, are there any indications for a release of the new Mac Pro in 2023 ? Date and what M-Chip it will get ? Thank you ! Best regards, Schnitzel
  11. zibonst1

    Connecting Mac mini to Mac Pro

    Hello. I recently had to get a new Mac mini for some work projects. My beloved 2009 Mac Pro 5,1 is still my workhorse for music production, which is also part of my work. The MP has about 10 drives connected (internal & external USB - mechanical & SSD - some of these are for backups) and is...
  12. 257Loner

    MP All Models How will the apple silicon Mac Pro work with discrete graphics if M chips don't support eGPUs?

    Could Apple design a chip without an integrated GPU that could work with discrete GPUs inside of the next Mac Pro?
  13. janpieterduhen

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) only booting into recovery mode

    Hello, hope anyone has a tip to get my Mac Pro 4,1 booting into the OS. Symptom: no matter what I try, this Mac keeps just booting into recovery mode. (GFX are fine, nice gray screen with apple logo -> recovery-mode) Failed attempts so far: - remove all disks and do clean install from USB-stick...
  14. maikerukun

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 8.1 - WHAT IF...

    As you all know, Apple will have to pry my Intel based Mac Pro 7.1 out of my cold dead fingers, because I won't let go. I won't leave behind it's 28 cores, it's 2 w6800x Duos, it's ridiculous GPU power while rendering in Octane and Unreal...and yeah, I'll pick up whatever is coming next with the...
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    MP All Models 2010 Mac Pro Turning Itself Off

    Hey guys, I have a 2010 Mac Pro tower that runs my recording studio (2.66GHz Nehalem Quad Core). All I really use it for is Logic Pro X, and not really much else, asides from associated plugin software. A few years ago, it started randomly turning itself off. While working, it'd be just...
  16. Juanchi007

    MP All Models Apple’s January Event Lineup

    With no Apple event invites this week, and Mark Gurman assuring his readers that this year’s remaining product launches will be delivered via press releases, it appears that Apple is done with events for the year. This leaves us looking forward to the first event of 2023, but I don’t believe...
  17. Juanchi007

    Apple’s January Event

    With no Apple event invites this week, and Mark Gurman assuring his readers that this year’s remaining product launches will be delivered via press releases, it appears that Apple is done with events for the year. This leaves us looking forward to the first event of 2023, but I don’t believe...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Set Default Boot OS - OCLP

    Hello again. I am wondering how I can set OCLP to boot into macOS by default when I power on or restart my Classic Mac Pro. I have macOS Monterey and Windows 10 installed, both on their own SATA SSD drive. When I power on the computer it defaults to the Windows 10 drive/OS unless I choose...
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    MP 7,1 Radeon Vega Pro II Duo MPX installed, but only see one GPU being used in ISTAT menus?

    Hi all, I just upgraded my 580x to the Vega Pro II duo MPX card. This is primarily because I am using ISTAT menus and realized I've had a speed bottle neck when doing a lot of photo processing in photoshop, lightroom, etc. I also upgraded the memory simultaneously. Anyway, it seems to be...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows 10 Locking Up When Gaming - Temps?

    So, I just installed Windows 10 on its own SSD for gaming purposes and it will crash eventually mid-game. I did some reading around these forums around temperatures and I believe these temps may not be the issue causing the crashing. I play for about 15-20 minutes and entire system will freeze...