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How macOS Sierra handle Mac Pro 4,1 and 5,1? Interesting!!
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I thing I'm gonna sell my 2,1 without the 5770 and buy a 5,1.
It's brand is eBlue. Just a $5 USB Dongle in a local computer store. I bought it without think twice.
There is an Mac logo on the box to state that's Mac compatible.
It works fine since I bought it (with Yosemite), I use BT explorer to switch to this USB BT dongle. No driver require, work straight away (no need to reboot). Once I done that, the system just keep using it even I install a new OSX on a clean partition. So, obviously the information is stored at somewhere else, but not inside the OS.
I'd try to find the exact BT Dongle on the internet, but can't find it. Not even on the eBlue webpage. So, it may coming from an unknown China manufacture with just the eBlue name on it.
Anyway, this is the BT system info. Which shows BT 4.0 as the box state.
I hope so. I hate the lag I get with Stacks. Transparency takes a heavy toll on an old and/or non-flashed GPU.
Installed 10.12 on my cMP 3.33 (12 core) 48gb 1333 Ram 4.1 - 5.1 2009. No issues so far and continuity working perfectly with my cMP, iPhone 6s and iPad mini.
Update, I downloaded the Nvidia Beta driver for my GTX680 but it always reverts back to the OS default driver.
Update, I downloaded the Nvidia Beta driver for my GTX680 but it always reverts back to the OS default driver.
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Here is the cheapest and best way to do it. I have done this in my cMP 4,1 (flashed 5,1) and two others.
Buy and Mini PCIe adapter and a cheap wireless card pulled from a newer iMac that has built in BT 4 such as the BCM94331CD.
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=BCM94331CD&_sop=15
You should be able to find everything you need for under $30. (you will be ordering from China though so expect over a month for delivery time)
While I am at this, I also want to mention that you can use this card to install 4 USB 3.0 port into the cMP (it uses the same chipset as the usb3 ports on the 2013 mac pro, so it will stay working in new os releases)
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/4-Port-Super...029569?hash=item3d09007381:g:WcsAAOSwepZXTcxN
As well as Sata 6 with this card:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115114&_ga=1.197799471.1861629253.1460357430
And install up to three SSDs in the second DVD Drive Bay with these:
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from...in+Male+to+SATA+7+Pin+and+2+X+15+Pin&_sacat=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997056
I also plan to replace my CPU with a 3.33GHz W3680 6-Core CPU soon. If you have a 4,1 or 5,1 Mac Pro you might as well upgrade that crap out of it, because it most certainly will work just fine with many macOS releases to come. Just like the original 2006 Mac Pro still works just fine with El Capitan. These as well as all of the CMPs will continue to work just fine thanks to some very helpful people on the internet.
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I understand needing Bluetooth 4.0, but why would those features require wifi? A hardwired ethernet connection is functionally equivalent. In fact, my Mac Pro 2010 is connected only via its ethernet port and all of the continuity features work, including SMS messages and making voice calls. I have a BCM94331CD installed in my Mac Pro, but I only use it for Bluetooth because the adaptor card apparently doesn't work correctly in the Mac Pro's PCIe x4 and x16 slots.
You can purchase a BCM94331CD + the adaptor card for $30 on AliExpress here: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/BCM9...eless-Network-Card-BT4-0-for/32494574285.html
If you buy the adaptor card in the link above be aware that the wifi won't work if you install it in any Mac Pro 2009 or 2010. I've read the only way to get both wifi and Bluetooth working is to install it in a PCIe x1 slot.
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May I know how you handle that extra cable?
In my own experience (I don't even have any Wi-Fi card, but just a unknown brand $5 USB 4.0dongle), I can get SMS, calls, etc. But unable to use any Handoff function / Airdrop (This is the difference with / without Wi-Fi).
Anyway, anyone has luck with this card that can enable Wi-Fi?
Has this card and adaptor combination been confirmed to work in the Mac Pro 2009/2010 PCIe x4 slot? What is the difference between the BCM94360CS and the standard BCM94360CD? Also why does this card only have three antenna? This broadcom chipset is an 802.11ac 3x3 device, so it should have 4 antennas, 3 for wifi and 1 for bluetooth.
[doublepost=1466107093][/doublepost]The 2010 dual cpu models switched to Westmere Xeon 5600 series. However, both the 2009 and 2010 models used Nehalem based Xeon W3500 series processors in the single cpu models.
Will #2 "copy installed image from another mac" work on a 1,1 or 1,2? I did a similar way with my 1,1 by installing El Capitan on an SSD with my supported 4,1 and then swapping out the correct files and viola it worked, instead of building an installer from scratch. From doing a bit of research it looks as though the 1,1 and 2,1 are now dead in the water because of the SSE4 requirement.
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Use a PCI/PCIe ethernet card with the appropriate chipset for ethernet. Remove the network .plist file and it should recognize the card as ethernet0. Shouldn't have any issues after that. I would go into the BIOS and disable the onboard ethernet as well so it only sees the PCI/PCIe card.
I was wondering this too, and it is still there (at least in the first beta, but it also still says OS X in a lot of places so I'm not sure what changes will be made by the time the official release comes out), I'm running 2 monitors off a PC 5870 and 1 off the original GT 120 and it works fine
Has anyone installed Sierra on a 4,1 firmware upgraded machine but still using non westmere CPUs?
My 4,1 was flashed to 5,1, but currently has X5570's installed.
Just wondering if Sierra needs instruction sets from X56xx CPUs and will crash if an X55xx is installed
My 4,1 was flashed to 5,1, but currently has X5570's installed.
Just wondering if Sierra needs instruction sets from X56xx CPUs and will crash if an X55xx is installed
I have it on my 4,1 with the stock CPU with the firmware upgrade. No issues so far with the newer firmware and a GeForce 610 Silent GPU. I have the stock quad core single processor machine.
I installed it on a flashed 4,1 using the 2.66 quad-core and the stock Nvidia GT120, whatever CPU those are.
macOS 10.12 supports late2009 imac which has same cpu core as macpro 3,1 (http://www.everymac.com/systems/app...uo-3.06-21-inch-aluminum-late-2009-specs.html)
so mp4,1 is safe with any cpu, sse4.2 or higher wont be used in 10.12
so mp4,1 is safe with any cpu, sse4.2 or higher wont be used in 10.12
Obviously I'm talking about single-CPU systems in my example, but consider this assessment, from a post I made in the AppleSeed Discussion forums (it got a little testy when some folks kept blindly insisting that "the CPUs are different"):
The base 2.66 (2009) and 2.8 (2010) are W3520 and W3530, respectively. They are the same family, same features, specs, everything, except one is rated for 2.66GHz (2009) and the next one up is rated for 2.8GHz (2010). They are literally one step apart in the Xeon 3500 family. And what about the very next step up, the W3540 2.93GHz? Guess where you can find that particular Xeon...that's right, back in the 2009 model. Do you honestly think that Sierra requires something that is not in the W3520, but is in the W3530, but— wait— again is NOT in the W3540??
In short, I'm sure your X5570s will be fine.
If you buy everything in that kit on eBay separately you can do the whole thing for $30 rather then $130. All they have done at that osxwifi website is buy everything for $30 themselves and then resell it as a kit for $130.