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Mac Pro (old or new) experiences on Yosemite

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Cubemmal

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Jun 13, 2013
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Version: 10.10 (just released)
Mac Pro: (Early 2009 quad)
GPU: AMD HD 7950

I'm using this as a test bed for Yosemite before I put it on my new Mac Pro. I've also been using the preview Yosemite on a laptop and it's been fine with essentially no glitches detected.

So far it seems just fine, other than a few incompatible plugins. Nicely they warn you about this right after install now

  • Wacom Control Panel plugin and driver (auto uninstalled)
  • GPGTools
  • One other, darn it I forgot.

Some interesting things

  • The GPU fan is better controlled now. Quieter - I can't hear it at all whereas before it was slightly audible.
  • Safari is more 'hinky-jinky' while typing in text. Can't say whether that's just the web pages I'm on or Yosemite yet.
 
Thinking that this is a thread for everyone to share their experiences, here is mine.

Mac Pro 2009 (updated to 5,1 and specs in my signature) running Mavericks 10.9.5 + Server. Has been flawless.

Downloaded and installed Yosemite from the App Store. Upon initial login, everything was DEAD SLOW. There was also a dialog that my system had restared unexpectedly. I wasn't watching the upgrade, so not sure what happened. Doing some quick troubleshooting, I realized that my Server app was probably causing issues (since it was still Mavericks Server). No internet, either. Figured out my internal DNS was not functioning so I pointed to a different DNS, and could now get on the internet.

I fired up the App Store to check on a Server App update for Yosemite. Software update was offering a 3.2.2 (I think) but when I tried to download it, it said my OS was too new! (those exact words).

I finally found there was a OS X Server 4.0, but it wasn't a free upgrade, it was another $19.99. Is that normal that if I already bought into OS X Server I have to BUY each and every major version upgrade?

In any case, my computer is still panicking on me (but not when I'm around)...I just will sit down to it, log in, and I get the dialog that my system restarted unexpectedly and gives me the option to view the panic log.

Also, I put my Mac to sleep last night, and this morning I get up and check and the power light is pulsing like it is asleep, except the system is running (fans, warm air, etc.). Oddly, I felt around inside the Mac and the RAM was very warm, but the CPU heatsink was cold. I pressed a key to "wake it up" and logged in, and yet another dialog about my computer restarting.

I have a stock PC nvidia card in here, and I think I remember loading some CUDA support program under Mavericks...should I clean that out? Could my panics be due to the nVidia card?

So far, not impressed with the upgrade, especially considering I had Server App installed. What is the proper way to update to Yosemite with Server, since both can't be done simultaneously?
 
im interested in the current versions of Adobe software, and Final Cut PRo X

Also, Ableton Live. Does anyone have experiences with yosemite and these software?
 
dmylrea said:
Thinking that this is a thread for everyone to share their experiences
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Yup. In the past the Mac Pro suffered the most in my experience from new OS upgrades. I have a variety of Macs and I got the distinct impression that the amount of QA they got was proportional to the sales (the laptops were mostly flawless, the Pro suffered). This time around it seems like they might be doing better.


Figured out my internal DNS was not functioning so I pointed to a different DNS, and could now get on the internet.
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Interesting, on my laptop that I've been running Yosemite preview on the only issue I noted was that the DNS settings got messed up. Took a little to troubleshoot but once straightened out it was fine.

Also, I put my Mac to sleep last night, and this morning I get up and check and the power light is pulsing like it is asleep, except the system is running (fans, warm air, etc.). Oddly, I felt around inside the Mac and the RAM was very warm, but the CPU heatsink was cold. I pressed a key to "wake it up" and logged in, and yet another dialog about my computer restarting.
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Mine was annoyingly awake this morning. They STUPIDLY turn on the "Wake for Network Access" flag when they do a big install. Same as for setting the "Only run Apple approved apps" flag in Security. Stupid, annoying, but easily fixed.


So far, not impressed with the upgrade
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I love the Dark mode and overall cleaner look.
 
Just to add.
If anyone knows if either or all Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6, Premiere Pro CS6
work fine please let us less brave souls know.
 
Cubemmal said:
Yup. In the past the Mac Pro suffered the most in my experience from new OS upgrades. I have a variety of Macs and I got the distinct impression that the amount of QA they got was proportional to the sales (the laptops were mostly flawless, the Pro suffered). This time around it seems like they might be doing better.




Interesting, on my laptop that I've been running Yosemite preview on the only issue I noted was that the DNS settings got messed up. Took a little to troubleshoot but once straightened out it was fine.



Mine was annoyingly awake this morning. They STUPIDLY turn on the "Wake for Network Access" flag when they do a big install. Same as for setting the "Only run Apple approved apps" flag in Security. Stupid, annoying, but easily fixed.




I love the Dark mode and overall cleaner look.
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Thanks for the couple of tips. I will check those settings.

Just to clarify a couple of things -- regarding my DNS, since I was running OS X Server, my network DNS setting was set to myself, since I was running DNS service on server. After update to Yosemite, DNS service apparently was no longer working.

And, my remark about not liking the upgrade, I meant the upgrade PROCESS, not Yosemite in general. Visually, I like it (don't LOVE it, but I like it). I haven't had a chance to check out many of the new features.

Lastly, I removed the CUDA extension to see if that fixes my panic crashes.
 
Had no noticeable issues playing around with PB3 and 4 on my 3,1 and now on my 5,1, but I'm going to let CS6 and CC users futz with Yosemite for now before I go for it as my main boot drive... I'm more concerned about Red Giant, Video Copilot, and Cycore plugins failing than I am about the applications themselves.
 
Version: 10.10
Mac Pro: (1st gen, early 2006)
GPU: nVidia GT210.

Well, for me, everything works very well. Its smooth and silky, and since I've had the DevPreviews on my MacBook, I was already quite used to the new GUI. Xcode works as expected as well as CS5. For me, it feels much faster than Mavericks. I went ahead and setup my development environment (Xcode, Cocoapods, TextWrangler, SourceTree, Frank De Loupe, etc) and all of my apps work fine. I have already got some work done!
 
Korican100 said:
im interested in the current versions of Adobe software, and Final Cut PRo X

Also, Ableton Live. Does anyone have experiences with yosemite and these software?
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I'm dying to know about Adobe CS6 and Yosemite, I'm hearing conflicting news. Particularly about AE and maybe Illustrator
 
I've been using it since PB1 and the only issue I currently have is with Bluetooth.

I'm using a BT dongle (mounted to a 3ft cable) because of BT interference with my USB 3.0 card. Anyway, upon startup, the Mac frequently forgets the pairing with my Microsoft Laser Mouse 8000, and I need to re-pair. This wasn't a problem with Mavericks.

And yes, all my programs are working just fine including PS CS6.

Lou
 
flowrider said:
I've been using it since PB1 and the only issue I currently have is with Bluetooth.

I'm using a BT dongle (mounted to a 3ft cable) because of BT interference with my USB 3.0 card. Anyway, upon startup, the Mac frequently forgets the pairing with my Microsoft Laser Mouse 8000, and I need to re-pair. This wasn't a problem with Mavericks.

And yes, all my programs are working just fine including PS CS6.

Lou
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you don't happen to have fcpx do you?
 
Korican100 said:
im interested in the current versions of Adobe software, and Final Cut PRo X

Also, Ableton Live. Does anyone have experiences with yosemite and these software?
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someone in this forum mentioned having a problem with FCP X with yosemmite.
 
With Yosemite my new Mac Pro (late 2013) is crashing in spurts. It will get to a place where it doesn't crash for a while then all of a sudden it crashes every 15 minutes for a few hours straight. Fairly painful experience so far.
 
CodeJingle said:
With Yosemite my new Mac Pro (late 2013) is crashing in spurts. It will get to a place where it doesn't crash for a while then all of a sudden it crashes every 15 minutes for a few hours straight. Fairly painful experience so far.
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Have you done a clean install?


I'm using Yosemite since Beta 2 or 3 or something and it works like a charm.
 
So far everything except the kext for my USB 3.0 card are working fine on yosemite on my 5,1 12 cores 2010 Mac Pro... VMware Fusion 7 is working fine for what I could see. Photoshop and Acrobat are working fine as well but my USB 3.0 hard drives are losing connection quite often because of the kext... just hope I can get a fix for that soon since I really need those drives...
 
My oMP seems to be working great so far post upgrade. I even let it sleep and there were no compatibility issues with my EVGA 680 / LG 34UM95 on the built in drivers. I'd been having all kinds of sleep/wake problems on Mavericks.
 
Despite my better judgment I upgraded the nMP. Installing was OK though interestingly it went through a number of reboot periods, including one that is like when they upgrade TB firmware. Maybe there's a bundled TB upgrade? Anyhow, I finally got to the "desktop", well, it was a blank screen with a mouse cursor and one of my desktop icons.

I let it sit for a good while, then went in via ssh and killed the Window manager. Now it lets me log in normally and everything appears to be OK initially. I did get a crash on Adobe Bridge CS4.
 
^^^^I also had installation issues, installing the Final Release over PB6. My post from another thread:

flowrider said:
Had a bit of trouble installing the final released version of Yosemite.

Before the install I made an Install USB flash drive Install Disk using the Terminal Method.

I tried to install it over Yosemite PB6 that was installed on my Boot SSD. I installed it three times, and the version number never changed to 14A389, and I knew it wasn't installing because I didn't have the install process on startup.

I then tried to startup from the USB stick, and during install, the Mac turned itself off. Went back and started up on Mavericks, and tried to repair the Yosemite SSD, and it was corrupted beyond repair.

So, I erased that Yosemite SSD and cloned the Mavericks SSD to the newly erased Yosemite SSD. I had kept the Mavericks SSD up to date.

I then restarted with the USB stick, and all went well from there.

Lou
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