10.14.1 beta 2 still has the same issue. I just revert my OS back to 10.14.0 (simply run the 10.14 installer once more), HEVC hardware acceleration (decode only) work again. It's 100% OS issue, not any setting / software compatibility issue.
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10.14.1 beta 2 still has the same issue. I just revert my OS back to 10.14.0 (simply run the 10.14 installer once more), HEVC hardware acceleration (decode only) work again. It's 100% OS issue, not any setting / software compatibility issue.
NVMe EFI module for MP6,1 changed again, but even less than last time:
Have you reported? Guess you should also post this note in that other macOS thread where we’ve talked about it...
Oh yeah, you are right. I forget which thread we were on. And just search my own post, then make a reply on in. In fact, this is not the correct thread to take about this topic. Thanks for the reminder.
I followed the 6 steps with succes, but my NVMe SSd card (in slot 2) is still seen as a external drive?
Is that ok?
That is expected! But with another kext file you can convert it to be seen as internal.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/innie-a-fix-for-pci-drives-seen-as-external.2136229/
To the MP5,1 firmware, all PCIe AHCI/NVMe drives are external.
Thanks fo the quick replay Guys, appreciated!
Can I use this external drive as a boot-disk?
My Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB PULSE card is on the way, arriving tomorrow.
then I want to install Mojave on that NVMe drive as a bootdrive.
Can I use this external drive as a boot-disk?
My Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB PULSE card is on the way, arriving tomorrow.
then I want to install Mojave on that NVMe drive as a bootdrive.
The Disk Speed Test shows only half the speed than before the NVMe support update?
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Sorry, my fault. I put the my NVMe drive in the wrong slot. Now its in slot 4 and run like a charme.
I'm going to take a flyer. My guess is that this is the firmware updater that will take most 10.13.6 users, who have 51-85, to the version needed for Mojave. My rationale for this is that I don't think Apple (or any large IT company) thinks the way to update required firmware is the way that's been documented in this thread. Great work here, of which I continue to remain in awe. But I think (hope?) at some point supported GPUs will show boot screens, and firmware will update as more conventionally, as they have in the past.
Apple is in the business of selling hardware. Lots of hardware. Even if you don't need to replace your old hardware, they don't care. They just want you to upgrade.
Having no boot screen is another reason for cMP users to get a new device. According to Apple.
IMO
Having no boot screen is another reason for cMP users to get a new device. According to Apple.
IMO
It's time to stop hoping/dreaming of boot screens with UEFI cards.
Cupertino didn't even resolved the GTX-680 Mac Edition install bug, a supported 3rd party card. Do you think they will devote major resources to bring UEFI boot screens now?
Apple will just do the minimum necessary to keep Mac Pro users around until MP7,1 arrive.
Yup. That's just a direct way of saying what I was saying.
We all love our Apple devices. But Apple the company are not nice. IMO
Is it possible to install 10.14.1 directly?
Or does this have to be upgraded within 10.14?
I can’t even figure out how to download a Mojave installer while on Mojave. The new App Store is a bit weird.
I would like to test if it is now possible to install directly from USB, not via High Sierra. The 10.14 release notes mentions the Mac Pro bug, but the 10.14.1 has no known issues, so maybe they corrected it?
I just want a clean install of Mojave with “FileVault” (APFS Encrypted) enabled on all drives.
Unfortunately the only way to achieve that is to install from USB and format to APFS Encrypted, but my GTX 680 is preventing me from doing so, I can only go from 10.13.6
Or does this have to be upgraded within 10.14?
I can’t even figure out how to download a Mojave installer while on Mojave. The new App Store is a bit weird.
I would like to test if it is now possible to install directly from USB, not via High Sierra. The 10.14 release notes mentions the Mac Pro bug, but the 10.14.1 has no known issues, so maybe they corrected it?
I just want a clean install of Mojave with “FileVault” (APFS Encrypted) enabled on all drives.
Unfortunately the only way to achieve that is to install from USB and format to APFS Encrypted, but my GTX 680 is preventing me from doing so, I can only go from 10.13.6
About the NVRAM:
People usually thinks that the NVRAM is a non-volatile SRAM powered by the BR-2032 battery, like PCs. It's not.
Apple never used BIOS with Intel Macs, with the exception of the Intel Developer Transition System, so how Apple stores the configuration data? It's a little more complicated than a dedicated SRAM on-board like PCs.
Apple stores all the configs needed on the BootROM, or better, in a volume inside the same FWB or SPI Flash memory that stores the BootROM.
The EFI firmware is made by lots of volumes and files. One of this volumes, GUID
FFF12B8D-7696-4C8B-A985-2747075B4F50 is the NVRAM:
On a Mac Pro 5,1 the NVRAM is a volume of 192KB, so a lot bigger than the usual battery backed SRAM. Another thing, the NVRAM has two parts, one user accessible and another private. You can clean the user accessible one with zap-PRAM, but the other one you can't.
Someone will be asking about the function of the BR-2032 coin battery, it's to keep the clock running.
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I’m convinced that tsialex is Chuck Norris and if he just walks by a broken Mac Pro it would just start working.