I stumbled upon a fine solution to hide all the unsightly cables attached to my cylinder Mac Pro. I was gifted an old 23 inch cinema display which I took apart for fun. It turns out that the hollow aluminium case makes the perfect platform for the Mac Pro. An old 20 inch cinema display will do just fine if you don’t have too many monitor power bricks that need to be hidden.
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Solution to hide unsightly Mac Pro cables
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ActionableMango
macrumors G3
I can't believe you have that one, sole USB cord plugged in that's non-Apple branded.
Like some kind of barbarian.
Like some kind of barbarian.
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Good* solution but i'm shocked you don't have a surge protector in place. I'd have an isobar there minimum.
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Good point - I actually didn't think about it until you brought it up. I always had everything connected to a power strip before. I'll get a small one with surge protector.
ActionableMango
macrumors G3
Analog Kid
macrumors G3
The funny thing is that it never bothered me with all the other cables flying around. But it does look a little out of place with the new clean setup. A new white USB extension cable is already on it's way. Thanks for pointing it out. 🙂
I initially planned to replace the background LED lights. That, however, is not that easy to do since the light bulbs are buried underneath the entire screen assembly. One of the logic boards is also glued to the screen which came loose.
Professionals will charge $300 to replace the 30 inch screen LEDs so I also wanted to find out if that is something I can do by myself. It's definitely challenging.
A 20 inch cinema display with a broken screen can be purchased for as low as $15 on craigslist. It will take 10 minutes to take apart. Just follow the "Most Helpful Answer" in this IFIXIT thread:
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/16517/How+to+disassemble+a+23"+Apple+Cinema+Display+(A1082)
Be careful with the two plastic sides which are glued to the cinema display. They have to be put back into place once everything else is removed.
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ActionableMango
macrumors G3
I think you are referring to the power outlet in the floor with open covers.
ActionableMango
macrumors G3
I mean on the Mac Pro in the second picture, just below the Mac's power cord. It looks like some kind of brace or something.
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