Is it still common practice to move home folder from boot SSD?
I'm in the process of setting up my new old Mac Pro (2012 Mac Pro). I bought a 500 GB Samsung EVO SSD to use as my boot drive. I'm curious if it is still a best practice to point the home folder to...
View ArticleWhat do you use for time machine?
My time machine drive is currently internal, but I need more internal space for SSDs, and I figure having the backup inside my mac pro kind of defeats the purpose of it being a backup. Any...
View ArticleThe new Mac Pro's expandability advantages
Quite a lot has been made of this machine's supposed lack of expandability relative to its predecessor — which seems to mostly mean a lack of PCIe slots. It's worth noting that there are use cases for...
View ArticleAnyone tried Nvidia 760/770/780 and Mac Pro with 4k Display
Hola, The title just about sums it up. Has anyone tried a high end third party Nvidia graphics card on a 2010-2012 Mac Pro and tried using any of the recent 4k displays that have come out? Theory...
View ArticleSignificantly faster exports in FCPX 10.1?
Still happy with my 4,1->5,1 W3680 internally expandable computer my only updates this year are software-related. I just updated to FCPX 10.1. I had no trouble introducing the Library-structure over...
View ArticleSATA/USB3 issues with PCIE Slot #2
On my 2009 MacPro, I've tracked down an issue with PCI Slot #2, where it drops ACHI devices while in sleep, upon resume the devices are lost and no longer available to the system. boot devices hang the...
View ArticleWhat is your biggest disappointment with nMP?
Its a question and not the war :) For me drive speeds and luck of internal expansion as well bench marks What are yours?
View ArticleSprucing Up MacPro 1,1 and 2,1 for OS/X Mavericks 10.9
What things can be done to spruce up an old MacPro 1,1 or 2,1 to make them much faster and more responsive in OS/X Mavericks 10.9.1? I was able to install Mavericks 10.9 on a MacPro 1,1 (2x3.0GHz dual...
View ArticleThe "I'll wait for Haswell Mac Pro" Thread
So, I was all keen on buying a nMP. Super keen. For years. But now, after seeing some benchmarks and real world results over at Macworld, on the 8 core 3GHz system, I have decided to hold off. The...
View Articleupgrade 2009 mac pro 8 core to 12 core
Hi, Is it possible to upgrade 2009 mac pro 8 core to 12 core? If it's possible, what kind of cpu should I get? and is there something I need to do before installing the cpu? Is there any link to see...
View ArticleVideo card question
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card for Apple Mac Pro or Sapphire HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 Mac Edition Graphics Card Whats a better solution for MP 4.1 and 5.1 it will be used with 3 NEC PA301...
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Boot Camp on nMP only supports Windows 8
I found this table at Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems Good news for me is that Boot Camp supports nMP, bad news is that it supports only Windows 8. Last year, I...
View ArticleThe "I just ordered/bought/got my new Mac Pro" thread
So come on, what did you order, did you go fully maxed out? Post those specs!
View ArticleSlow SSD
I have had this SSD in my 4,1 MP for a few years now, as the boot drive. I'm getting pretty slow speeds from it - around 75/100 MB/s and I'm wondering why, and if there's anything I can do to improve...
View ArticleSingle GTX 680 beats dual D700 in Valley benchmark
http://www.macworld.com/article/2082...ly.html?page=2 I tried the Unigine Valley benchmark at 1920x1080 (since the article doesn't specify, I set everything to maximum) to see how my humble GTX 680 Mac...
View ArticleHow are the nMP GPUs multiplexed?
This was somewhat discussed a while ago, but how do they allocate 2 GPUSs for three ports? According to Apple the bottom two are Controller 0, the two left above those are Controller 1, and the two...
View Articleneed a video card 2008 mac pro
Need recommendation fro a great video card for a 2008 mac pro 8 core 2.8 mhz running maverick any suggestions?
View ArticleOK Your new MP just arrived. What will you be using as a display for this bad...
I plan on sticking with the TB for at least a little while until more options are presented.
View ArticleSomething to read while waiting for the nMP.
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/ I wonder who will sell the third party flash?
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