Permissions issue after rebuild of system
I'm doing a clean install of Mountain Lion and after the initial install I noticed that all of my disk volumes (and their contents) [except for my new ML boot volume] showed the owner as "Fetching...."...
View ArticleMac Pro GTX 660Ti x 2
Hey Guys, I recently bought a GTX 660Ti Graphics card for in my 8-core Mac Pro 2010. It works fantastic!! however i was wondering if there is a possibility to run two of those in one Mac Pro without...
View ArticleGraphics reccomendation
I would like to replace the Apple 5770 in my Mac Pro 3,1 with a newer Nvidia card, just not sure what to get. I do game in OSX, and I recently got Batman Arkham City, the lag is noticeable with my...
View Articlebest current video card for MacPro 1,1
My video card might be on its last legs so I need to start finding a replacement. I want to keep it around the 200.00 range. What do you guys recommend?
View ArticleWD Blue faster than Black? Can this really make sense?
I bought a couple of 1TB WD Blue drives for backup purposes (WD10EZEX) and a 1TB WD Black for boot drive purposes (WD1002FAEX) and before putting them into service I ran Diglloyd DiskTester on them...
View ArticleMac Pro purchase: New, refurb, CL or wait?
I am about to pull the trigger on the Apple store $1819 refurb deal for a 2010 Mac Pro, then load her up with 32 gigs of third party RAM, SSD boot drive and "get on with it". That would be my personal...
View ArticleStandard 09 graphics card OK for hi res?
I'm looking at a 27" 2560X1440 monitor for my '09 (flashed to 5,1) Mac Pro. Should the standard equipment graphics card with 512MB work OK? Using for photography (Photoshop, Canon software), movies....
View ArticleFan blowing at max
I usually leave my Mac Pro on 24/7 and I went on a trip a few weeks ago. Sometimes during my trip my Mac Pro crashed. I got home yesterday to find the fans blowing at maximum speed. I've tried a SMC...
View ArticleMac pro or not ?
Hello out there! My iMac is a 2.66 ghz ( 4 gigs ram) early 2008. I d'ont use my mac for specifics tasks like adobe products or even editing tools. nor I oft play game ( sometimes call of or 3D...
View ArticleGraphics Card to run 3 monitors
Hello, I have a Mac Pro 4,1 and I'd like to run 3 identical Dell monitors. The current card only supports 2 monitors, what would my best bet be? Thanks.
View Article3TB hard drives OK in Mac Pro?
I've just experienced that my 4-bay drive enclosure won't accept any of the 3TB SATA-III drives I just bought. It turns out that the enclosure won't work with 6G/larger than 2TB drives. I'll be getting...
View ArticleNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB & Photoshop CS6
I am planning on getting a new Mac Pro in January. I have four questions. 1) What is your experience using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB on a Mac Pro (preferably 2012) with Photoshop CS6? 2) I have...
View ArticleOT: An observation
So in my local mall in Sindelfingen, Germany we had an Apple Authorized Reseller (RE: store) good folks good prices. They closer or were closed in favor of an über trendy Apple store with the usual...
View ArticleBoot screen work-arounds?
I use a 6870 non flashed in my MP 3.1. It works wonderfully. I don't have a boot screen, but I almost never use it. I want to use Paragon Camptune to make my windows bootcamp partition larger. Camptune...
View Article5770 ROM Version HELP!
I have two ATI 5770's that are stock Apple cards. Both are from new Mac Pro's but they are both on different ROM revisions?!?! One is on 113-C0160C-180 and the other 113-C0160C-155 How can I update the...
View ArticleMultiple Video Streams Possible From A Single Server?
We edit videos all day long and display them at the same time as a set of photos for our customers. Right now, we burn both to disk and play them simultaneously using DVD decks. It would be nice to...
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Working Thunderbolt Hackintosh with Areca RAID!
Hi folks, Just wanted to share the good news with you.... About my background, I'm a long time Mac and Apple user, using Macs since the days of Power G4s, owning almost every single Apple you could...
View ArticleiMac can rip a Mac Pro a new one.
Anyone else been to the Barefeats.com site. It seems the iMac really is a player. Any thoughts?
View ArticleBase MP Purchase
Hello, Is it worth getting a base MP over a new 27" iMac? I know that the MP is out dated, but can't you add USB3, better video card? Is the iMac i7 that much faster than the base MP? I have the iMac...
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