Background picture changing
I don't know why this keeps happening, but i'm choosing a background picture, setting it, and then when i reboot my macbook pro, it'll revert back to an older picture that I originally set as my...
View Articlemac pro ebay socket b empy safe ?
Hi all , i would buy an mac pro for my brother , do you think this is a safe 1 ? price and what about the socket b empty can i be relaxed on it ?? wait the new mac pro or buy this one?...
View ArticleProblem starting up and waking from sleep
I have a MacPro 5,1 that is beginning to act strangely and I'm trying to determine if the issues are related. This has become my start-up routine. 1. Press the power button 2. Repeat multiple times 3....
View ArticleWhere the hell are internal SATA ports? 2011 MacPro
Hi there I have just purchased a SATA PCIe card and for the life of me cannot find where to plug in the 2 cables so the card can be read. There are a million and one videos showing where the internal...
View Articlesecond hand mac pro, to buy or not to buy
Im currently a student studying film and video and have finally decided to get myself a mac so I can do my video editing at home. All the footage i use is HD or soon full HD and I of course tend to go...
View Article'08 Mac Pro crashes with screen problems, wont restart.
My '08 Mac Pro crashed today with odd screen artifacts and black and white flickering, as well as blue dots across the screen. restarted and it would not reboot. I would hear the chime, see the apple...
View Article2.26 2009 8Core Mac Pro, Upgrades?
Hi all, I am running an '09 8Core Mac Pro running dual 2.26ghz Intel Xeons. I have 8GB ram installed with a nVidia 8800GT. What are my upgrade options? I would like a more powerful graphics card but i...
View ArticleMac Pro 2008 & 6870 video-out issues
Some quick background - my friends mac pro 2008 model had it's gfx card die a while back, so we replaced it with a XFX 6870 1gb graphics card. He mainly uses windows and never boots into OSX - so when...
View ArticleUsing 2 Bluetooth Adapters
Hey everyone, After doing much research, I cannot find an answer to my question, and I hope someone here might be able to help. I have a 2009 Mac Pro under my desk, and I use an Apple bluetooth...
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Adding extra internal PSU in optical bay [Build log]
Figured I'd start my own thread. Will be updating with progress as I go along but I haven't had much time lately so it will probably be a while before I finish. The complete finish will be able to...
View ArticleUSB 3.0 drives/enclosure - direct connection?
I saw some military spec bare HDs which had USB 3 interface. I think these would be connected directly to the USB bus without SATA to USB bridge and should avoid the overhead and reach close to USB 3...
View ArticleApple 5870 vs. XFX 6870
I'm going to be upgrading the video card on my Mac Pro 4,1 pretty soon and I was planning on just buying an XFX 6870 ($150 on newegg w/ rebate) and reflashing it. But I recently had the opportunity to...
View ArticleRaid 0 slice failure
Crappy thing just happened. I have 3 3TB internal drives setup in RAID 0. I was converting a video file in Compressor when I got a warning that my disk had been ejected improperly. I noticed my RAID...
View ArticleCan I use a 3TB HDD in a Mac Pro?
Is it possible to use a 3 TB HD in the latest Mac Pro?
View ArticleEarly 08 Mac Pro 10.8.2 clean install freezes
Hello. I have Early 2008 MP 2x3.0, 8800GT, 16GB RAM Before I was on SL rock stable, I would leave the machine on for weeks. Backed up my data and did a clean install of 10.8 (I think it's 10.8.1) and...
View ArticleMacPro and FCP Studio
Hey guys, What would be the minimum OS that can be installed on the MacPro being sold at Apple's website today? I have Final Cut Studio (latest version 7) that I purchased a few years ago and it ran...
View ArticleUsed Mac Pros
Although this is hardly a new thing, or something that is limited to mac pros, it's more common lately and very heavily concentrated among mac pros that are selling. Is it me or are people trying to...
View ArticleWhich Mac Pro & Why wait? ...
Hey peeps. So im making the jump in my studio to mac.. Ive been using macbook pros for personal use and some editing/mixing since, 2006. And up until now couldnt really afford to take my studio to the...
View ArticleWhen oh when
I'll start this post by telling everyone to laugh at me. My tower died last November. I did not initially buy one cause I had a 2008ish Imac that my wife used, which I can work on. Besides new towers...
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