Questions tagged [mac-pro]
Mac Pro is the Apple branding for their professional desktop computer line.
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Effect of Holding Power-On Button on MacPro
I have a mid-2012 Mac Pro. I've been using it for 11+ years (24 CPUs, 48GB RAM). It's been a great workhorse.
Recently I had an SSD die. It wouldn't boot because the drive itself was unrecognizable....
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Using Hard drives from Old MacPro1.1 Dual Core Intel
I have an old MacPro1.1 Dual Core. I'm looking for advice on whether or not the hard drives from this machine will be accessible using new my MBP M2, what sort of adapter I'd need and anything else I ...
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How would you recommend backing up my movie library on a Mid 2010 Mac Pro
I was gifted a Mid 2010 Mac Pro and am in the process of migrating my Plex library over to it. It has 4 HD bays - 1 which runs the OS, 3 that are available.
I want to purchase 2 new HD's - one of ...
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How do I resize an APFS Volume to reclaim all space inside its container?
I'm running a MacPro 5,1 on MacOS 10.14.6 with a 500gb Samsung SSD as my boot/host drive. I recently ran out of space on my 500gb ssd so I speced an identical 1tb ssd.
A clean reinstall is not an ...
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mac, these keys stops working : "[", "]", "=", "{", "}", "+"
can you please help me figure out why these key are no longer working "[", "]", "=", "{", "}", "+"
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13 inch, ...
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Windows 10 won't turn screen on after sleep
I have an interesting setup - dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.10 on a beefy Mac Pro 5,1. It's a great machine, and I've spent the time to get all of the Bootcamp drivers working on Windows. ...
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Connecting monitors in different rooms to same computer without Remote Desktop
I'm considering a Mac Pro. I spend a lot of time on my computer as my career is programming and my hobby is music production. My music production equipment is one one room, my work office is in ...
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Windows installer doesn't recognize SSD on Mac Pro
I have a Mac Pro 4.1. I'm trying to install Windows on an SSD via DVD and I'm running into the same problem as described here: Windows 10 install don't recognize SSD. Which driver should I get?
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Mac Pro 5,1 firmware update for booting APFS
When High Sierra came out, I opted to not update my filesystem version, out of caution. Now that it’s been out for a while, and my MacBook Pro has had no issues, I’d like to upgrade my MacBook Pro 5,1 ...
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Connecting two Apple Cinema Displays to Mac Pro (early 2008)
I recently revived my early 2008 Mac Pro 3.1, along with my 30" Cinema Display and my 22" Cinema Display.
When both monitors are connected to their respective female DVI ports on the Mac Pro, only ...
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MacPro 2016 (macOS Sierra) keyboard delete button deletes whole sentence
MacPro 2016 (macOS Sierra) keyboard delete button deletes whole sentence.
I was cleaning the area around left arrow on my MacPro and now I realized that when I use delete button, it deletes the whole ...
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Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1 and AMD Radeon Vega
Can someone help me troubleshoot my issue? I have installed a radeon Vega 56 GPU in my Mac Pro 2009 5,1 but I get no video. Have aux power to both 8 and 6 pin power slots. Running 10.13.6.
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VMware ESXi 6.0 - How can I pass-through (add) my Mac Pro's optical drive to a VM (running OS X Mountain Lion)?
Bit unconventional I know, but I am running VMware ESXi 6.0 on my old Mac Pro 1.1. If you don't know what that is then (no offense, but) you won't be able to help me. The Mac Pro host has a "super ...
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Mac Pro late 2013 stucked, can't install mojave
Yesterday i was working normally on my mac and it got stuck, the display was frozen but the sound was working. I clicked the power button until it turned off and then i wasn't able to boot again.
I ...
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SSD in optical bay vs SSD in HD bay – Mac Pro 2012 (Westmere)
Wondering if there's any benefit/speed difference by plugging an SSD into the cable where the optical drive was or if one of 4 hard drive bays connection is faster on a Mac Pro 2012 (Westmere)?
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