Apps help on mac pro

Is there a way to get iPhone apps on my mac pro? I've downloaded some from the iTunes store, but they don't work on the computer, they just sit in iTunes.

There is a forum for iTunes and Apps. Last time I used iTunes 10.5.0 those apps would if you have the option checked in iTunes "auto add to your device" during the next synch session when you plugged it into your computer.
But it runs iOS 5.01, not Lion or OS X something. Totally different code base.
http://www.apple.com/support/ios /itunes /iphone are three good places with FAQs and forums of their own.
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I downloaded the numbers app to my Mac Pro and it will not open says it was downloaded from an unapproved supplier

I downloaded the numbers app to my mac pro it has been installed but will not let me open. Says it wasn't from an approved supplier. I'm new to macpro so just need some assistance

I'm not sure. Not really great with computers so i just went to the apple store to download. I thought that was what I would need to do. Paid $19.99 for. So I have no clue what I done.

Move OS 10.8 & Apps to SSD (Mac Pro)

Is there an online reference to the steps to take to move OS 10.8 and Apps from my Mac Pro's HD to a newly installed SSD.
Mac Pro Model 4,1
OS 10.8.4
12 GB Ram
2 HD installed : 640 GB + 500 GB
New SSD: 240 GB
Appreciate any advice!
...John

Yes.
Leave the drive you have as is for backup and safety.
You could do a clean install if you want and use Setup Assistant, or you can use Carbon Copy Cloner and skip moving the large data and media sub folders in user account.
People have been separating the OS/Apps (system boot drive) from the user account (and all the data) for a decade and pre-SSD
SSD addition is you need TRIM Enabler or another method to enable TRIM.
And move the user data also to its new home on another drive.
you do not want to fill the SSD beyond say 50%.
With a 4,1 you can also buy and use a PCIe card designed to hold one or two SSDs and boot from there and get 6G / 550MB/sec instead of ~250MB/sec (but either way is better than what you are getting now).
Sonnet Technologies Tempo SSD 6Gb/s SATA PCIe
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technologies/TSATA6SSDE/
How to relocate system and user data to another drive:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4337
http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-move-the-home-folder-in-os-x-and-why/
To successfully relocate your operating system, user accounts and data from one storage device to another, meet the following conditions:
The destination storage device (SSD drive or hard drive) you are migrating to should be physically located in the same computer. Moving operating system files from one computer to another computer using software not specifically designed for that computer can cause issues due to software, hardware, and firmware version mismatches.
Always back up your storage device with Time Machine or Disk Utility before you start.
Important: Following these steps will completely erase the storage device used as the destination. Make sure youback up any data on the destination storage device before you start.
SSD Maintenance

HT1420 i am trying to add all my apps on my mac pro that are on my phone like Facebook,you tube but it wont eve find them in the app store that i already downloaded in the past! what do i do please help!!

i just bought a mac and deauthorized all other computers to activate this one, i wanted to know can you have apps on the mac like your phone or a shortcut icon for youtube or facebook, it wont let me get in to the apps this may be a bad question but are the apps even needed for the mac pro or just for the iphone. i would like a short cute instead of having to go to safari and put the web address in every time i want to go on face book . please help thank you

The apps that you have on your iPhone will only work on iOS devices i.e. an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch - your Mac uses a different operating system, OS X. You can get some apps/programs for your Mac e.g. you should have a Mac App Store icon, possibly on the dock at the bottom of the screen, and/or in the Applications folder :
If you are using Safari to access Facebook or other sites then you should be able to add bookmarks for them to itvia the Bookmarks menu at the top of Safari (command-D is the keyboard shortcut for adding a bookmark). If you are using a different browser, then again you should be able to bookmarks for your favourite sites.

Apps Update on mac pro

Hello, my Mac Pro will not update my apps. It says I havent owned the major version of the software.
Why can't I update my apps? Please help.
Thank YOU.
Joe Barbato
<Email Edited by Host>

What applications are you trying to update and what version are they?
Have you checked there are updates available from the manufacturers website?

I own a mac pro which i bought from thailand but i live in Maldives , why can't i buy an app for my mac pro from Maldives ?

i own a mac pro but i cant buy any apple software to my mac because they dont accept my credit card

You appear to have boght a Mac and taken it to a country with no iTunes/Mac App Store. So there is nowhere for you to buy. You must buy from the stores for your country and there isn't one that I can find.

Please help my Mac Pro

Keep getting this kernel panic every once in awhile its always at night when my mac pro is sleeping also it has a problem with waking on its own.. i have disconnected my externel HD thinking that may of been the problem seeing i had it connected all the time but it did not help.. anything else i have connected is a usb hub a wireless logitech mouse and a wired apple keyoard .. and a lcd and a printer... much appreciated if i can get any kind of help
Anonymous UUID:       EA4189D7-49EE-DD86-07D6-3EE51FFA51F4
Wed Apr 16 01:14:44 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801bec01bb): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x11, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.90.20/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2612
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81ed8231c0 : 0xffffff801be22fa9
0xffffff81ed823240 : 0xffffff801bec01bb
0xffffff81ed8232d0 : 0xffffff801bec5193
0xffffff81ed8233b0 : 0xffffff801bec5c87
0xffffff81ed823410 : 0xffffff801be7dfba
0xffffff81ed823520 : 0xffffff801be8228f
0xffffff81ed823550 : 0xffffff801be7c274
0xffffff81ed823580 : 0xffffff801be2acf1
0xffffff81ed8235a0 : 0xffffff801be2b37c
0xffffff81ed8235c0 : 0xffffff801c270867
0xffffff81ed8235e0 : 0xffffff7f9d9871a0
0xffffff81ed823770 : 0xffffff7f9d988414
0xffffff81ed823800 : 0xffffff7f9d9885d4
0xffffff81ed823850 : 0xffffff801c014e81
0xffffff81ed8238a0 : 0xffffff801c014ad7
0xffffff81ed823950 : 0xffffff801c16fc63
0xffffff81ed823a10 : 0xffffff801bfffab7
0xffffff81ed823a80 : 0xffffff801c23813c
0xffffff81ed823b20 : 0xffffff801be6d464
0xffffff81ed823b70 : 0xffffff801be6c8c3
0xffffff81ed823bb0 : 0xffffff801be74ee2
0xffffff81ed823d50 : 0xffffff801be787a4
0xffffff81ed823f20 : 0xffffff801bedc26c
0xffffff81ed823fb0 : 0xffffff801bef322b
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib(1.0d1)[E163B7AE-F6E5-32 86-B827-66DB3FE3DB7B]@0xffffff7f9d986000->0xffffff7f9d989fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: systemstats
Mac OS version:
13C64
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
Kernel slide:     0x000000001bc00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801be00000
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 169716711174432
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Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en2
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USB Device: Keyboard Hub
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Thunderbolt Bus:

Hi thomhead76,
If you are having recurring kernel panic issues with your Mac, you may find the troubleshooting steps in the following article helpful:
OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4636
Regards,
- Brenden

HELP! Mac Pro Desktop... Can/Should I run with my NEC 2070NX LCD?

My main reason for considering a MAC is my photography work, my peers tell me to go this route (Mac). I currently run Adobe Photoshop CS2 on a PC and HP Laptop.
I have been considering buying an iMAC 20" OR 24".. now the MAC PRO Desktop! Still undecided! Comments & Suggestions greatly appreciated!
I am leaning towards the MAC PRO Desktop purchase, pretty much base unit for now Dual 2.66, 250 HD, 256 Graphics, etc.
I am thinking if using my existing NEC LCD with the Mac Pro Desktop... Can I run with my NEC 2070NX LCD?
I bought the NEC about 2 months ago.. highly recommended for photo use due to the LCD Panel being an S-IPS type, much better than TFT as I hear!
NEC 2070NX Review:
http://www.macworld.com/2005/06/reviews/neclcd2070nx/index.php
Product Site:
http://www.necdisplay.com/products/ProductDetail.cfm?Product=399&ClassificationF amily=1&Classification=1&ProductGroup=LCD
CAN YOU OFFER ANY HELP, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS???
Thank You!
Sincerely,
Edmund
Mac Pro Desktop (to be) Mac OS X (10.4) Current PC guy, to be first time MAC!

I loathe Windows and have been a Mac user since the Apple II+ so far be it from me to discourage anyone from switching...but....Photoshop is not yet a Universal Binary which means it doesn't run natively on the Mac Intel line. If you have a good, fast windows machine now, moving to a mac will be a downgradein speed. Overall it may be a win if you are experiencing crashing, have problems with viruses or have other issues, but if you have a fast, stable PC running Photoshop that is working well for you the lesser speed of PS on a Mac is something to be aware of. Your monitor is no concern or problem. A base unit purchase, however, is. The base 1gig of ram is insufficient for all but the most casual user of a MacPro and it is wholly insufficient for a heavy Photoshop user because Photoshop needs RAM and so does Rosetta in order to run Photoshop in emulation on the Intel board. (don't bother nitpicking if emulation isn't the exact term ) Three megs of RAM is, IMHO, your base configuration, and if you want to use Aperture, the ATI card becomes part of the base configuration too. But...the MacPRo wants memory in pairs and three gigs, it turns out, handicaps the speed of the machine a bit...so while three gigs is a "base" (again...IMHO) for Photoshop, 4 gigs is my strong recommendation (which I followed personally).

Need help with mac pro OS

Good day.
I've recently "inherited" a Mac Pro. Trying to get it cleaned up and get newest OS.
I've only got as far as updating to Snow leopard (Mac OS X ver. 10.6.8) but can't seem to get anything past that installed. (I.e. lion or better)
Processor: 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory: 12 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 12 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP21.007F.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.15f3
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0019E3F9B41E
Pretty amateur to novice on macs so if wrong info provided, my apologies.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Bill

The Mac Pro 2,1 and 1,1 officially only support up to Mac OS X 10.7.5.
Overview
If you need to purchase Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, you may order it from this page [at the Apple online store, US$20].
The most current version of OS X is OS X 10.9 Mavericks. To learn more, please click here.
What do you receive: An email with a content code for the Mac App Store.
Note: Redemption codes are usually delivered within 1 business day but may occasionally take longer.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion

Can't log into Mac App Store from Mac Pro Desktop.

Earlier this evening I logged into the Mac App Store fine from my MacBook Pro and downloaded an app. Now I want to do same from mt Mac Pro desktop. Despite repeated attempts I can't log in. It just sits and cranks.
Any recommendations appreciated.
OS X 10.9.5

Hello Canyonlight,
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you were not able to log in to the Mac App Store to download applications on March 11th.
The iTunes Store services were experiencing issues at that time, which may have affected your attempts. You can see the system status for Apple services at this link:
Apple - Support - System Status
Please try logging in again, if you haven't already. Feel free to reply and let us know if the issue continues.
All the best,
Jeremy

Help! Mac Pro hard drive set-up

Hello Gang,
I just made the switch from PC to Mac. After following the forum for a few months I decided to get a Mac Pro instead of the iMac24. According to Apple it should be delivered by 3/12. Anyhow, being an absolute newbie to both Mac,CS3,and Lightroom I'm not sure how to go about setting up my HD's for optimum performance such as RAID configurations, as well as allocating partitions, and RAM use. I'm coming from a dinosaur of a PC that ran everything from one small HD, so this is all very new to me. Here's what I've ordered:
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
2GB (2 x 1GB)
320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (Two dual-link DVI)
One 16x SuperDrive
In addition I ordered the following from OWC and others:
8GB Ram (2GBx4)
2 500GB Western Digital RE SATA RAID Edition (WDGWD5000ABYS)
1 Western Digital 1 TB My Book Pro Edition II external HD
NEC MultiSync 2490WUXi monitor (won't be available for 2 more weeks!)
I'm not a professional, so I'm not dealing with the huge files most of you probably deal with. My images are all RAW format from my Canon 30D. Any help or suggestions you can give me in this regard would be GREATLY appreciated!
Mike

I never had good luck with RAID on Windows, so when I switched a few years ago, I set up my 1st gen MacPro like this:
Four internal 400GB drives, 1 in each bay. Drive 1 is my "working" drive; it has my OS installed and all of the programs I use on it -- email, office, creative suite 2 and 3, Aperture, iView Media Pro (now MS Expressions Media), etc. Drive 2 is an exact copy of Drive 1 that I back up daily with SuperDuper. Drive 3 has all of my RAW files and works in progress on it, and Drive 4 is an exact copy of Drive 3, except for a 40 GB partition that is used for scratch disk only. I also have three 500 GB external drives hooked up for extra store. External drive 1 is an exact copy of internal drive one, external drive 2 is an exact copy of internal drive 3 with my RAW and works in progress on it, and external drive 3 is for completed projects.
I also have a few externals that I backup to once a week and keep offsite at a friend's house. My really, really important stuff is also backed up to my Amazon S3 account.
This system works for me because I am extremely lazy when it comes to backing up or any other maintenance tasks that have to do with my computer. All those years of being on Windows and having to waste hours every week diagnosing/troubleshooting obscure little problems really burned me out, so when I finally switched, I wanted only the most reliable, easy to use programs on my new system. SuperDuper is a godsend and I don't even bother with TimeMachine anymore. After the first month, the novelty wore off and I went back to uperDuper (which does incremental backups, too, once you've back up the entire drive).
The MacPro is a dream machine and you're going to be in awe of how quiet and truly competent it is, especially compared to Windows. A couple of things I should warn you about though: when you're running multiple drives and lots of RAM, things can get pretty warm inside the case. Make sure you're keeping an eye on the temps with a program like Temperature Monitor (freeware):
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994
Disk Warrior is another program I recommend highly ($99.00):
http://www.alsoft.com/
Although Apple and OSX are truly wonderful, no OS is perfect, so pay attention to the warnings and reviews of others before mucking around with your system. This is especially true when it comes to Apple's firmware updates. My logicboard was screwed up by firmware update 1.1, which caused my fans to constantly run at high speeds:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30862
Luckily, I was under Applecare when it happened and they replaced the entire board for me (for free) as well as the fans. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the bill (these aren't cheapy pc parts that you can pick up at Fry's). I decided then and there to never firmware update my MacPro again unless something was noticeably wrong. If it ain't broke, don't fix it is really true when it comes to this puppy.
Two other things you might want to invest in: 1) a good calibrating system (I bought mine from www.chromix.com) and 2) if you plan on going online at all, definitely get 1password:
http://1password.com/
Enjoy your new system!

Unable to find skype in app store for Mac Pro

unable to find skype on Mac pro App store.

For App Store queries post here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store

Need help with Mac Pro purchasing decision

I've read preliminary reviews on the new Mac Pro, and I'm ready to upgrade my current Mac Pro (which is Dual 2.4 Ghz Quad-core with 32 GB RAM). But I'm going through some major turmoil in the decision. My current Mac Pro, aged as it may be, has been good to me, and when it needed upgrading, it was so easy to do. I installed an additional two internal hard disks, giving the Mac Pro 3 TBs of internal storage. RAM upgrade was a breeze, and when the graphics card went out, I was able to buy and install a replacement without a hiccup.
I love the low profile of the new Mac Pro, albeit I'll still be putting it on the floor - I don't like having my desktop computer in my desk work area. And it looks like upgrading the RAM in the new Mac Pro is pretty simple (although horribly expensive). I would require a CD/DVD drive, so that becomes a piece of "stuff" I have to clutter my work are with. However, most importantly, the internal storage issue, FOR ME, is huge. Without the ability to add internal drives, getting the 1TB flash storage is a must, but sooooooo expensive. AND.. I still need additional storage (more than half of my current 3 TBs is in use).
Moreover, the whole lack of upgradability has me concerned that the new Mac Pro may disappear like the G4 Cube. I haven't seen any rave reviews of the new Mac Pro overall.
But I need to upgrade.
I have configured a new Mac Pro on the Apple Store about 100 times now, but never making the purchase for all of the above reasons, as well as the $5K price tag that it keeps ending up at. I even started looking at refurbished Mac Pros (newer than mine, but the same old huge silver case). The advantage is that it's upgradeable, and I won't end up with an optical drive or external hard drives cluttering my desk space.
The truth is, every time I go to buy, either a new Mac Pro, or a refurbished one, I hit a wall. I'm walking the fence, wondering if I should walk it until a newer Mac Pro shows up with more expandability options (although it seems unlikely since Apple's direction seems to be form over function).
The new Mac Pro has been out for awhile, so I am looking for feedback from people who are kind of in my shoes, but already bit the bullet. I don't want to encourage replies of regret, but I also would prefer the truth over grandiose reviews simply to justify making the leap (and dropping some huge bills). It happens... "I just spent 5 grande, I better **** well love it, and I'll make sure everyone else thinks I do!" ;-)
Please share your experiences. How have you gotten around the lack of upgradeability on the internal storage? I have had bad experiences with external drives in the past. Firewire drives were fast and furious, but the were not as reliable as internal drives. USB drives lag, and that dreaded spin up time every time the Mac OS does something that wakes up all the drives, even if the external drives weren't actually being accessed (never had that problem with Firewire drives, maybe because they were always spun up?).
Anyway, I don't want my buyer's pain to turn into buyer's remorse, so I appreciate all the wisdom any of you would be willing to share.
Thanks,
Bill

I'll offer my comments although there are others much better qualified to answer than I am.
First, the reason I bought the machine that I got was that I found an "open box" deal at a local retailer and got a substantial discount from the normal list price. Otherwise, I might not have gone to the nMP quite as quickly as I did. Regarding ram and the ssd drive, both of these can be upgraded at some later date if I find that is needed. The ram I will probably bump asap, filling the one empty slot with likely an 8gb OWC module.
To run your VGA monitors, you will need 2 passive mini-display port to VGA adapters. You can buy these pretty much anywhere, the Apple ones are superb quality at a price but other options are out there. These will plug into 2 of the Thunderbolt ports on the nMP.
Regarding cpu's and gpu's it gets a bit confusing. Basically right now it depends on the software that you are going to run. It is not likely coincidence that FCPX 10.1 came out basically at the same time as the nMP, as it really highlights full use of the multicore cpu's plus the dual fast gpu's. FCPX really screams on the nMP.
Right now, it seems more video software is making optimum use of both the multicore cpu's and dual gpu's in the nMP. Other software, most notably photo software that should also benefit, is lagging behind. For instance (going only from memory) Adobe software is not very good at using multi-core cpu's nor does it use multiple gpu's either. You can find comparisons of running Photoshop filters on a 3.7ghz 4-core vs the (slower clock speed) 6 or 8 cores and the 4-core comes out close or even faster in some tests because Photoshop uses only a single core, which on the 4-core machine is faster.
However, this is a pretty specific instance and generally buying the fastest cpu and gpu that you can afford is a good plan. Especially so for the gpu's as right now, the video may end up being the only component that does not end up with some sort of upgrade option in the foreseeable future.
If I was going to order a system under the circumstances you have stated, the 6-core with the D500 gpu's sure looks like the sweet spot in the lineup, and probably money well spent. After I would probably upgrade the ssd next, since in order to upgrade it later you have to remove a perfectly good ssd since there is only one slot. Personally I am ok with the 256gb as my boot and system drive, since with Thunderbolt you have basically PCIe access to an external box that can have either Sata or PCIe expansion for whatever storage you can afford.
As I said earlier, right now I am going cheap and using Apples Thunderbolt to firewire cable, which is allowing me to run my existing Lacie firewire drives in a daisy chain just as I did on the old MP.
Upgrading the ram at purchase or later is your choice, there are certainly less expensive options but with only 4 slots you have to weigh the cost of discarding or trading in the original Apple ram when you decide to swap it out for bigger modules. Plus not all ram can be mixed and matched, you may have to remove all the existing ram in order to add just a single high capacity (16gb or larger) module.
Again, hope I have helped more than adding to your confusion.

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hi, i just bought a 2009 2.66ghz quad-core mac pro, and as i have 4 cores (or 8 virtual cores with HT), i wanted some video conversion app that really uses the 8 cores. Can someone suggest me what app is the best for multicore?
thanks!!

For multicores I have no idea, (even though I have a Pro), I don't think many of the apps made are written to take advantage of multicore computers. That said you've not mentioned any formats that you really need it to handle so any suggestions made may be a little hit and miss.
The two I use are Handbrake and Visual Hub.
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I need an app for my Mac Book Pro to convert MP4 to MOV format to play in a DVD player. Thanks

Quicktime can do this.
Open the MP4 in Quicktime Player. From the menu bar, File >Export > select quality. The subsequent file will be saved as .mov
Alternatively, you can simply change the extension on the mp4 file to mov since the codec is the same.
*I should mention that .mov format is not DVD format (TS_VIDEO), and the DVD will not play in a DVD player, even if you successfully burn the file to it.
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