ISight FireWire with 2010 Mac Pro
I just picked up an iSight FireWire Camera off Craigslist. Since my Mac Pro does not have a FireWire 400 port I picked up a Belkin FireWire 800/400 9-pin to 6-pin cable.
When I plug the iSight into the rear FireWire 800 port iChat starts and the green light on top of the iSight camera is illuminated. I can see video clearly, but there is no audio. I check System Profiler and System Preferences and everything is listed and selected as they should be.
Does anyone have any ideas why I would not be getting any audio?
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I have a late-2013 Mac Pro 6,1 and I'm attempting to use a 2003-era external Apple iSight camera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight
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No iSight Audio with 2010 Mac Mini (OS X 6.6)
I have a Mac Mini running from my LCD TV, and want to iChat with my family on the weekends, but the 2005 vintage external (firewire w/ 6-9 pin adapter) iSight will not generate any audio in iChat or if I make a Photo Booth movie. The picture works fine over iChat, but my family on the other end get no audio feed.
The iSight is on with a green light. I get a good picture on my screen. I have the iSight selected as my (microphone) audio source on the Mini Sys Preferences and in iChat. I do not get any audio registered on the screen when I try a sound check.
To troubleshoot, have have hooked the iSight up to my 2009 iMac & it works perfectly, audio & video. Both my iMac and Mini have all the same OS and Firewire drivers. I've also hooked up an old Sony Handycam with 4-9 pin firewire to the Mini & its audio/video work just fine.
So I think I've ruled out problems with the iSight hardware and software drivers. The problem seems to be in the Mini or the 6-9 Belkin firewire adapter... Has anyone else experienced this and found a fix?
Thanks.Welcome to Discussions, MR Oki Mac
MR Oki Mac wrote:
I have a Mac Mini running from my LCD TV, and want to iChat with my family on the weekends, but the 2005 vintage external (firewire w/ 6-9 pin adapter) iSight will not generate any audio in iChat or if I make a Photo Booth movie. The picture works fine over iChat, but my family on the other end get no audio feed.
The iSight is on with a green light. I get a good picture on my screen. I have the iSight selected as my (microphone) audio source on the Mini Sys Preferences and in iChat. I do not get any audio registered on the screen when I try a sound check.
To troubleshoot, have have hooked the iSight up to my 2009 iMac & it works perfectly, audio & video. Both my iMac and Mini have all the same OS and Firewire drivers. I've also hooked up an old Sony Handycam with 4-9 pin firewire to the Mini & its audio/video work just fine.
So I think I've ruled out problems with the iSight hardware and software drivers. The problem seems to be in the Mini or the 6-9 Belkin firewire adapter... Has anyone else experienced this and found a fix?
Thanks.
I do not use mini or LCD TV, so I do not "experience this." However, you have done some great troubleshooting. You are most likely correct that your problem is in the mini or the adapter. Here are some ideas you can consider:
(1) If you have not already checked this, connect your iSight and check the "+Input volume:+" setting in your mini's System Preferences... > Sound > Input.
(2) You can test the adapter by trying it with some other FW400 Mac. If it works on another Mac but not on yours, the problem may be in the physical port connections of your mini.
A second best way is to get some more adapters and or 6-pin/9-pin FW cables and see if one of them work with your iSight and mini. The chances of more than one connector being bad would seem to be fairly low. If three do not work, I would think it conclusive that the connector is not the problem.
(3) If the problem remains, try resetting your mini's Firewire port:
• Shut down.
• Disconnect all cables and peripherals from your mini.
• Wait 15-30 minutes.
• Reconnect necessary items and reboot mini.
• Connect iSight and test.
• Reconnect any other items or cables.
(4) I do not know how you have connected your LCD TV and sound&nbps;output to your mini. The TV connection might be causing a conflict.
If you do not have access to an Apple monitor with which to test, take your mini and iSight to your Apple Service Provider and ask him to test it.
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Hi All,
I'm trying to resume regular scheduled Full backup ( ~ 1 TB ) of drives using external HD (to allow off-site redundant backup storage) .
What are relative speeds of USB vs. Firewire vs. eSATA ?
I suspect eSATA connection may be considerably faster … how to install eSATA on mid-2010 Mac Pro desktop ( dual hex-core processors)?
( The quicker and easier backup protocol is, the more likely one is to use it to backup on a routine repetitive basis.)
ThanksJim Bogy wrote:
...I suspect eSATA connection may be considerably faster … how to install eSATA on mid-2010 Mac Pro desktop ( dual hex-core processors)?
( The quicker and easier backup protocol is, the more likely one is to use it to backup on a routine repetitive basis.)
Adding a USB 3.0+eSATA PCIe card, which The hatter mentions, is the best solution that I've found. See http://eshop.macsales.com/item/CalDigit/FASTA6GU3/. The card is not cheap, but the USB 3.0 works flawlessly (which can't be assumed; ask me how I know) and the eSATA connection allows booting from the connected drive. Grant Bennet-Alder's point about HD speed is important to consider; in addition, the size of the individual files being backed up and where on the backup disk they're going will affect overall transfer speed. For example, using the USB 3.0 connection on that CalDigit card going to a Toshiba 3TB external, the transfer rate for a big file (say a virtual machine file) from an internal SSD boot drive was about 145 MB/sec while a bunch of little files might drop to 30 MB/sec and both rates decrease as an inner partition on the external is used. All told, a nearly 700 GB backup took under 1.5 hours. Using a HD as the source added almost an extra hour, though a WD external was used for that. Using a WD green drive plugged into this http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/FWU3ES2HDK/ with an eSATA connection took about 2.5 hours also, but that was bootable whereas the USB 3.0 connection is not.
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Problems with EFI Firmware Update to 1.5 for mid 2010 Mac Pro, and sleep issues
Hello to the community, I have run into an annoying issue.
I need to update the EFI firmware on my 8 core mid-2010 Mac Pro. I downloaded the EFI update from the apple website from here : http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1321
But everytime I download it, as I click to install, it gives me the message:
Alert
This software is not supported on your system.
But clearly this is the correct EFI for my computer. I tried burning the Firmware restoration onto a CD from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1320
But the computer did not respond the way it said it should (with the 3 flashes/beeps etc.) and have the optical drive open for the CD.
So I'm completely stuck.
*Also my Mac Pro had issues with sleep, when I put it to sleep, sometimes when I try to bring it back, it restarts itself, and other times, it just turns itself on and the monitor screen remains black, so I have to hit the power button to turn it off then back on again. This only happnens when the computer has been put to sleep for a slightly extended period of time, roughly 20mins +, sometimes longer. I was trying to solve this problem by first updating the firmware because I think it could be related to that, but I've had this problem with the firmware so I couldn't find out. This is actually the bigger problem for me because it will affect my work. I am currently using an iMac while I fix up this mac pro.
I'm a music composer so I've upgraded many aspects of my system due to work. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 evo SSD, 2 seagate 2 TB HDD, and 1 WD 1TB HD (the original one in the mac pro), along with 32 GB of RAM. So my only problems are the firmaware and the weird activity when the computer is put to sleep.
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mid-2010 Mac Pro
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Mac Pro (Late 2013)
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MP61.0116.B04 (EFI 2.0)
2.20f18 (SMC 2.0)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
MacPro5,1
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Mac Pro (Early 2009)
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2010 Mac Pro boot 10.8.5 with 2nd drive?
I have a 2010 Mac Pro at work and I'd like to match the OS and ProTools setup that I have at home (MBP with OS 10.8.5 and ProTools 10/11).
The Mac Pro is currently OS 10.7.4 and I'm using ProTools 9. OS 10.7.4 doesn't support ProTools 10/11.
Is it possible to add a drive to my Power Mac that boots in OS 10.8.5?
There are currently 2 drives in the Mac Pro slots. I'm assuming I can add a third and boot off it?
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A mid 2010 Mac Pro, trying to get 5.1 surround out of the onboard sound software using fiber optic out connected to a Logitech Z906 5.1 speaker sys. with fiber optic in and out, all I get is stereo and simulated 5.1 sound out of the speakers. In utilities, Audio Midi Setup I can't get the Mac to see the Logitech speakers for 5.1 speaker configuration. Without being made to feel like a dummy, does anyone have a solution? Thanks, Carl
Hello John, I figured it was a signal issue. All the speakers fire and the sound is great. I was running the speakers thru a Dell PC with a Creative X-Fi Elite Pro, THX Certified, 7.1 soundcard using a fiber optic from the Mac Pro to the Z906's, it worked great until the Dell died!!! When I bought the soundcard from Creative I also bought the GigaWorks S750, THX Certified, 700 watt, 7.1 speaker system, used the speakers for 11 years and then the woofer/amp said "I QUIT" Creative quit making the speaker system and the sound card. The satellite speakers from the Creative GigaWorks speaker system still sound great (rated at 78 watt each) and are a little better speaker than the one's that came with the Z906 and the wattage from the 906 is sufficient to drive the satellites without any distortion. Thank you for addressing my issue, you confirmed what I suspected all along, just needed to hear it from someone with the same setup.
One last question, I purchased a Diamond Multimedia USB Soundcard, can't use the fiber optic(not supported by Mac) but the green, tan and black RCA's plug in and produces adequetly. When you plug your 906's into the Mac Pro using the fiber optic how do you set your speaker configuration? When I plug into the mac pro with fiber optic the 'Audio Midi Setup' does not seem to see the 5.1 configuration. Any thoughts there?
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2010 Mac Pro not waking with Mavericks
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Memory 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Internal drives: Mac HD 1TB. Disk 2: 750MB. Disk 3: 2 TB. Disk 4: 1 TB
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8/8/14 11:43:30.575 AM powerd[16]: com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.sleep.failure
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com.apple.message.summarize: YES
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2010 Mac Pro with Apple RAID card - "Drive carrier 00:03 removed"
I've got a 2010 Mac Pro with the Apple RAID card and 4 internal identical Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB drives inside.
I've never had a problem with the RAID card (either battery or in operation) except for one thing:
Almost every time I shut the machine down (which I try to do as rarely as possible), it keeps losing Drive 3, the spare.
(See RAID Utility event log snippet below.)
[I wish I could understand why this Apple RAID card keeps losing the spare across power-cycles/reboots, but I digress.]
So I just adopted it as the spare and it spawns the rebuild and many hours later, everything's fine again.
... until the last time I rebooted (Jan. 2nd).
After the usual "I lost the spare" message upon login, it began the rebuild.
But this time, about 11 1/2 hours later the rebuild stopped and RAID Utility reported "Drive carrier 00:03 removed".
Bay 3 is now missing in the Controller view.
I powered off the system last night, and left it off overnight. Today I took all the drives out, blew the dust off and reseated them.
Same thing. Drive 3 is still missing, and now the rebuild task aborted.
The drive bay location shouldn't matter, right? Can I swap the Bay 3 drive with the Bay 4 drive?
I figure one of two things would happen:
(1) It will report Bay 3 as being there but Bay 4 as being missing, same situation as is now. Meaning the problem is in the Bay 3 spare drive.
(2) It will report Bay 3 as being missing (despite a 'good' drive being present) and Bay 4 will be the (unattached) spare, and the RAID set will be unviable. Meaning the problem is with the drive bay itself, not whatever drive is plugged into it.
If "Drive carrier removed" is trying to tell me the disk is bad, why do I not see any log messages about it? I suppose a spare that never gets used could go bad from lack of use, but ... no messages at all?
Hesitant to plunk down $160 on a new spare disk if the present one isn't actually dead ...
% sudo raidutil list raidsetinfo
Total Avail
Raidsets Type Drives Size Size Comments
RS1 RAID 5 1,2,4 5.23TB 0.00MB Rebuild: 0% complete
% sudo raidutil list driveinfo
Drives Raidset Size Flags
Bay #1 RS1 2.00TB IsMemberOfRAIDSet:RS1 IsReliable
Bay #2 RS1 2.00TB IsMemberOfRAIDSet:RS1 IsReliable
Bay #4 RS1 2.00TB IsMemberOfRAIDSet:RS1 IsReliable
Event log snippet:
Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:15:19 AM PT
Background task aborted: Task=Rebuild,Scope=DRVGRP,Group=RS1
informational
Friday, January 3, 2014 3:50:28 AM PT
Drive carrier 00:03 removed
informational
Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:29:37 PM PT
Marked drive in bay 3 as a global spare
informational
Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:29:28 PM PT
Adopted drive in bay 3
informational
Thursday, January 2, 2014 4:28:34 PM PT
Degraded RAID set RS1 - No spare available for rebuild
critical
Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:35:17 PM PT
Marked drive in bay 3 as a global spare
informational
Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:35:08 PM PT
Adopted drive in bay 3
informational
Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:34:11 PM PT
The "RedundancyScrub" command could not be executed. (Invalid request or invalid parameter in the request.)
warning
Saturday, December 7, 2013 5:34:03 PM PT
Degraded RAID set RS1 - No spare available for rebuild
critical
Friday, December 6, 2013 4:56:47 AM PT
Battery finished conditioning
informational
Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:53:44 PM PT
Battery started scheduled conditioning cycle (write cache disabled)
informational
Friday, September 6, 2013 10:53:11 PM PT
Battery finished conditioning
informational
Friday, September 6, 2013 3:41:33 PM PT
Battery started scheduled conditioning cycle (write cache disabled)
informational
Saturday, June 8, 2013 3:41:35 PM PT
Battery finished conditioning
informational
Saturday, June 8, 2013 8:37:49 AM PT
Battery started scheduled conditioning cycle (write cache disabled)
informational
Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:09:51 PM PT
Marked drive in bay 3 as a global spare
informational
Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:09:42 PM PT
Adopted drive in bay 3
informational
Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:08:59 PM PT
Degraded RAID set RS1 - No spare available for rebuild
critical
Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:32:29 PM PT
Degraded RAID set RS1
warningPower Pig wrote:
"Hesitant to plunk down $160 on a new spare disk if the present one isn't actually dead ...
% sudo raidutil list raidsetinfo
Total Avail
Raidsets Type Drives Size Size Comments
RS1 RAID 5 1,2,4 5.23TB 0.00MB Rebuild: 0% complete
I was talking about this.
This looks like a RAID 5 setup without the parity to me. I would said it basically a RAID 0.
Also you metioned "I guess that previous spare must really have gone 'bad', despite having never been used! "
I wiped everything out, I selected the 3 disks and clicked on "Create RAID Set" with RAID5 selected and the "Use unassigned drives as spares" option checked. The 3rd disk has always been marked as the spare ever since then. You do not have a choice to create a "RAID5 setup without the parity". If I wanted a RAID0 I would have chosen a RAID0! raidutil now says
% sudo raidutil list raidsetinfo
Total Avail
Raidsets Type Drives Size Size Comments
RS1 RAID 5 1,2,3,4 5.23TB 0.00MB No tasks running
Every time the system would 'lose' Drive 3 on boot, I would just keep rebooting until it was 'found', and then manually re-assign the now-'floating' drive as the spare - and the RAID would rebuild.
There was never a problem until the day that prompted this post - when it would not find Drive 3 no matter what I did. I turned the Mac Pro off for several hours until the drives had all cooled down and it still did not find the drive. I left the machine on but unmounted the degraded volume until I got the new replacement drive.
I really don't understand what you are getting at. It's like you are trying to tell me I set it up as a 4-drive RAID5 with no parity(!) and that I was in grave danger because one of the disks was gone. The actual RAID contents (spread across Drives 1, 2 and 4) were never in danger, unless a 2nd disk had failed while the spare was not seen by the Apple RAID card. I wasn't too worried about that happening. -
Networking my MacBook with my Mac Pro - Firewire
Does anyone know of the correct settings to network your macbook pro with your mac pro for file sharring over firewire?
This is not very hard.
Make sure both machines have firewire networking turned on - make sure that they both get IP addresses assigned by DHCP.
1) Go to System Preferences - Networking and select the Nework Status pulldown.
2) If Firewire is not on the list, press configure select the network port config on the pulldown and tick Firewire.
Both machines are now set up to use the Firewire port as a network connection.
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That's it. You are good to go.
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Should i buy a 2010 mac pro quad core 2.8 never been used at the price of £1350
i know someone selling a mac pro 2010 model they say its still got 1 year warranty the specs are
Introduction Date:
July 27, 2010*
Discontinued Date:
N/A
Details:
The "Introduction Date" refers to the date a model was introduced via press release. The "Discontinued Date" refers to the date a model either was replaced by a subsequent system or production otherwise ended. *On August 9, 2010, Apple began accepting orders for this model.
Also see: All Macs introduced in 2010.
Processors:
1 (4 Cores)
Geekbench:
8673/9715*
Processor Speed:
2.8 GHz
Processor Type:
Q. Core Xeon W3530
Custom Speeds:
3.2 (4), 3.33 GHz (6)*
Architecture:
64-Bit
Details:
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Processor Upgrade:
LGA 1366 Socket
FPU:
Integrated
Details:
Also see: How do you upgrade the processors in the "Mid-2010" Mac Pro models? How are the processors mounted?
System Bus Speed:
4.8 GT/s*
Cache Bus Speed:
2.8 GHz (Built-in)
ROM/Firmware Type:
EFI
EFI Architecture:
64-Bit
L1 Cache:
32k/32k x4
L2/L3 Cache:
256k (x4), 8 MB*
RAM Type:
PC3-8500 DDR3 ECC
Min. RAM Speed:
1066 MHz
Standard RAM:
3 GB
Maximum RAM:
48 GB*
Motherboard RAM:
None
RAM Slots:
4*
Video Card:
Radeon HD 5770
VRAM Type:
GDDR5 SDRAM
Standard VRAM:
1 GB
Maximum VRAM:
1 GB
Display Support:
Up to 6 Displays*
Resolution Support:
2560x1600*
2nd Display Support:
Dual/Mirroring
2nd Max. Resolution:
2560x1600
Standard Hard Drive:
1 TB (7200 RPM)
Int. HD Interface:
Serial ATA (3 Gb/s)
Standard Optical:
18X DL "SuperDrive"
Standard Disk:
None
Standard Modem:
None
Standard Ethernet:
Gigabit (x2)
Standard AirPort:
802.11a/b/g/n
Standard Bluetooth:
2.1+EDR
USB Ports:
5 (2.0)
Firewire Ports:
4 (800)
Expansion Slots:
4 PCIe 2.0*
Expansion Bays:
4 3.5", 2 5.25"
Incl. Keyboard:
Apple Aluminum KB
Incl. Input:
Magic Mouse
Case Type:
Tower
Form Factor:
Mac Pro
Apple Order No:
MC250LL/A*
Apple Subfamily:
Mac Pro Mid-2010
Apple Model No:
A1289 (EMC 2314)
Model ID:
MacPro5,1
Battery Type:
N/A
Battery Life:
N/A
Pre-Installed MacOS:
X 10.6.4 (10F2521)
Maximum MacOS:
Current
Minimum Windows:
XP SP2 (32-Bit)*
Maximum Windows:
7 (64-Bit)**
MacOS 9 Support:
None
Windows Support:
Boot/Virtualization
Dimensions:
20.1 x 8.1 x 18.7
Avg. Weight:
39.9 lbs. (18.1 kg)
Original Price (US):
US$2499
Est. Current Retail:
US$2499
they want to sell it for £1300 and this would be my first mac im going to use it for maschine traktor scratch pro 2 and ableton vst s plugins etc i needed to know if this would be a good buy for me or not if u coulld all please help tell me the pros and cons
if possible answer as quick as u can as if it is a good buy i need to get it today or tommorw as he might find someone else to sell to
thanksYou are due for a new build or pre-built, most definitely.
you should be able to hit score of 14k on 6-core w/o trouble.
And for what you can get for £1799 - £2099 I think you could build one, but start with quality parts and go with a solid foundation that will be supported for years. As long as you don't need OS X as it stands.
the mac pro use to shine when it came to dual processor setups. Custom built dual PCs can be another matter, and not for faint of heart.
Choose current socket support, processor, and motherboard and you really are set for years and can upgrade from there.
Take a look at this for a start:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-LGA-2011--X79-Motherboards/dp/B006L6ZIU4/ -
SMC problem on my 2010 Mac Pro. Please advise.
In May I installed a 1 TB SSD in my mid-2010 Mac Pro (8-core Westmere). I have 3 partitions on the SSD -- one for Snow Leopard (my go-to OS), one Mavericks, and one called "Documents SSD" with my files and photos that I can open from/save to from either OS. I have clones of all 3 SSD partitions on the internal HD, which are always mounted -- very easy for backups -- and have identical clones on my two Firewire backup drives.
Then, in June I installed 24GB (6x4GB) of DDR3 ECC PC8500 1066MHz SDRAM, replacing the original six 1GB RAM modules.
Everything worked great, but a few weeks later I started having problems getting the Mac to power up -- pressing the power button did nothing. I reset the SMC several times and all went well for a while after each reset, but the problem always returned. I then tried resetting the SMC from the motherboard, and the problem again seemed solved for a while. Last week I did this again and reset the NVRAM as well, but the problem persists intermittently.
I've run the Apple Hardware Test, including the extended version, and it found no problems. I've run the TechTool Pro computer check routine, and aside from a few files with invalid content or unsupported formats (all jpegs, pngs and tiffs) and 3 TemplateInfo.plist files with invalid content in /Library/Frameworks/MacFUSE.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ProjectTemplates/, there were no problems. Ran VirusBarrier X6 -- no viruses. Ran MacScan -- no spyware.
I'm wondering if my cloning the SSD partitions to the internal HD has anything to do with the problem.
AppleCare has expired on my Mac Pro. I have an opportunity to buy a refurbished, identical machine (minus my modifications), but not from Apple, so I'm wondering if I should do that.
Any advice much appreciated!Thanks, hatter!
The RAM that shipped with the Mac Pro (an Apple refurb) was 1066 MHz, so that's what I chose from OWC for the 24GB upgrade. I'm sure it's too late to exchange for 1333 MHz at this point.
I have the Mac plugged into a UPS that I've used for several years, but put in a replacement battery some time back. The SMC problem is much more recent, though, and has occurred even when the Mac is plugged directly into a wall outlet.
I do always have TRIM running on all partitions on the SSD, per your original suggestion when I asked about going to SSD. I've never installed any PCI-e cards.
I installed etrecheck today. Very good! Thanks for pointing me to that. And I got rid of MacFUSE. Never knew what it was anyway.... I think the OS installer put it in. I'm also looking at removing recently installed apps, things like FinderPop, etc. However, I've been running MacScan, TTPro, and VB X6 in the main system for years with no problems. There is also a separate TTPro e-drive on the SSD for things like rebuilding directories.
The two OS partitions are about 57% full. Maybe I need to repartition and give them more space?
I did go ahead and buy the identical Mac Pro refurb from Amazon today, just in case. Never hurts to have a backup. -
I want to upgrade my macbook pro with new mac pro (2011).any ideas?
i want to upgrade my mid 2010 mac pro with the latest one. what i need to do for this?
there is no new 2011 Mac Pro other than new firmware to enable Lion only.
you can upgrade the processor easily if it is a single socket to W3680 for mere $619
If you are not talking workstations you're in wrong forums. -
I have a 2010 Mac Pro with a 1TB HHD. I just installed and formatted a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. I want to install a clean copy of Mavericks to the SSD and have the computer boot up to it. How do I install Mavericks to the SSD? Also, the Samsung SSD does not show up as an option in Start up in system preferences. Please help!
What OS do you want to install? If you bought your MP early enough, it may have shipped with actual install discs, and you could use those. If it shipped with Lion or newer, you will have to follow one of the procedures mentioned by Niel.
You can get Mavericks from the App Store. Before you run the installer, copy (copy, not move) the whole "Install Mavericks" download to a backup location so that you can install it again if necessary. The installer in the Applications Folder will be deleted after installation is complete, so a copy is needed. -
2010 Mac Pro Boot Camp - Refuses to boot Windows after installing Boot Camp drivers
Hey all,
I have a quad 3.2Ghz 2010 Mac Pro with a Radeon 5870 and 8 GB RAM.
I have 2 10000RPM WD Raptor drives, the first drive is my Lion boot drive. The 4th bay contains the second Raptor which has Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit installed. Bay 2 has Time Machine, bay 3 has a Windows backup drive.
I had first installed Windows and the Boot Camp drivers a few months ago and everything was humming along smoothly. Monday I tried to boot into Windows and it crashed immediately after the black Booting Windows screen started to change to the login window. This happened repeatedly. Nothing changed on the system that I am aware of. Whenever I tried to boot windows again, it booted into the repair mode. That did not seem to work because after running the repair it would still not boot.
So I did what is usually required of Windows, and that was to reinstall. I reformatted the hard drive, ran Boot Camp assistant, and started the install.
Everything was peachy so far, so I tried to reinstall the Boot Camp drivers (4.0). Did a reboot. Same problem. Doh!
So I did ANOTHER reinstall, and everything was fine. But this time I tried to install the Boot Camp drivers off the os install disc that came with my Mac (3.1). Still no go!
So finally I did my third reinstall and after that I did not install Boot Camp drivers. However, I did load up the CD and individually installed drivers for the Apple Mouse, Apple Keyboard, Cinema Display, etc. No problems whatsoever. Everything is actually still humming along fine.
So it looks like running the full Boot Camp install for some reason no longer works. Which means I am missing the Apple Boot Camp control panel, but that's not really a big deal. Althought it's quite annoying to not have the functionality of the special Mac keyboard keys like volume control, etc.
Has anyone run into this? I thought it might be a hardware problem but my Mac OS X OS exhibits no problems whatsoever.
Thanks!Thank you to The hatter.
I have a Mac Pro mid 2010 with a SSD and several internal hard disks. For some time I was trying to install Windows 7 on a fresh boot camp volume on a new WD 7200rpm 1TB hard disk. It was taking hours to install, and then I had a series of failures to reboot that proved permanent. The Window Repair utility would come up and took forever to repair the volume - but failed to actually do so, requiring completion reinstallation of the bootcamp volume. This occurred three times, between 1 day and 2 months after installation. I had already moved the Windows drive in to drive slot 1 of the Mac Pro.
Eventually I gave up and installed boot camp on a secondary partition of the SSD. This worked fine, however is limited in capacity. So yesterday I thought I would try to install Windows on the hard disk again. The Windows installer took many hours to do its thing, and eventually a message came up that the installation had failed.
I took your tip about possible hard disk failure, and ran Techtool Pro surface scan. It turns out that there are lots of bad blocks being reported. According to Micromat's documentation, the bad blocks being reported are those that may be in critical areas of the disk that cannot be mapped out. They recommend low level reinitialisation (with zeros) to map out the bad blocks, if possible. I am now running Apple's Disk Utility to do this, and fingers crossed that this reinitialisation succeeds, or I will have to replace the drive.
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