Just got the Mac Pro

Hey everyone,
I am new to the community and a convert to the Mac. Last week on Friday I ordered the 2009 Mac Pro 2.26ghz Nahelem x2/ 6gb ram/ 640gb hd/ airport card/ student MS Office / 4870 Radeon HD.
I do 3d modeling and rendering along with video editing and my g@d this thing is fast! I absolutely love it. It is such an amazing machine and very quiet. I like to keep my legs near it since it turns into a nice warmer
I am getting an additional 8gb of ram sent over so that would put me at 14gb ram. The mac pro can support 14 correct? I know it can go more, but is 14 an appropriate number? More importantly I know that it came with 6x1gb sticks so I believe i have 2 open slots.
Glad to be part of the family!

What is your reason for needing a 17"? If it's portability throughout the office, from desk to desk, then yes, but traveling with etc. You're more better off with a 15" imo. If you're not moving it at all, then Mac pro of course.
The base 17" MBP is $2800. Have you seen the refurbished section recently?? Dam n!! They got a whole array of deals. These stick out in particular (equal or less in price of the 17")
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB535LL/A?mco=MjE0NjQ1OA
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FA970LL/A?mco=MjE0NjQ1OA
Refurbished is gold imo, same warranty, same everything, the only thing different is the box you get it in.

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Sprad05 wrote:
If anyone else has any other help or info I would appreciate it.
How far is you mouse from the back of your mac pro and is there anything between those two points? Beyond about 3 to 4 feet the MM on a mac pro for many people is problematic. Here's a 24-page thread on this topic:
Poor Bluetooth reception and jerky mouse
Bottom line, use a bluetooth dongle (that what I use -- IOGear GBU421) or wire up an external antenna to the bluetooth card inside your mac pro.
As an experiment you could try doing a smc and pram reset and keep the mouse close to the back of your machine and seeing if it pairs up and stays connected.

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I cant get my itunes songs to transfer from my iphone to my mac book pro retina.

Welcome to the Apple Community Pattylea.
Have you logged into iTunes and set the computer to sync with the phone.
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Trojan War
If you discover a trojan program is running on your computer then look to the following information for assistance:
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2. An excellent site devoted to Mac Malware: Macintosh Virus Guide
3. Another site for removing MacDefende, et.al.: MAC Defender Rogue Anti-Virus analysis and Removal
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Removing strange software can be a task. The following outlines various ways of uninstalling software:
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Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a Startup item or a Log In item. Startup items are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the Delete [-] button to delete it from the list.
Some software use startup daemons or agents that are a new feature of the OS. Look for them in /Library/LaunchAgents/ and /Library/LaunchDaemons/ or in /Home/Library/LaunchAgents/.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term. Unfortunately Spotlight will not look in certain folders by default. You can modify Spotlight's behavior or use a third-party search utility, Easy Find, instead. Download Easy Find at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
Some applications install a receipt in the /Library/Receipts/ folder. Usually with the same name as the program or the developer. The item generally has a ".pkg" extension. Be sure you also delete this item as some programs use it to determine if it's already installed.
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AppZapper
Automaton
Hazel
CleanApp
Yank
SuperPop
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Just got my Mac Pro. Any issues with 10.4.10

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I've had my Mac Pro since April and have all the latest software without any issues. Just follow all the usual upgrade precautions.

Just Got My Mac Pro: Initial Response

I've been a Windows user my entire life and ordered a Mac Pro for film editing because I wanted something stable.
The computer arrived today and I was very impressed when I first unboxed the machine - impressed with the looks and the ease of adding my seperate hard drive I bought for it.
However on turning on the machine I was very dissapointed at how inaccurate the mouse pointer is. I thought it could be tied to the wired mighty mouse that came with it so I hooked up my logitech optical from my windows machine and that was not much more accurate on the Mac.
I thought it might be an issue tied just to my own Mac but then I mentioned the issue to a friend of mine whose parents have a Mac and he said he experienced the very same thing when he first used their Imac (he is also a Windows user).
Has anyone else noticed this? There is no doubt the accuracy of my logitech mouse on my windows machine is much more accurate than on my Mac Pro. On my Mac Pro if I move the mouse around fast there is no problem. The problem comes when I am trying to put the pointer on a very small area, like the red x to close the window - then it can be tough to put the pointer in the right place.

"I have no clue what
you guys mean by a difference in accuracy. " I mean, say I want to quickly put the pointer on the very bottom of the Y on the "post Message: Reply" that I'm looking at now as I reply to this message. On my windows machine I can put the tip of the mouse pointer right on that small point in just one try. If I try to do the same with Mac Pro, it takes me 2 or three tries. As I bring in the pointer and try to put it on the very small area, the accuracy starts to go out the window, and sometimes very suttle moves of the mouse do not move the mouse pointer at all.
If lasers are supposed to be very precise then I will try one of those at some point. Really there seems to be no other solution. I'll probably go to Microcenter and try the mouse on their Mac Pro to see if theirs does it. I worked on their machine a little before I bought mine and don't recall any issues with mouse movement on their machine, so maybe this is tied to just a small number of machines.
And yes, I have also seen threads of this issue elsewhere as well for one here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OperatingSystems/Macintosh/Q21450924.html?query=mousemovesslow&topics=22
What this guy is describing pretty much mirrors what I'm experiencing.
This is the second such topic I have seen on this
issue, and I am totally puzzled. I have no clue what
you guys mean by a difference in accuracy. I suggest
getting a Laser mouse if you are experiencing
problems with an Optical. You should also try turning
the mouse sensitivity all the way down, that should
greatly help accuracy. Despite being a gaming mouse
the DPI adjustments on the G5/7 are quite useful in
creative apps as you can adjust the speed of the
pointer on-the-fly.
I just don't get the problem :S your example: "The
problem comes when I am trying to put the pointer on
a very small area, like the red x to close the window
- then it can be tough to put the pointer in the
right place. "
On 2000 DPI I have no problems hitting the x and that
should be the hardest due to the extreme speed.
In any case don't click the x, that's the newbie
way... use apple-w to close windows and apple-q to
quit apps.

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Just Bought a Mac Pro... Question about an upgrade

So I just got my mac pro home... 2.66, 5gig, 250gig, 23 apple screen.
Absolutly love the machine. blazing fast and it does everything.
I put windows on it with bootcamp and wanted to try a serious video game on it to test how it handled it.
I was pleased but not thrilled with the results. The game ran great on the settings the game put the game at. But when I started to turn the res and details up... I turned it up to the max (ps this was the new hitman game). It loaded the game, and the game looks amazing, but its choppy as heck.
The video card that I have in there is the GeForce w/ 256 ram on it.
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If thats a no, since the website store allows for multiple video cards in the computer, could I just add another more serious video card ontop of the one thats in there to increase the graphics capabilities of it?
All is is appreciated.
Michael
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Apple will not exchange the video card with an upgraded one. The only way to do this would have been with a build to order. Your best bet is to put that card on eBay and buy the new X1900 XT. The standard card in the MacPro isn't really designed for gaming but the X1900 is the best there is right now.
Here is a link...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6404000/wo/mv1Ny xX99y673RUluNLEYksH4ei/3.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3

If I buy the Mac pro and iMac combine it together would it be faster?

If I buy the Mac pro and iMac combine it together would it be faster or I just buy the mac pro and Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch)?

If you buy a Mac Pro 2013, use the iMac for casual stuff and use the Mac Pro for media creation work.
Maxed out iMac with 4-core 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD PCIe is nice.
Mac Pro with 6-core 64GB dual graphics for $1000 more might run rings around it.
Why not look them both up on Geekbench.
Some people really need and like having two systems, maybe laptop (Air) and a more powerful system.

I just got a mac book for the first time. how do i dual boot my mac book pro when it doesn't have a cd drive?

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maickem wrote:
i just got a mac book pro and it is my first mac. my friends have told me that i can have a mac boot up windows. i would like to do this with my mac book but it doesn't have a cd drive. does any one know how i can do this if it is possible.
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HT4889 Just got a new macbook pro. Trying to migrate data from a MacPro to the macBook. MacBook will recognize the Mac Pro but not vice versa. Using Mac OS X 10.6.8 on the Mac Pro(powermac G4. The Mac Pro searches in vain for the MacBook. What should I do

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Dave VanHorn
[email protected]

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