Mac Pro is running over 100%

My Mac Pro is running over 100% CPU when running a music sequence program called Digital Performer.
It has never done this before, not until I purchased Native Instrument music library app.
The funny this is that when it is just idle CPU is around 75%.
My Mac Pro is late 2007..any thoughts. Is it time to get another computer (old)
Thank you

Hi, it could be good, if it's doing it faster.
For instance a Quad Core MacPro could theoretically use up to 400% CPU, some Apps aren't threaded well & use only one core, some 2 CPUs but not cores.
Open Activity Monitor, Show:>All Processes, sort on CPU%, see if anything using too much CPU% when this happens.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

Similar Messages

I cannot change song order on playlist with highlight and drag. I have turned off shuffle and highlighted the far left column( up/down arrow) of playlist. My mac pro is running 10.5.8 and am using itunes 10.4.

I cannot change song order on playlists (old or new) with highlight and drag. I have turned off shuffle and highlighted the far left column (up/down arrow) of playlist. My mac pro is running 10.5.8 and am using itunes 10.4. I can't drag and drop "music" to "playlist" but can right click and get the option to "add to playlist." No such option for moving song within playlist, only the up and down arrow which moves song from top to bottom list, so if it is #4 from top it will move to #4 from bottom. Stupid I know. I spent over an hour with Apple support, reinstalled itunes, restarted and rebooted computer. Networked with my laptop which is running 10.6.8 and itunes 10.4 and it can drag and drop. The final Apple support solution was to reinstall my operating system. I would prefer not to. Any other ideas?

After looking at other people's posts, I think it's official: there is a bug. Itunes support said I should not have lost the drag/drop tool and I haven't on the laptop that is running itunes 10.4 and operating system 10.6.8. I chatted with someboby who lost both his drag/drop and side scroll and what we have in common is a wacom tablet for a mouse. My laptop is a wireless mouse. I reinstalled whatever updated driver that wacom has out there, shut the system down for night, hoping for magic, but alas none to be had. So if I want to change song order, I network the laptop and desktop, share the screen on the laptop, drag and drop to my heart's content and curse Apple for making me work this hard to find the tool that was once at my fingertips. Apple also let me know that if I want to share songs in household that the hundreds on songs that were purchased for .99 need to be repurchased for another .30. Maybe Apple is holding my drag/drop tool captive til I pay up the money or Maybe the next update will fix the problem, I for one give up for now.

Are there any Installation instructions for adding an MCE internal Blu-Ray burner to a Mac Pro(2013) running OS X Montain Lion?

Looking for any installation instructions or assistance in adding hardware (MCE internal blu-ray burner multi-drive14x) to my Mac Pro system running the latest version of OS X Mountain Lion.

Ask the vendor if they provide installation instructions. Otherwise, do a Google search for links on installing optical devices in a Mac Pro.

My mac pro is running really slow and the beach ball keeps appearing

my mac pro is running really slow and the beach ball keeps appearing
is there some good free software that cleans it up, new to macpro
Software OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021)

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

My mac pro is running very slow and I have a pin wheel turning

My mac pro is running very slow and I have a pin wheel turning what can I do?

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433
https://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

My mac mail is downloading over 100,000 emails from the server every time i click the icon. i can't receive the current emails

Was looking to see if anyone has a solution to stop mac mail from downloading over 100,000 emails each time i click on the mail icon. i can't get newer emails uploaded. Has anyone dealt with this and were you able to fix it?
thank you

does your anti virus has a spam tool? if so turn it off and see

HT1338 my mac pro is running with the OS X version 10.6.8. I cloud requires version 10.7 or later. How can I update my version?

Good evening,
My mac pro is running with OS X version 10.6.8. I would like to update the software to the version 10.8 or later...
Could you please let me know how can i do it?
Thank you
Best regards
Giorgio

http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
Read the system requirements carefully.
Regards.

CPU running over 100% using Roxio Toast

Hello,
I am using Roxio Toast and noticed that songs are skipping, I checked my CPU and it is going over 100%, when this happens.
My activity monitor show no other programs are running.
Any idea why my computer is running over 100% on one single program?
Thank you,
Bmac

single threaded and can't be broken up. Most likely written before hyper-threading and not optimized. Don't feel too bad, Apple had trouble also in 2009 and hadn't caught on and had audio code in that would spike processor core and overhead the system and wasn't rectified in 10.5.7+ but took 10.6.2+ to work around.
So what version are you using and is this the latest? And what about any other processes or something? A system can't run w/o lots of other processes, even if you aren't running a main foreground program, plug-ins, background, they all do matter.
My guess is like every thread almost, more input is needed about your system.
By itself it is just being inefficient.

Mac Pro Fans run extremely high!

Hello,
I'm a video editor working within Adobe Premiere Pro CC, and I edit all kinds of footage from DSLR all the way up to RED 5K. I have a Mac Pro (5,1), 6-Core 3.33Ghz with 32GB of DDR3 ECC 1333 MHz RAM. Also in there is a GTX 770 Graphics card with 4GB on board RAM, and a RAID controller.
The problem is that my system fans are CONSTANTLY kicking up to high gear. Whether I'm doing intensive or unintensive work with any kind of footage. It's always within premiere when they kick on. If I put the system to sleep they all go back to normal, but usually kick back on. It is terribly frustrating.
My system is out in the open, plenty of vintilation, and relatively dust-free.
Recently swtched graphics cards from a Quadro 4000 to this GTX, thinking the Quadro was the culprit, but the problem persists.
I've attached two screen shots of SMC Fan Control before and after the fans kick up to full speed. I don't know anything about the layout of these fans, or what does what. I also can't seem to run Apple Hardware Test to see if everything is fine...I try pressing the D key when booting up, but it just regularly starts up. Any other way to test the hardware?
I realize the graphics card will heat things up a bit, but this still seems abnormal. Can anybody help me troubleshoot? Or at least provide an explanation of the fan layout of the Mac Pro, or list some recommended fan speeds? I just can't seem to figure this thing out.
Thank you so much.

beauleland wrote:
I realize the graphics card will heat things up a bit, but this still seems abnormal. Can anybody help me troubleshoot? Or at least provide an explanation of the fan layout of the Mac Pro, or list some recommended fan speeds? I just can't seem to figure this thing out.
Thank you so much.
It does look abnormal, especially if Activity Monitor doesn't show any processes using much of the CPU's capability. Keep in mind that going full blast, your CPU can show up to 1,200% usage in Activity Monitor (six cores, two threads each).
First, we both have the same Mac Pro with the same amount of RAM. Based on Temperature Gauge (from the App Store), the intended minimum and maximum speeds for the fans are PCI - 750/4500, PS - 750/2800, Exhaust 750/2800, Intake 600/2800, BOOSTA 800/4000.
Working up, the Intake fan is at the bottom of the front grill. The Exhaust fan is at the back end at the same level. You've had the processor tray out. Inside the processor block (the box behind the DIMM slots with horizontal fins) is BOOSTA. There'd be a BOOSTB if you had two CPU's. Those three (or four) fans cool the CPU and RAM. Above all that is the PCI fan, which is set in a bit from the grill and, for some reason, doesn't fill it's space at the front so, theoretically, the air could blow into the PCIe area, make a U turn around the right side and go back through the fan again. Finally, behind the optical drive bay is the PS and the fan is at the front of the PS. There's also a fan on the video card, and I've never seen a monitor which could show that fan's speed or temperature.
I keep an eye on smcFanControl's temperature reading in the menu bar and when it heads north of 100ºF I start going to one of the higher fan speed settings I've established. That's probably being over-cautious but I like my Mac Pro. And if the fans can't do the job, it's time to blow the dust out, and that includes the dust inside the video card.
Hope that helps some.

Install Mavericks on Mac Pro 3 running Mt. Lion 10.7.5?

I am running Mt Lion 10.7.5 on a Mac Pro 3 with 2 x 3 Ghz Dual Core Intel Xeon Processor and can't install Mavericks? Should I be able to install on this machine?

If it's a 3,1 2008 model, then you can run Mavericks.
Upgrading to Mavericks
You can upgrade to Mavericks from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mavericks can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Mavericks
To upgrade to Mavericks you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Mavericks from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mavericks is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
    OS X Mavericks- System Requirements
    Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mavericks
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
     Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.

2008 mac pro shuts down over night with os 10.9.5

Updated clean install of OS 10.9.5 to new HDD on my 2008 Mac Pro running 10.6.8 via the app store: The Mac seems to shut down over night. Not overheating. Energy Saver, Computer sleep set to Never, and Display sleep set to Never. Screen saver set to never. Very odd. will see if it does it 3rd night in a row.
Also: anyway to get rid of the password log in when I turn Mac on?

Open the Console app and look for log entries right before your had to boot up the Mac. Post them here.

Do I need a 64 bit processor on my Mac Pro to run CS6 and Lightroom 4?

I would like to install Adobe CS6 and Lightroom 4 on my 2008 Mac Pro but may not have the right processor to run it. I know I will have to upgrade my OS X 10.5.8 to at least OS X 10.6.8. The system requirements specify a Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support. I have a Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor. Does this mean my Mac will not run this software at all or slowly at best? Will I only be able to use this software if I buy a new computer?
Here is what I have now:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          Mac Pro
Model Identifier:          MacPro3,1
Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:          2
Total Number Of Cores:          8
L2 Cache (per processor):          12 MB
Memory:          6 GB
Bus Speed:          1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.25f4
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID:          A120CDBF-0CB3-56FA-9AF2-16F2938C5F0D
System Software Overview:
System Version:          Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)
Kernel Version:          Darwin 9.8.0
Boot Volume:          Macintosh HD 320
Boot Mode:          Normal

Please see the tech specs for LR 4 : http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom/tech-specs.html
LR 4 and CS 6 applications will not run on 10.5.8, you need atleast 10.6.8 to run these applications.

Which upgrade for Late 2009 Mac Pro Currently Running 10.6.8?

I am in a qaundry not knowing the best way to upgrade my machine. I would like to install Adobe Lightroom 5 but can not do it from Snow Leopard. I haven't upgraded because I was concerned about creating a nightmare of problems for myself. I use this computer mainly for photography and some household bookkeeping/record keeping, etc. I keep my photos and Lightroom catalog on an external drive which is also backed up. There is a separate drive in the Mac for Time Machine. I haven't upgraded because I was concerned about creating problems for myself and because I live in a rural area there is little access to help so I'm pretty much on my own solving any problems. A lot of this stuff is a bit over my head so please go easy on me :-) Thanks, Roberta
My system:
Model Name:
Mac Pro
Model Identifier:
MacPro4,1
Processor Name:
Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:
2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors:
1
Total Number Of Cores:
4
L2 Cache (per core):
256 KB
L3 Cache:
8 MB
Memory:
12 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:
4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:
MP41.0081.B08
SMC Version (system):
1.39f5
SMC Version (processor tray):
1.39f5

I don't have a clue about PPC programs? I tried to google the term and it says something about pay per click??? No idea so perhaps they don't exist for me.
People seem to be having problems with Mavericks from what I am reading here. I really don't want to do something that will make me wish I had opted for a root canal rather than upgrading my machine. I have Carbon Copy Cloner doing a backup clone weekly to an external drive and use Chronosync for backing up my photo files and other records, again to an external drive. I can only assume my present system is healthy - haven't had problems. I am not a sophisticated user just trying my best but as I said initially some of this stuff is over my head. Would I perhaps be better off opting for something like Mountain Lion first?
Thanks~

Display and USB dead, but Mac Pro still running?

Hi,
Two days ago, my 8-core Mac Pro (early 2008) became unusable. It displays the Apple logo on grey background during startup then after a while, the rolling "circle" freezes, yet the Mac keeps booting as we can still hear the hard drive running. Sometimes, the screen blinks once or twice just before freezing, but nothing more.
After a while, the Mac finishes booting up: its name appears in the "Shared" section of a Finder window seen from another Mac. However, I can't connect to it via "Share Screen": error message saying the Mac is unreachable. The keyboard doesn't work either cause I can't blindly use it --not even to try to restart the Mac (CTRL-EJECT + R).
If I plug my iPhone, the battery starts charging but no synchro --I don't hear the faintest noise from the hard drive, meaning iTunes doesn't launch.
However, I can connect to the Mac thru file sharing; once identified, all volumes appear and can be mounted and browsed normally. I also can connect thru a SSH session and pilot the Mac via the Terminal. Note: the "shutdown -r now" command seems to work as the shutting down message appears with three beeps and the Mac disappears from the Shared list mentioned above, but it doesn't turns off "physically"; fans and hard drives keep running and the front LED remains on... forever.
All this makes me think there's something really wrong with the I/O management (except network but is it really I/O?): no display, no mouse, no keyboard (no USB).
Of course, I zapped the PRAM, removed the extra RAM I bought two months ago, I also removed one by one the two internal hard drives and checked all possible connections. The same problem keeps happening during startup, even with only the system DVD in the superdrive --without any hard drive connected, just to be sure.
For information, the very first problem happened while playing a game on Windows via Boot Camp: the screen froze but music and sound kept running. After three restarts --still under Boot Camp-- and a freeze a few minutes after I was back in the game, I gave up and restarted under Mac OS X. The Mac worked normally for about an hour, then crashed while I was browsing my music in iTunes. The next crashes were happening faster after each restart. And now, the Mac won't even boot normally.
Here's my story. If one of you guys have an idea of what could be happening on my Mac Pro, I'll be very glad to read it. I'm not really keen to send it to maintenance for several reasons, one being that after not even two years of age I still consider it a "recent" computer, the other being that with the holiday season coming up, I wouldn't like to see it go away for weeks!
One more thing I'm a freelance graphic designer, I've been working with Macs for more than 20 years and I take good care of my machines.
Thank you for reading.
Ch.

Hi,
Well, I now can say that that's also what happened to my 8800 GT.
I finally received the ATI Radeon HD 4870 and after I've installed it, I was able to boot the Mac Pro on Windows (I got the PC version of the card so it needs to be flashed before it can be used with Mac OS X) and this time, everything went fine; I tried the games I've had problems with earlier and they all ran perfectly.
I then successfully flashed the Radeon so it's now compatible with Mac OS X and Windows, but I still have a power problem: the card is sold with two Molex-to-PCIe cables whereas only micro PCI-e connectors are available on the Mac Pro. There's the option to use the SuperDrive's Molex connectors but there're only two of them and four are supposedly required (see note below) to sufficiently power the card. This means the picture is scrambled in Mac OS X and when trying to boot on Windows, a blinking power error message is displayed onscreen and booting stops.
Note: in the Radeon manual, it says (with nice illustrations) that the card requires two full PCI-e cables and that Molex-to-PCI-e adapters aren't supported, *although the card is sold with two of these unsupported cables ONLY!* However, before flashing the card, Windows booted successfully with those two cables so I don't quite understand the logic behind all this...
Anyway, I've ordered the missing full PCI-e cable (I already have the one that came with the NVidia card) on eBay (amazingly, this cable is impossible to find in France!) When I receive it, I'll post a final message in this thread to let you know if my problems are now solved.
Thanks for reading =)
Ch.

My Mac Pro is running slow...

Not ready to buy a new computer yet.
it is 5 years old running 10.6 Lion. What might I do to clean it up and get it running faster?
Thanks,
Mark

5 yrs old does little to tell us what yours is and has now...
But 2007-8 and you need FBDIMMs and should start with 16GB probably, some faster and more disk drives for system, media and projects, for scratch. Even processor upgrade.
ATI Radeon 5770
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC742ZM/A
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-ATI-Radeon-5770-MC742ZM/dp/B003Z6QH6M
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/726537-REG/Apple_MC742ZM_A_ATI_Radeon_HD_5 770.html
How To Install and Remove Memory Mac Pro
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4433
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $36
http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
For best performance on Mac Pro, install memory in risers symmetrically
The Mac Pro comes with two memory riser cards, each with four DIMM slots. With a total of eight slots, you can add up to 16 GB of memory.
Note: DIMMs must be installed in pairs of equal size from the same vendor. For instance, you must not have one or three DIMMs on either riser at any time. Additionally, two DIMMs from different vendors should not be combined and used as a pair.
Other configurations of DIMM pairs are still compatible with Final Cut Studio, but may not achieve the same performance levels as when DIMM pairs are installed on both risers evenly.
Riser A contains:
Riser B contains:
2 x 512MB
2 x 512MB
2 x 1GB
2 x 1GB
2 x 2GB
2 x 2GB
4 x 512MB
4 x 512MB
4 x 1GB
4 x 1GB
4 x 2GB
4 x 2GB
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1957
WD Black 1TB $93
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
WD Green 3TB $149 - backup
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/
WD VR 10K 250GB $103 200MB/sec boot drive :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007V5A1BK/
Those last and last and make a nice boot drive.
SSD: Samsung 830 128GB $99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0077CR60Q/
Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: Graphics card compatibility
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/specs/

Mac Pro is running over 100%

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for