Newest Mac Pro

Is this (the Mac Pro Early 2009) the newest Mac Pro that Apple has released up until now? I am thinking of buying one but do not know if I should buy one now or wait for a new updated Mac Pro. Please Help.

Can't go wrong here:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/mac_pro
And Friday evening is a good time (they seem to refresh and update) but yes, the last three years have seen March refresh of the Mac Pro line also.
However, depending on your needs, other than hoping for ATI 5000 graphics or something... there is a lot to be said for "tried and true" and mature, rather than bleeding edge new.
Just make sure your hardware and software is ready for 10.6.2+ and you can outfit it (RAM and hard drives can be added later but Apple's price on RAM has been good due to rising costs).

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Ongoing problems with newest Mac Pro and CS4

Hi all,
I've just switched from a Final Cut Pro editorial house to a new company that bases production around the Adobe Production Suite using Premiere Pro CS4 for all our editing needs. From what I understand about this company (and this workstation) is that Premiere Pro CS4 has been buggy on this machine and this machine only. I find this strange as it is one of the newer high end mac systems available right now and is more than capable of crushing most video that will be put into it.
In brief a summary of the problems include;
1.) Final exports rarely work, no matter the codec, bit rate, size, duration, etc.
2.) If AME CS4 does manage to successfully export a piece it will generally have random black frames right at every cut starting about halfway through the piece.
3.) Even so much as switching sequences within a project manages to bog the system down and crash it, thus making me have to force quit the program and occasionally restart the machine.
4.) After rendering the work area the machine suddenly becomes unresponsive and thus causes another crash/force quit scenario.
5.) Certain audio tracks will play for about 2min and 30seconds and then mysteriously go silent, while a clear and present waveform is able to be seen (however occasionally premiere will cut this part of the clip off!)
I will post the hardware and software specs below but I feel it is necessary to detail why I find these problems to be extremely peculiar.
Firstly the projects we have are generally shot on the 5D MkII. I understand CS5 has the ability to play these clips back through it's mercury playback system (after it's own internal conform) at real-time and allow you to edit as if it had been transcoded traditionally. We are planning on obtaining a copy of CS5 in the near future but I am currently worried if these problems may be associated to faulty hardware.
Upon my arrival I formatted every drive and did a clean install of OSX Leopard 10.6.5 as well as a fresh install of Adobe Production Premium CS4 (updated to most recent release). This leaves out any possibility of a plug-in such as the red giant filters or sapphire filters interfering with the rendering and exporting process. Nothing seems to work. Even throwing an uncompressed 8-bit clip into AME CS4 manages to crash it.
A coworker of mine had two great ideas on the problem the other day for me to test out. The first being that it could be a bad piece of ram. I figure this could be a possibility as I don't know the history of this machine and I noticed all the RAM slots are full of 1gig sticks (and two 4gig sticks) so there could be a bad one in the bunch. I went through the process of elimination leaving one stick in at a time and testing an export (extremely time consuming) and every time it failed. His second idea was to take my project file and associated media to the creative directors computer which happens to be a two year old Mac Pro running CS4 (on OSX Leopard). He has several plug-ins installed along with tons of additional applications etc etc. Sure enough I loaded up my project file consisting of a bunch of 5D MkII footage and it played back perfectly, exported perfectly, tabbed through sequences perfectly, and did everything it should!
My question is why. Why would his older machine work with this footage on the same version of Premiere Pro CS4 and not my newer, faster, shinier editing machine? I've done everything I can to test any theory I've come up with both from my own experience as well as through internet research. Deleted PList, emptied RAM, emptied Cache, reformat and reinstall, swap RAM around, tested different hard drives, etc. The problem is not isolated strictly to the H.264 files the 5D MkII produces either, as even the uncompressed 8-bit files I've brought in won't play nicely with the system either. It's such a bummer that my first experience with Premiere Pro had to be on a machine that has these horrible quirks but I feel it has a lot to bring to the table over Final Cut Pro and I would love to find a solution to this problem so I can get back to cutting!!
Thank you in advance for all of your help!
System Specs (Hardware)
-Mac Pro 5,1
--2 x 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon
--14 GB 1333 MHz DDR3(all tested OK)
--ATI Radeon HD 5770 (also tested with a new nVidia card as well)
--(Internal) Operating System Hard Drive - 250GB 7200 RPM
--(Internal) Project File Storage - 1TB 7200 RPM
--(Internal) Preview File Storage - 500GB 7200 RPM
System Specs (Software)
-Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.5
--QuickTime X v10.0 (118)
--QuickTime 7 Pro v7.6.6 (1710)
---QuickTime Version 7.6.6 (1756)
--Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.1 (003 (MC: 166418))
--Adobe Media Encoder CS4 v4.2.0.006
Example Sequence Settings and media for a usual Project File
-Media
--24GB of 5D MkII footage (1920x1080P 23.976 frames/second H.264 files straight off the card)
--2GB of sync sound (.WAV)
-Sequence Settings
--Editing Mode: Desktop
--Timebase: 23.976 frames/second
--Frame Size: 1920 horizontal 1080 vertical 16:9
--Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
--Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)
--Display Format:24fps Timecode
--Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
--Display Format: Audio Samples
--Video Previews File Format: I-Frame Only MPEG
--Codec MPEG I-Frame
--Maximum Bit Depth (Unchecked)
--Maximum Render Quality (Unchecked)
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings from Uncompressed 8-Bit FILE to High Quality H.264
-Source Clip: Uncompressed 8-Bit 4:2:2, 1920 x 1080 Millions, 16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000kHz 23.98, Data Rate of 799.15 mbits/s.
-Format: H.264
-Preset: HDTV 1080P 24 High Quality
--Customized to:
---24fps -> 23.976fps
---Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9 -> Square Pixels
---Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass -> VBR, 2 Pass
---Source XMP metadata turned OFF
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings for Premiere Pro SEQUENCE to High Quality H.264
-Source Sequence: See above example.
From AME Directly: [File>Add Premiere Pro Sequence>Project>Sequence>OK] (Usually takes a long time to get Sequence section to show up)
From Premiere Pro: [File>Export>Media]
-Format: H.264
-Preset: HDTV 1080P 24 High Quality
--Customized to:
---24fps -> 23.976fps
---Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9 -> Square Pixels
---Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass -> VBR, 2 Pass
---Source XMP metadata turned OFF
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings for Premiere Pro SEQUENCE to Uncompressed YUV 8 bit 4:2:2
-Source Sequence: See above example.
From AME Directly: [File>Add Premiere Pro Sequence>Project>Sequence>OK] (Usually takes a long time to get Sequence section to show up)
From Premiere Pro: [File>Export>Media]
-Format: QuickTime
-Preset: Custom
--Customized to:
---Video Codec: Uncompressed YUV 8 bit 4:2:2
---Quality 100
---Width: 1920 Height: 1080
---Frame Rate: 23.976
---Field Type: Progressive
---Aspect: Square Pixels (1.0)
---Render at maximum Depth (Unchecked)
---Audio Codec:Uncompressed
---Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
---Channels: Stereo
---Sample Type: 16 bit

The move from FCP to PP is a good one, however, it's only half way there.
Next, move to a Windows 7 64 based machine using an i7 950 and 12 GB RAM at a minimum (with a GTX 460 or better as a seriously considered option), and then upgrade to CS5.
Chances are more than excellent that doing will resolve all your issues.

Newest Mac Pro does NOT work with CC14 - Will Adobe address this or not?

I have a Mac Pro late 2013 - the "trash can" - and when I tried installing Premiere CC14, it crashed multiple times before even completing the program's initial bootup. I had to install CS6 just to get operable, though this does not help me open the CC14 projects I have inherited. I have a colleague who uses a $1.5K laptop, and it works logarithmically faster and better with CC14 than my $4K new Mac Pro. I have all the Adobe permissions set to "Read/Write" and it shows absolutely no speed improvements over a much less expensive iMac. The CUDA feature is worthless unless Adobe develops a way for it to take advantage of the hardware configuration of the Mac Pro... And I'm having a hard time finding anything resembling an official statement suggesting this is anywhere close to a reality. I have many After Effects plug ins, and while yes: They are 3rd party plug ins, these are not just electives - They are part of my arsenal that my loyal clients have come to expect.
For 15 years I have used After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator, all 15 of them on a Mac. In all that time I have NEVER experienced this kind of vagueness, finger pointing, and dodgy avoidance. There seems to be an allergy to making an announcement that anything resembling a coordinated effort is going to happen.
Why would I buy "the fastest" Mac if Adobe didn't work with it? MAC STORE staff didn't seem to think this was going to be an issue... Yet I can't find any official date as to when CC14 is projected to work with AMD architecture.
I'm feeling a lot like I did when Mac juked us with FCP-7 to FCP-X "upgrade.' Et tu, Adobe?
-JOHN BEYER
(PS - Yes I had Adobe Creative Cloud assistance help me troubleshoot)

No offense meant, but did you come here to ask for help, or are you just complaining? Because it seems an awful lot like the latter...
AlphaJB4 wrote:
I have a colleague who uses a $1.5K laptop, and it works logarithmically faster and better with CC14 than my $4K new Mac Pro.
So does CC2014 work on your Mac Pro or not? The laptop doesn't "work logarithmically faster..." than your Mac Pro if the software isn't working to begin with. Hyperbole, much?
The CUDA feature is worthless unless Adobe develops a way for it to take advantage of the hardware configuration of the Mac Pro...
CUDA isn't available on the new Mac Pro. OpenCL is. If you have the CUDA preference panel installed due to another piece of software putting it there, you're better served by deleting it. It's not going to help you at all on the new Mac. It may, in fact, cause problems.
Pr CC2014 works fine with OpenCL on the new Mac. Ae doesn't, but Adobe has never said Ae does or would. Anything you do in Ae is going to be CPU-bound. If Pr is crashing, then it likely means you have something else on your system that's mucking things up. Did you recover your user directory with something like Time Machine when you installed your new Mac? Was your user directory originally on some other Mac? What happens if you create an entirely new user from scratch, without restoring the home directory, and then try to kick Pr into gear? Does it run?
Provide some details and perhaps someone can help.

Newest Mac Pro: Displays How will 4K be displayed? : 4K 3840x2160 UHD 4096x2550 Where as: 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display=2660x1440

How will 4K be displayed? :
4K 3840x2160
UHD 4096x2550
Where as:
27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display=2660x1440

4k is the generic term for resolutions that have a horizontal number of pixels around 4000. The two most common resolutions are Ultra Hi-Def (UHD) and Cinema 4K (C4K). The first is 3840x2160 and is exactly four times the resolution of "Full HD", or 1080p. The second is 4096x2160 and is one of the "standard" resolutions used in digital cinema projection.
The HDMI 1.4 standard supports both of these, but only at certain refresh rates. UHD, being the consumer version, is supported at 24Hz, 25Hz, and 30Hz; C4K is only defined for 24Hz since most of the material is going to be film-sourced. (This implies that 25/30Hz will include TV material at half their original rates of 50/60Hz.) Over HDMI, all four of these timing formats run at the same clock rate (297MHz, ignoring the fractional versions). This is the highest clock used in this version of HDMI, although the standard allows up to 340MHz. (There may be PC timing formats between 297-340...)
Using generic terms, we call these modes "UHD30" to imply resolution and refresh rate, and if a TV supports UHD30 it will always support UHD24 (although it is not a rule, merely a reflection of reality). A TV can only support C4K24 in 1.4, but it doesn't have to. There are many TVs that will support UHD24 or UHD24-30, but not C4K at all. So the practical limit of HDMI 1.4 is "up to 4k30."
HDMI 2.0, which the Mac Pro does not have [yet], provides dot clocks up to 600MHz (although above 340MHz, they are all divided by 4) and allows "up to 4k60" for pixel encodings of RGB444, YCC444, and YCC422. The new standard also allows 4k50/60 to use YCC420, which sacrifices some color information (known as 'uses chroma subsampling') but allows the data to be transferred at the same rate as 4k30. While "fine" for video--since it was probably delivered over BD/DVD or streaming at YCC420 to begin with--it is not fine for you computer's output.
I just got a 4k TV because I was tired of my dual 1920x1200 DisplayPort monitors after coming from the original 30" Cinema display of 2560x1600. Specifically, I used to enjoy >1080 pixels tall. But here's the problem with the 4k TV: while it has HDMI 2.0 inputs, the MacPro has only HDMI 1.4 so the output is limited to "up to 4k30". Moving the mouse is laggy and not smooth as it would be if the display were 60Hz. Furthermore, the MacPro is not offering me a choice between UHD or C4K--both of which the TV supports--and is instead defaulting to the largest resolution of C4K. This means the refresh is only 24Hz. And that's why I'm in the forums today--to see if there's a way to get my output to be UHD, but at 30Hz.
In a couple months, several companies will be selling DP-to-HDMI2 dongles that will support 4k60. So I am holding my breath until then.
Now, to specifically and accurately answer your question: Out the current MacPro's HDMI 1.4 port, you will get the highest resolution your TV (called the Sink) will support. If your TV has C4K24, then that is what will show up. If your TV does NOT have that, but has UHD24-30, you SHOULD get UHD30. If your TV ONLY has UHD24, then that's what you will get. If you get a TV, the chances are really, really good that the panel will have 3840 pixels across and 2160 lines down. In this case, you want the Mac to output that resolution and put the TV into pixel-for-pixel mode so every input datum is mapped to a single display element. Since most displays overscan, the Full mode will expand the incoming data from 2-5% which can eliminated the crispness (and also cut off the extremes of the Desktop). Also, if you are outputting C4K (like I am) AND you have switched to P4P mode, the horizontal dimension is shrunk by 6.6%.
If any of this is unclear, just reply. But I will say that this 40" TV is really useful, and once it is running at 60Hz...bellisima!

Adobe Premiere CC play delay with newest Mac Pro.

Anyone have issues hitting play on the timeline (out of a multicam edit) and there is a few second delay (or more) when the head starts to react?
I have a late 2013 Mac Pro, six core, 6gig dual v-ram, 64GB ram and six disk array partitioned to two, via a Thunderbolt 1 interface where the assets are held.
Needless to say, this adds a lot of time to the editng. FCPX has no delay but I couldn't get the multicam to sync up, even going through Pluraleyes.
Thanks!

Hi Molo342,
molo342 wrote:
I have iMac with system up to date, my Adoebe Premiere CC crashes every 10 minutes when working on the project. Any ideas?
Usually, it's this: Premiere Pro CC, CC 2014, or 2014.1 freezing on startup or crashing while working (Mac OS X 10.9, and later). It's caused by some methods of updating OS X.
BTW, most people are operating 8.1 with no issues, myself included.
A majority of the issues people are having are updating complex project files from 8.0.1 to 8.1. Please don't update project files or your OS when in the middle of a project. This rule of thumb is very important to safeguarding your project file.
If you must go back to the previous version, please check out my blog post here: Install a previous version of any Creative Cloud application
Thanks,
Kevin

Dear Mac Pro upgrade hardware & Photoshop CS5 64 bit speed experts...

I'm an illustrator that works w/ brushes(can they ever get fast enough ?) in PS CS5 and, at times, some very large files:
Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon ("early 2008"), 20 GB or RAM
OS 10.6.6 Running in 64bit
Boot(system only) drive: 60 GB OWC Mercury Extreme SSD
Data drive(user folder): 860 GB Striped RAID - from 3 partitions of 3 7200 RPM drives
Scratch drive: 96 GB Striped RAID - from 3 partitions of 3 7200 RPM drives
Storage drive: 1 TB (includes time machine partition)
What is my next "biggest bang for the buck" hardware move for speed of PS CS5 (done lots of reading on the software prefs/settings)?:
Is it still more memory - 24 GB?
Or a single OWC SSD drive for data(120 GB -- I can dump a lot more items in data to storage HD)?
Or a smaller OWC SSD for scratch?
Thank you!
T

Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon ("early 2008"), 20 GB or RAM
3GHz in 2006 is not the 2.8GHz 2010. But if 20GB works for you, adding an SSD boot drive, and an SSD for scratch might be good investments for now instead. 5365 (Woodcrest 8-core) are still a little expensive.
DDR3 is of course faster, more bandwidth, and not having to deal with FBDIMMs.
$3100 for 3.33 4-core / 3-4 x 8GB for 24-32GB RAM might not be best investment.
Booting in 64-bit mode pays a dividend.
Barefeats has gone head to head with 2008s 2.8/3.0/3.2 vs the newest Mac Pro 2009/2010s.
The nice thing is that CS5 has only lately begun to catch up to Snow Leopard, and there will be another round of catch-up if you want a year with Lion and whenever CS6 (which will be better optimized).
You can't add 5870 and gain much (not the PCIe 2.0 bandwidth) or Quadro 4000 (wrong EFI firmware). PCIe 3.0 is probably another year plus away.
People that went from 2006 to 2008 felt the difference even though that too was "small" it was 2.8GHz but 8-core.

Got a new Mac Pro 2008 - need to install an Airport card

Hello all,
To ensure quickest delivery I opted for the standard config new Mac Pro 8 core (early 2008). I did the same with my G5 4 years ago an installed an Airport Extreme card (with some difficulty !). Apparently the card in my G5 is not compatible with the Mac Pro. I cannot find any official reference to installing an Airport Extreme card in a Mac Pro…just a couple of 'hacks'. Apparently Apple doesn't want users to do this anymore.
Q1/ What card do I need ?
Q2/ I see 3 antenna connections labelled 1, 2 and 3 on the cables. One is for Bluetooth apparently…but which one ?
Would very much appreciate any help.
thanks in advance
PA

kura,
I ordered my Mac Pro with standard conf for the same reasons you did. I also discovered, as you did, that the newest Mac Pro required a different airport card and that installing the card doesn't appear to be user-friendly. I since found the following web site which presented installation procedure:
http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-car d-in-an-intel-mac-pro/
I also was able to order the correct card (part number MB363Z/A) through a local Mac reseller although I see that it is available from other sources including Amazon (will ship from J&R).
I ordered the card yesterday but the dealer said that it was in stock and would take a few days to arrive so I have yet to actually install it.
Having installed airport cards on a number of other Macs I've owned, it is baffling that Apple would make this so darned difficult and awkward. In retrospect I should have ordered it as a build and had Apple install it but it is what it is.
Hope this helps -

Can i run Photoshop CS5.1on a new Mac Pro?

My question is basically can older versions of software run on the newest Mac Pro computers?

Adobe CS2 is not Free Software you need a licence to run it legally
System Requirements for Photoshop CS2
by Shea Laverty, Demand Media
While Adobe Photoshop CS2 was released in May 2005, its age may make it an appealing target to businesses -- as of the date of publication, CS2 is still an adequate product for most basic business needs and may be available second-hand for considerably less than the price of purchasing the latest version. Because there are few modern computer systems incapable of running this system, prospective owners should check their system against the minimum requirements before purchase and installation.
Processor
Windows users looking to install Photoshop CS2 will need at least an Intel Xeon, Xeon Dual, Centrino, Pentium III, Pentium 4 or comparable CPU in order to run the program. Mac users will need at least a G3, G4 or G5 PowerPC processor.

New Mac Pro (Intel) booting a Power Mac (PC) OS

I have the newest version of the Mac Pro G5 and I'd like to know.... if by installing the OS drive from the older PC based G5, can I still access it as a mountable drive and more importantly, can I make it a bootable drive and boot from it, running the older OS ?
The old drive is running 10.5.8.... it's going into the latest Mac Pro G5. My instincts tell me "no" but it sure would be convenient while I grab some things from my older drive.
Thanks!

Welcome and hope you get a lot of fun and enjoyment from your Intel Mac!
No way can you boot from a G5 OS, even the Apple Partition Table has been known to cause trouble, or the presence of the OS.
The Mac Pro is never called by or use "G5" which refers to 5th generation PowerPC.
Best bet is pull the data you want off the drive and initialize it.
Also, using migration assistant is well known for causing so much trouble and mischief, strongly recommended not to use it for apps, just your data, media and preference files (mail, web etc) and do clean install of your apps.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350
Even if most apps are Universal Binary, it doesn't take much, not worth the savings, if you do go against instinct, I'd actually make backup images / clones first. May as well get a good backup set with SuperDuper to start off on right foot.
The newest Mac Pro (Intel, Xeon processor "Nehalem"). And your Mac will come with 10.6.2+ build. It would be a stretch (of the imagination) to boot properly.

Additional NIC for Mac Pro

I have done a little poking around and did not see this having been asked before.
Currently I have an original Intel Mac Pro (1.1) that I am looking to replace. One of the things I have used the it for is to run VMWare ESXi, dual booting OS X and ESXi. I know it is not Officially supported but it works well. The big issue is that I have to run either OS X or ESXi. With the newest Mac Pro w/ 12 cores I was thinking about running VMWare Fusion instead but wanted have dedicated NICs for the VMs. I currently teem my NICs in OS X and want to continue doing this so after all of this explination I come to my actual question:
Is there a dual port NIC that is compatible with the new Mac Pro? I di dnot see one on the Apple Store and looking at Intel's site they have nothing about comapbility with OS X pr Mac.

Sonnet Tech is an independent maker of peripheral cards for the Mac, and has been around for a while. Their stuff works the way they say it does (but you DO need to read the specifications carefully to avoid surprises).
The company seems stable. They are not anybody's "House Brand", but are sold by many outlets. Just looking at the other cards they offer should give you the idea they have a fairly broad product line.
Sometimes you can see that what they have done is to take a Big Chip that implements most of a solution, and package it with Mac drivers on a circuit card with their name on it. If that works (and in most cases it does indeed) I have no problem with that. I do not resent that they may not design their own chip internals to make their solutions. I have bought some of their cards before, and they work as advertised.

Connecting Mac Pro to Time Capsule to get wireless network!

My brother just bought for me the newest Mac Pro with MAC OS 10.6 and already have a TIme Capsule. At the Apple Store they told him that there was no need for him to buy a AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card, because I already have Time Capsule and through it I could connect my Mac Pro to my wireless network at home. Is this right?
The router of the internet is located at my living room and the time capsule is at my bedroom. What I'm trying to say is... Can I use the Time Capsule as a AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card for my Mac Pro?
I'll wait anxiously for an answer.

You seem a little confused. The Mac Pro must have a wireless card installed inside and connected properly. Then you can wirelessly connect to that Time Capsule.
If you do not have the card installed inside that Mac Pro then figure a way to run fast cat ethernet cable to the Time Capsule.

Why does my mac pro screen display in red?

Everything works but everything has a red tint. I need to know how to correct this.

okay, alabamaprincessblue, maybe I can help you. Are you talking about the newest mac pro, or an older model, or are you talking about the MacBook Pro? which is a different bag o' pork rinds altogether. If you have the latest Mac pro, and you have appleCare or you're within the complimentary 90 day support window, give 'em a call and take 'er in. If you have an older model mac Pro (big Aluminum tower) then maybe it's the video card, or maybe the display calibration is off. Go to system preferences, then Displays, then options and re-calibrate your display, which hopefully fixes the problem. If you have a Macbook Pro, I can't help you here, you'd have to post on the Mac Book Pro forum. the only reason I mention the Mac book Pro is that some people get the two confused and post a mac book pro question here in the mac Pro forums. If you think you might have a problem with your video card, please go to "About this mac" under the Big Apple at the left top corner of your screen, then more info, then system report, and tell us what kind of video card you have.
and any other relevant info
well, it's a start, anyways
JB

What do i need to connect my mac book pro to the tv with the thunderbolt on the mac to hdmi? I have the newest macbook pro. I'm wanting to have the best picture I can get from my 1080p tv. thanks

what do i need to connect my mac book pro to the tv with the mac's thunderbolt port to hdmi? I have the newest macbook pro. I'm wanting to have the best picture I can get from my 1080p tv. thanks

Thanks Community! I solved the problem. In fact it was not a problem but lack of understanding. These guys at Apple are way ahead in thir thinking. I will try to explain as short as I can.
In Lion, ihe Prefferences/Display show only two choices: 6-7 steps of resolution and some color tab. No two screens, no two display to overlap, nothing for us to do. "That was the problem"! Everything is automatic.
When I connected the HDMI cable to the Miniport into a T-bolt slot, the TV screen showed the "spiral galaxy" how Zyriab is calling it. In fact he gave me the best clue. That shows the connection is good. But where is the Mac Book image?
You have to drag it to the right out of the Mac Book display area, and "voila!" it will continue on the TV screen. The same with the mouse pointer, push it out ofthe Mac Book display area and you see it on the TV sreen. Good image, you can keep the max resolution, etc. The sound is still on the Book's speakers. I have to figure that out.
Thank everybody, especialy Zyriab, ne was the closest.
High regards to everybody

Newest 8-core Mac Pro won't always wake from sleep.

Recently I have been experiencing my Mac Pro not always waking up from sleep. It is a 2.4 Ghz 8-Core running Snow Leopard. I am using a USB keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse. I am noticing that it is becoming more frequent and it's starting to worry me with how expensive this computer is. If I had to guess, I would guess that it happens more often after long sleep durations. The only way to get it to turn on is by holding down the power to turn it off and then doing a reset. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Chad G

Hey Guys,
I was able to go a solid 19 days without having the issue occur. This is what came up today:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 234328 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    8AA886FB-EB63-4507-B919-EB3827C02A31
Thu Oct 20 09:07:20 2011
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 6) 0x0000000000001c09:
family: 6 model: 44 stepping: 2 microcode: 15
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5620 @ 2.40GHz
9 error-reporting banks
threshold-based error status present
extended corrected memory error handling present
Machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x0000000000000800 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000800 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC7_STATUS(0x41d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
Package 0 logged:
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
Package 1 logged:
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff80002d0238): Machine Check thread:0xffffff8023cc4620 at 0xffffff7f8086958a, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000001028ad000, CR3: 0x0000000000c62000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000020, RBX: 0xffffff80228ed800, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0xffffff7f8087b6e0
RSP: 0xffffff815296bbb0, RBP: 0xffffff815296bbf0, RSI: 0xffffff80228ed800, RDI: 0xffffff8022a1c700
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000080000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000080000
R12: 0xffffff7f8087d490, R13: 0xffffff8022a1ebc0, R14: 0x0000000000000006, R15: 0xffffff7f80879d18
RFL: 0x0000000000000086, RIP: 0xffffff7f8086958a, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff814872eeb0 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff814872efb0 : 0xffffff80002d0238
0xffffff814872f0a0 : 0xffffff80002e48ff
0xffffff815296bbf0 : 0xffffff7f80861567
0xffffff815296bcd0 : 0xffffff7f808628a7
0xffffff815296bd70 : 0xffffff800022e409
0xffffff815296bd90 : 0xffffff80002083a4
0xffffff815296bdd0 : 0xffffff8000208fec
0xffffff815296be60 : 0xffffff8000209ab2
0xffffff815296bed0 : 0xffffff800020361b
0xffffff815296bef0 : 0xffffff800027426a
0xffffff815296bf60 : 0xffffff80002c3095
0xffffff815296bfa0 : 0xffffff80002e4894
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0xffffff7f80860000->0xff ffff7f80883fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: coreservicesd
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 98603824370033
unloaded kexts:
com.motu.driver.FireWireAudio          1.5 41560 (addr 0xffffff7f80f98000, size 0x479232) - last unloaded 27915327085569
loaded kexts:
jp.co.roland.RDUSB012ADev          1.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs          9.7.1 - last loaded 26694620804799
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp          5.0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.31
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.57
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.20
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          1.2.0
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          6.3.6
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.0.5f14
com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000          6.3.6
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L          2.1.8b1
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          54.3
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          428.42.4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          2.6.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          1.6.4
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.2.4
com.apple.BootCache          31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox          1
com.apple.security.quarantine          0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          142.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction          17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction          14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction          20
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.3
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          207.11
com.apple.kext.ATI5000Controller          6.3.6
com.apple.kext.ATISupport          6.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.7.6f6
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily          41
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          320.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          1.10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.0d5
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          1.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          289
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.3.0
Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.4 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f11
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5770, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-41Y6A0, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, 931.51 GB
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub [MTT], 0x1a40 (TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC.), 0x0201, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: UM-ONE, 0x0582 (Roland Corporation), 0x012a, 0xfd120000 / 5
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0220, 0xfd112000 / 6
USB Device: Akai APC40, 0x09e8 (AKAI professional M.I. Corp.), 0x0073, 0xfd170000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
Can any Mac gurus specify what is going wrong?

Which computer would it be better to buy for photoshop cc - the newest mac mini or the mac pro?

i think 16 mb of ram is essential, but other than that, is there a reason to spend more for the mac pro?

CPU, Graphics card, and disk speed also impact performance. Details that may help you are in this article (which is applicable to CC): How to tune Photoshop CS6 for peak performance

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