Speeding up LR on a Mac Pro 2008

Hi,
I have a Mac Pro 2008 with only 4 cores and simple graphics card.
The rendering of previews has become pretty slow (could be due to the large size of the catalog).
Also I noticed that even displaying a preview that had already been created before takes very long time. This could be because the preview cache is full.
I already moved the catalog onto the fastest SSD on the market without great improvement.
Now I wonder if I could speed up lightroom by attaching powerful graphics card with eg. 192 cores.
Has anybody experience with this? Will it boost LR's performance or not?
Thanks.
Marc

Hi,
a better graphic card does not improve speed. Just cpu and 8gm ram work.
LR renders the displayed image on the screen if you are in develop mode. So, more resolution decreases lr speed :-(

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I have two failing drives in my early Mac Pro 2008 and its time to find some replacements. The drives I need to replace are 1TB in size but I was looking to get something larger being 1.5TB. I read on a site that this version of Mac Pro supports a maximum of 4TB accross all the four bays which would essentially mean a maximum of 1TB for each Bay. Here is the link to the site: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/faq/mac-pro-how-to-upgrade-hard-dr ives-what-type-supported.html
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Edit !
I said that Finder and apps were blocked after 10 seconds (without extension).
But it was to clic on Launchpad that blocked all, and 5 minutes later it works again.
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Kernel Panic Report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 122463 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    52E60929-F5AE-D9CD-04B0-1872526C0821
Mon Oct 13 10:58:17 2014
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff8007cb8945): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8007ef69e0, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000000000008a, CR3: 0x000000002f749000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff80209bb7e8, RBX: 0xffffff801fc6d808, RCX: 0x0000000009000000, RDX: 0xffffff801fc6dde0
RSP: 0xffffff8131b7bbc0, RBP: 0xffffff8131b7bc00, RSI: 0x00000000000c43ff, RDI: 0xffffff801fc6dde0
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff80220fbfa4, R11: 0x0000000000000020
R12: 0xffffff801fc6dde0, R13: 0x00000000000c43ff, R14: 0x00000000000c43ff, R15: 0x0000000000000002
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff8007ef69e0, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000000000008a, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x3
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8131b7b860 : 0xffffff8007c1d636
0xffffff8131b7b8d0 : 0xffffff8007cb8945
0xffffff8131b7baa0 : 0xffffff8007ccebfd
0xffffff8131b7bac0 : 0xffffff8007ef69e0
0xffffff8131b7bc00 : 0xffffff8007eee0d6
0xffffff8131b7be00 : 0xffffff8007d1a5d6
0xffffff8131b7be60 : 0xffffff8007d092aa
0xffffff8131b7bf50 : 0xffffff8007fe97ba
0xffffff8131b7bfb0 : 0xffffff8007ccf453
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Mac OS version:
12F45
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Sun Sep 29 13:33:47 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: EA38B02E-2B88-309F-BA68-1DE29F605DD8
Kernel slide:     0x0000000007a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007c00000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 121192507210
last loaded kext at 8889944220: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f899fe000, size 28672)
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Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 10 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x47523244463247425838454C3830304E3252
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x47523244463247425838454C3830304E3252
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Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x47523244463247425838454C3830304E3252
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f4 12974, 3 service, 12 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series, 512,11 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000524AS, 1 TB
Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D
USB Device: hub_device, apple_vendor_id, 0x9120, 0xfd500000 / 2
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd520000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, apple_vendor_id, 0x0304, 0xfd521000 / 6
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd522000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display, apple_vendor_id, 0x9220, 0xfd530000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: unknown_device, unknown_speed
Report EtreCheck :
Description du problème :
Here is the report of EtreCheck after the Kerner Panic sent before.
Christophe.s
EtreCheck version : 2.0.2 (86)
Rapport créé 13 octobre 2014 11:23:31 UTC+02:00
Informations matérielles : ℹ️
Mac Pro (début 2008)
Mac Pro - modèle : MacPro3,1
2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU : 8-core
10 GB RAM Pas extensible
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1
1 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2
1 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3
empty empty empty empty
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4
empty empty empty empty
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4
2 GB DDR2 FB-DIMM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Vieux - Handoff/Airdrop2 pas disponible
Informations vidéos : ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 2600 - VRAM : 256 MB
Cinema HD Display 2560 x 1600
Logiciel du système : ℹ️
OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: un jour 0:11:6
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Statut S.M.A.R.T. : Vérifié
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MacPro SSD (disk0s2) / [Startup] : 511.25 Go (472.61 Go libre)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <non monté> [Restauration] : 650 Mo
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Mac Pro (2008) do not start up

When i try to start my Mac Pro (2008) i only get the Fan to run with high speed and the power light/status light flash with high speed continusly. No video on the screen and no HD acctivity. Do someone know about this problem? I have to reset the PRAM and reset the SMC with no better result.

Yep, I get the same, but only occasionally, as I mostly put it to "sleep" but when away for length of time (e.g. a week or so), I turn it off:
When the fans spin and nothing happens, just press the power on button once more and it switches off. Press the power on button again, and it should start up.
Have a look in the manual and see if your logic board battery needs replacing. (page 46 of the manual)

Can i install a usb 3.0 pci express card in a mac pro 2008

Can I install a PCI express USB 3.0 card in my Mac Pro 2008? Will it support the higher speed?

No.

Adding USB 2.0 ports to a Mac Pro 2008

Hi,
I love my Mac Pro 2008! Great machine, awesome performance, but I need more ports Who needs only three USB ports in the back, that's a joke!
Anyways, I just bought 2 StarTech 6-port USB 2.0 PCI cards from an online vendor, but quickly found out that it didn't fit my Mac. The description of the card even says it is compatible with Mac OS X. I suspect that Apple have changed the PCI slots for something else in the Mac Pro 2008. What are they and can we buy USB card that fit those slots? If so where? I am desperate for more ports.

You may have stumbled upon or checked some of the support pages?
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/
- which has a link to an article titled "about your PCI Express slots"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304122
Specs 2008: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP11:
PCI Express expansion7
Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
One PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
Two PCI Express x4 slots
And of course support for up to four PCI Express video cards; Fibre Channel; Mac Pro RAID.
You could install a powered USB hub, or FW/USB2, as long as you have free slots for more. I have FW800, a 1x Sonnet Tempo (couple storage drives), and a 4x Tempo (multiple RAID sets; Port Multiplier card and multi-drive enclosures and 4 channels).

I install LION on my mac pro 2008 and it's alway's pop with " there was a problem connecting to the server " Time Capsule" .How can i remove this popup. My Time machine is working fine and also rename it. But the popup keeps on coming with the old name.

I installed LION on my mac pro 2008 and it's alway's pop with " there was a problem connecting to the server " Time Capsule" .How can i remove this popup. My Time machine is working fine and also rename it with less than 7 karakters. But the popup keeps on coming with the old name.

I have a BT Infinity router plugged into the Time Capsule, not sure where the radio settings are?
They are able to use the network settings of the TC i.e. they can connect to the internet via the wifi through the TC but when they try and connect to the AirPort Disk this is where it is not allowing a connection.
I don;t have the drive shared out at all at the moment, is this necessary? How do I do this if so?
I have attached the screen shots of all the settings.
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My Mac pro 2008, not running after the Apple logo, i rebooting and i rebooting

My Mac Pro 2008 no boot afther the Logo Apple, reboot, reboot and reboot only, and in XP, the graphic is pertubed with bad graphics ... the mémory it's good, and i thinks my card graphic is out. SRY for my english, it's not my language. Help my please, my apple care is finished 10/2011, and i will repared itself. Many thanks. Alain Muno

Not saying this IS your problem, but … I just went through avery similar problem with Mac Pro3,1. Here is my story.
On boot of any Mac OP system drive, internal or externalHDD, (Lion or Snow Leopard), original Mac Pro install CD, Snow Leopard CD,nothing. (Would only go to gray screen,apple logo, spinning gear that would stop spinning after about a minute.) But, it would boot on XP drive. However, in XP, on Windows black startupscreen, had alternating columns of two different patters of blue dots and XPgraphics were not as they should be (larger icons on desk top, slow response,different size of desk top (maybe 600x400 when it should have been1024x768). Supplied hardware test showedno failures. Took it to shop. Their better diagnostics showed nofailures. All peripherals (my drives, myCDs, etc, disconnected. (NOTE: they didnot try a new video card since they did not have one.) Still would not start even using their drives(external or internal). Shop tried a newlogic board. That did not work and theyput the original one back in. Shop saidall they could come up with was new processors. This was not a cost effective option and they had none to try.
After thinking about it more, I figured it could be thevideo card: the original 8800 GT that came with the Mac: that it was so bad itwould not start in Mac OS but would limp along in XP. I was all set to buy another vid card one-bay just to try. While doing thatresearch, came across several articles on the Internet that discussed vid cardfailure due to micro-cracks in some solder joints. These develop due to age/heat cycles. The proposed fix was to ‘reflow’ the solder. Figured it was worth a try before spendingthe money on a new vid card. Found thesedetailed instructions on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7um_hZYom4 I followed the procedure, put the vid cardback in, and now it works just fine.
I did not and would not do this until I had ruled outeverything else. But, it has worked forothers and it did work for me.

Mac Pro 2008 won't boot from install disc - black screen

Hello,
I recently purchased a new hard drive to replace the original that came with my Mac Pro 2008. I was able to format the new drive using Disk Utility. I am now at the point where I need to install OS X onto the new drive, but the computer refuses to boot from the disc. The disc is recognized by the computer (I can access the disc and am able to use the BootCamp applications, etc.) but I just get a black screen when trying to boot directly from the disc. The computer boots fine otherwise.
I have tried the following:
I have tried using both the gray install disc that came with the computer and the Snow Leopard Install DVD disc.
I have tried booting using the "C" key and the "option" key but still receive a black screen following the chime (I've held these down for several minutes).
I have tried restarting from either install disc using the Bootcamp Assistant.
I have tried running the installation software to get it to restart from the disc.
I have tried a combination of the drives, i.e. trying to boot from the discs with just the new drive installed, just the original drive installed, and with both in bay1 and 2.
Everything results in the computer starting up, hearing the chime, and then nothing..just black screen. I have the original drive partitioned with BootCamp with OSX Snow Leopard and Windows 7 installed (I don't know that that matters).
I am at a loss as to what to try next. It doesn't seem like the superdrive because it is recognizing the disc, it just won't boot from it.
Any help is appreciated, thank you.

Clone should be a must and easy to do and learn (learn by doing! 2)
6800 would 'qualify' as 5x70 series flashed etc and same rule: 10.6.5
In the past there was 10.4.6, 10.5.6, but not 10.6.6 - even though strong need for such a DVD.
10.6.8 DVD would be excellent
Lion or ML - buy, download, make an installer flash card would be what I would do at this point.
Then keep both - dual boot as you learn and test and see what ML does and waht you had that required Rosetta to support PowerPC. See www.roaringapps.com about that.
With Carbon Coyp Cloner - was share, now commercial, great utility been around since 10.2.2 at least - this time 2003. 10 yrs.
You can clone the system folders, you can even selectively choose. You can skip copy of most of your home account and do that separately to another drive if you want.
Clone Windows with Paragon or WinClone and use Windows 7 or 8 DVD to do a system repair (automatic) or to edit the BCD file. It can and should - and all you do is boot Windows 7 DVD w/ only the one drive present and go at it. Piece of cake. But yes, Windows gets fussy if you change or remove or move. BCD to the rescue. A proper program for cloning like Paragon's "Clone OS" meant for going from disk drives to SSDs, knows that and how to do it.
Back to how to clone etc:
Clone
Disk utility has RESTORE which will also clone your system but not the Lion Recovery partition. Oddly Apple did not 'endorse' making bootable clone of the system which works too but most choose Carbon Copy Cloner - it works more consistently; it allows for smart update of the backup volume. Both can backup to a sparse disk image if desired.
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive
How to create an OS X Lion installation disc MacFixIt
Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
Create an OS X Lion Install disc
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
How to clone your system:
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
The DVD is dependent on your hardware. And your hardware changed. The drivers for the 5780 and 6xxx are bundled in the OS and lacking. Minimum build thing.
Put the new drive anywhere you want. Does not matter. Can move it later. Can be drive bay 0-3 or a Firewire external or under the DVD drive.
When you clone pull the old drive and boot from the newly cloned.
After that keep a backup clone around all the time. Takes less than 10 minutes to do a smart update to copy just the changes to keep it current. So you have working copy of the system. I keep Clone "A" that I keep "as was" the system as of last month or whatever (like 10.7.4 before upgrade to 7.5).
Comes easier after doing it once and have all your ducks in a row.

Mac Pro 2008 Can't start Windows 7 / 8 Installer

I'm trying to load Windows 8 (And have previously tried everything with Windows 7) on my Mac Pro early 2008 with Mountain Lion, and cannot get the installers to initiate.
When I start the bootcamp assistant and reboot, my mac freezes before ever getting to the installer. When I reboot and hold option to manually select the installer, it freezes as soon as I select it. I've tried this from a DVD, USB, and even an install partition i setup on my HD, all with the same freezing results. This is a legitimate copy of Windows 8 system builder I'm working with and have installed it perfectly in Parallels.
I should note I upgraded my video card a long time ago to a gt 120, so I'm wondering if the video card might be the problem. I've installed Windows 7 with this video card in the past so I'm guessing this is a Mountain Lion/Bootcamp 5 issue.
Has anyone else with a Mac Pro 2008 succesfully installed Windows 7/8 from Mountain Lion/Bootcamp 5?
Any input would be immensely appreciated!

There are no Windows 8 Bootcamp drivers. Windows 8 is not supported.
Use Parallels or Fusion to install Windows 8. By doing so you eliminate the need for drivers since the virtual machine creates virtual hardware and drivers.
Once the Windows 8 Bootcamp drivers are developed and released you can then install using Bootcamp Assistant.
Read this forum. Some people are posting that they had some success with the Bootcamp install. but if you have to rely on your computer then don't take the chance.

Hi, i have a A1186 Mac Pro 2008 Tower. Im running windows 7 64Bit on it. Im not sure about what version of bootcamp should i use to get the drivers. Someone please help me.

Hi, i have a A1186 Mac Pro 2008 Tower. Im running windows 7 64Bit on it. Im not sure about what version of bootcamp should i use to get the drivers. Someone please help me.

Boot Camp support:
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Boot Camp FAQ:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639?viewlocale=en_US

Mac Pro 2008 or iMac 27 i7 ? Which to choose?

I am looking to upgrade to a faster Mac from my current Macbook Pro and decided either on an iMac 27 inch i7 2.8 GHz 8 Gigs RAM 4870 Video card or buy a used Mac Pro 2008 with 2 x 2.8GHz 4 Core (8 core total) with 10 Gigs RAM and an 8800GT video card.
Both come to almost the same price. Problem is I don't know which to get. The system will be used mainly for software development, running windows 7 and linux as Virtual Machine, some light gaming, and music (sampling, etc)
I love the iMac's LED screen and the i7 certainly is fast but love the Mac Pro's expandability in terms of hard drives and memory and I would use it on my 30 inch LCD. That said, would I ever go past the Mac Pro's configuration of 2 TB's of drives (maybe) and more than 10 Gigs RAM (don't know)? You're stuck with the iMac in terms of hard drives forced to add slow external cases.
The Mac Pro is over 2 years old at this point but I know the Mac Pro is a work horse and the iMac has had issues.
Anyone have an opinion on this? Might it be worth saving some more cash (although would take another 6 months) and getting a 2009 Mac Pro?
Let me know...

Asked a lot and the new iMac makes it look better, but not for triple boot unless you stict to VMs most of the time. The freedom of having alternate OSs on their own drives and such.
AppleInsider gave the high end iMac makes sense if you go that route, and if you would need a monitor as well?
Barefeats has posted a number of tests of the iMacs
http://www.barefeats.com
Even the 2009 $2149 4-core is no slouch and easier to find and work with.
At that price, you are close to the 2010. So wait another 36 hrs.
http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal17.html
Apple Specials change during the day, they disappear quickly.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/mac_pro

Hi, I have a mac pro 2008 and I was wondering if it possible to connect to the apple cinema 27'' display

Hi, I have a mac pro 2008 eand I was wondering if it possible to connect to the apple cinema 27'' display.

Yes using an apple 5770 video card and a dual link DVI adapter like the Atlona DP400 adapter.
Look at the hits in this google search for lots of other discussions on this topic.

3 Tb hard drive in Mac Pro 2008?

Hello
I've bought a 3Tb Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive, put it in a Welland enclosure, formatted it with Windows 7 into three partitions (all exFAT), two just over 1 Tb and the third only 32 Gb. I was hoping that my Mac Pro 2008 would be able to see it, but no. Any hints?
Cheers
Morrie K

anything written about "max drive capacity" was pure nonsense and marketing based on just what was available at the time and meaningless. there are no such limits and it would fly in the face of SATA and GUID
Apple implemented GPT back in 10.4.6 (earlier but very hard to know and test too)
You can throw some 4TB drives in there.
The only product that does not: Apple Pro RAID card! it is limited to 2.2TB drives.

Speeding up LR on a Mac Pro 2008

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