mac 5.1

This thread will be dedicated to the discussion of running macOS 14.0 on unsupported Macs. At the time of writing, we are waiting for Apple to send out macOS 14 Developer Beta 1. It is currently unknown whether or not Apple will release a publicly-downloadable InstallAssistant. We will be...

Hi all. Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this but couldn’t see a better sub-forum. I’ve had a Mac Pro 5,1 for nearing 10 years now, used to be my main machine for music production but has been a Plex server in my living room for the past 6 months (I’m aware there are more...

Hi, i have a mac pro 5.1 from 2010 with dual x5690, 96gb of memory, bootroom uploaded to the latest version 144.0.0.0, vega 64 with pixlas mode, everything works fine since always, i have two nvme disks with adapter on pcie, one with mojave and the other with bigsur, I am currently working on...

Hi, I have an upgraded / patched Mac Pro (was 4,1 now 5,1) and has the Dosdude patch to allow Catalina run. It's all running great but I want to erase the HD to give it to someone else and I'm not quite clear on how to do it... When I restart I always get a black screen for a few seconds with...

Hi all First let present me. My name is Antonio and I have MB Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010). The first time I saw one I felt in love. Two years ago I found a cheaper one and I decided to bought it. The configuration was as follows: - MacOS High Sierra - 4x8GB (totally 32GB) - 2 SATA disks - Original AMD...

Hi everyone, I would appreciate a bit of a help here. I've a Mac Pro 5.1, and I've recently updated to High Sierra, the problem I'm facing is that the NVRAM variables are removed after restart of the machine. I'm using GTX 980 ti GPU and it was working fine with El Capitan, it should work...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a used 2010 mac pro to upgrade and use for work. New Specs are - 3.46 GHz W3690 - RX580 8 BRAM - 512 GB SSD - 32 GB RAM The Problem Upon turning it on, it chimes but does not send a signal to the moniter, it simply says searching for signal but sounds like...

I just recently acquired a Mac Pro 4,1 and have been trying to flash it to the 5,1 firmware with no success... i have tried it on snow leopard, Yosemite, El Capitan, and a Mojave patch with both an aftermarket SSD and a regular hard drive... i currently am using a nvidia GeForce 8800 gt Mac...

My cMP5,1 had sleep problem (couldn't wake from sleep), after replacing the power supply, it could wake up normally. I had new problem: After computer reboot, it can enter sleep mode normally. However, after waking up, it couldn't go to sleep normally until next reboot. symptom 1: after putting...

Hi All, Over the past year, my cMP4,1 -> 5,1 has been getting the spinning beachball more and more. The most notable example of this is when I'm saving files. Where saving (text!)files used to be instant, now it can take up to 5 minutes of beachball to indefinite beachball resulting in me...

hey Guys, Would appreciate some help. Last wee while I've been getting random kernel panics, usually when the Mac isn't being used but not in sleep, ie when I get up to make a coffee and come back... While another forum post stated it was compatable, I have a feeling it might be the NVME PCIE...

Hi, I Recently purchased a Mac Pro 2010 westmere, 12 core (2x 6 core) machine from ebay, with view to creating a super mix machine that can handle all of the plugins that I use for my work. I have researched extensively what I needed to do to get the machine running Mojave and although not on...

I have an early 2009 8 core Mac Pro 4.1 (details attached) and I'm looking to make it quicker. I've just installed 4x 4GB 1066MHZ DDR3 ECC RAM (My mac is ECC enabled) and I've left 4x 2GB ram in from before (they are all made by Kingston). I've also got the OS on an SSD. My geek bench score is...

As the title says, I tried to upgrade my mid 2010 5.1 CPUs last night with these delidded 3.06 GHz X5675 processors here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Delidded-Pair-Intel-Xeon-X5675-Processors-SLBYL-3-06GHZ-LGA1366-Six-Core-CPU/283351885430?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649...

TL;DR: Now that I’ve upgraded my Sierra cMP from GT120 to RX 580, I was so eager to “enable GPU Performance” in 2019 CC InDesign. Y'know, the same way I can "enable GPU Performance" in 2019 CC PhotoShop and Illustrator. Alas... no. Adobe requires an “HiDPI" monitor to be tethered to my cMP/RX...

Hi. Ive spent a lot of time now searching around the internet for this and unfortunately havent found a solution. I have a Mac Pro 5,1 running high sierra. Until earlier this week it had a GTX980ti running as the gpu. I had to reset the pram as part of other hardware changes, and after booting...

hello all would be grateful if i could have so help in solving these problem i'm having with my mac 1. after a shutdown the machine take multiple restart to get back up. it would startup then power off after a few seconds. sometime it would run but no load screen just a low fan speed...

Hello to all! I have a mac pro 5.1 working beautifully with an nvidia gtx970, driving two monitors without a hitch (one is a 4k 32" and the other is a 27" 1080p, both 60hz). In the last days I decided to add an amd r9 380 I had lying around with the premise that it would drive my monitors...

Hello and happy new year to all! So I got this mac pro 5.1 (it's new to me) and I used to run a lot of externals on my mac mini. So removed a hard drive from the LACIE Porche ext external drive and slipped it into the slot. But I get an error message on the startup and whilst trying to format...

Hi, I’ve recently upgraded the processors and graphics card in my Mac Pro and everything was working fine using OS Mojave. To speed things up I added a PCIe SSD Card and cloned it (Carbon Copy Cloner) from my existing bootable drive. I then set it to be my startup drive. Seems that this was a...