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mac pro (2013)

  1. Starfinity

    Is it possible to connect the current Mac Studio to 27" Apple LED Cinema Displays?

    I have two old 27" Apple LED Cinema Displays that have power and the cable that slips into USB-A, MiniDisplay, and the magnetic alternate power option. That all runs out the back of the monitors. I'm currently using a 2013 Mac Pro (trash can) and will be finally upgrading to the current Mac...
  2. sshambles

    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 2013 Wallpaper

    Hello All, Thought I'd try my hand at a wallpaper for the gorgeous MP6,1 and have developed the following. Mostly done in Pages and some minor touch up work in Adobe Illustrator. Unfortunately it has some blemishes and in Night Shift shows up a section being greenish. If anyone can fix it and...
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    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 - Monterey 12.7 - some apps freeze

    Hi everyone, I have an issue with my mac pro 6,1 specs: 12 cores D700 gpus , 64GB of RAM, 500GB Apple SSD. It seems i have some Apps that freeze for example: apple music, after the fresh install i enter the app and listen to music for 1-2 min and freeze, the other app is Adobe lightroom...
  4. Barbel

    MP 6,1 2013 Mac Pro 6.1 is it still worth?

    Hello there, I have the opportunity to buy a Mac Pro 6.1 at a low price (about $150). The specs are one of the weaker ones available - quad-core processor, d300 and 32GB ram. I am currently using a Lenovo Y700 laptop with an i5-6300HQ processor, GeForce GTX960m and 16GB ram along with an...
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    MP 6,1 Trashcan Macpro 2013 Kernal Panic

    I have a 2013 Mac Pro which is mostly upgraded but consistently get system freezes after a long duration of use or when it restarts, it says there it restarted because of a problem. Sometimes it does not even power off but instead comes back to life like something from the Walking Dead. I am...
  6. D

    MP 6,1 Trashcan was the perfect Mac

    I've been an Apple user for over 30 years and have owned many different Macs during that time. For me, the 2013 Mac Pro was the perfect desktop. It was my primary music production computer in my studio. It sat on my desk looking stunning right next to my monitor, it was almost completely...
  7. S

    MP 6,1 Monterey + Yosemite Dual Boot on Mac Pro (Late 2013)

    I'm currently running a late 2013 Mac Pro that I've been holding back on upgrading. My 1TB Apple SSD is split into two HFS+ partitions, one Yosemite and one High Sierra. I'd like to reformat the High Sierra partition as APFS and install Monterey on it, while keeping the Yosemite partition intact...
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    MP 6,1 Can I connect a 2018 Mac Pro to an Apple Studio Display?

    Hello everyone, I have a Mac Pro (2018) https://appleinsider.com/inside/2018-mac-pro and I just purchased an Apple Studio Display and I would like to connect the two. The problem is that officially this appears to not be supported. https://www.apple.com/studio-display/specs/ I was thinking...
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    OS X Geforce Now Gaming: Sluggish on Mac Pro 2013

    I recently purchased an maxed out Mac Pro 2013 (3.5ghz, D500, 128 GB Ram) to use as my main machine. Everything works fine as intended but i got really strange issues with this mac and gaming over geforce now. This Mac runs the latest supported MacOS (12.6.5), is connected direct to the Router...
  10. R

    MP 6,1 Destroyed Finder on 6,1 or Hardware?

    2013 6,1 Mac Pro (Monterey OS) was running perfectly last week, and then over the course of 2-3 hours it completely flaked out. First file permissions changed and I couldn't move or delete files, open folders, etc on the desktop. Next Illustrator/Photoshop couldn't access the Preferences...
  11. T

    MP 6,1 Side Car with an ipad

    Hi I'm planning to buy an iPad to use it as a second screen with my 6,1. But I'm not sure the TrashCan can handle this... Has anybody done it ? Thanks
  12. T

    MP 6,1 Two Nvme SSD in a Mac Pro 6,1???

    Hey, I was wondering if anybody tried to put two SSD in a TrashCan? Was looking at the two D300 and one has the SSD and the other not... What about if we put two D300, each of them being with a slot for the SSD? What do you think? Cheers
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    MP 6,1 Should I go or should I skip...

    Hi, I've a nice opportunity to buy a dreamed and hated Mac Pro 2013.. For about 250$. It has 32gb or ram, a 256 ssd and a 4 core base model xeon. I'm mainly use notion.so, photoshop, internet browsing, some VMs with VMWARE fusion, illustrator à bit.... Figma and miro. If I go for it I will...
  14. AdamDonner

    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 Opencore Ventura video does not work

    Hello, I have installed Ventura using OCLP along with the post install patches and video will not play. TV does not work even Hulu and Netflix nothing. Any ideas what I could do to fix this issue. I am running a late 2013 trashcan. Thanks in advance. Adam
  15. S

    MP 6,1 Is it worth it to keep and upgrade the “trash can” Mac Pro?

    I got my hands on one of the black “trash can” macs from around 2013 (MacPro 6.1). It is a base model. I was wondering if it is even worth upgrading the processor, drive and/or memory in 2022 as MacOS Ventura just dropped support for this model. I know it is powerful enough to last for another...
  16. carlosbutler

    MP All Models A conundrum, a dilemma, call it what you will...

    tl;dr One very hot top-spec MBP 16", no high-end iMac Pro/5k available, and Mac Studio is 💸💸. Will a Trash Can solve it? At present... I am a software engineer, having used Apple's hardware since 2008 at university. iMac, for me, is still my favourite machine they make. I've a top spec 16" MBP...
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    MacPro late 2013 with Monterey refresh rate? only 30Hz but in Bootcamp I can set to 60Hz

    so, I have an unusual thing going on. Working on a Late 2013 MacPro with dual D500's and when in OSX Monterey I can set the resolution on a 43" Samsung up to 3840 x 2160 @30Hz. This is all done over HDMI to HDMI. I tried DP to HDMI because the Samsung doesn't have a DP, only HDMI. Funny thing...
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    MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6.1 (2013) A1481 - Refurbish - Logic Board

    Mac Pro 6.1 (2013) A1481 Does anyone know where I can send a Logic or Motherboard for Mac Pro 6.1 (2013) A1481, to be refurbished/repaired to working condition. NOTE: just the Logic Board I have 3 ready for repair so it would be worth it if someone is up to the task. I am located in Thailand, so...
  19. A

    MP 6,1 New internal SSD (WD_Black SN750 2TB) not showing during setup on late 2013 Mac Pro

    I am trying to set up my new internal SSD (WD_Black SN750 2TB) with a Sintech adapter on my late 2013 Mac Pro after my factory 256gb ssd failed a bit ago and am having issues where the new SSD seemingly is not being recognized. To begin I prepared a USB boot drive (tried both Big Sur & Mojave)...
  20. S

    Resolved Mac Pro 6,1 (2013) - fan runs at 100%

    I’ve started Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon under Windows 8.1 and after a few seconds fans went to the max, but it was still working. Then suddenly screen went black. Post reboot everything was back to normal but fan was running at 100%. Nothing is overheating CPU, GPU's or SSD's. I can still...