Bought myself a Power Mac G5 Quad, you know the PCIe one, something keep drawing me back to them.
What are my upgrade options?
- SSD?
- Graphics?
- Raid card, ect?
- Whatever you can think of...?
Also software essentials? (Other than TenFourFox)
I'm running 10.5.8 at present.
I'm a soon to graduate graphic designer looking for some advice on my replacement for my Mid 2010 13"MBP. Before I explain the options let me give you a bit of background of my general usage: I use the Adobe suite (mostly photoshop, illustrator, indesign and a little bit of after effects) on a...
Hi all, I'm not too sure whether to upgrade my MBP or sell it to buy a more recent used machine...a new MBP is out of my financial reach at the moment.
The Current specs are the original shipped specs (apart from the RAM upgraded from 4GB to 8GB):
MacBook Pro 5.2, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz, 8GB...
Just received a 2009 Mac Pro with 10.10.5 Yosemite installed. Whenever I try running the firmware update tool I get the 5570 error message. What should I do?
Update: had the firmware update disk image named wrong. I download both version 1 and 1.5. Version 1.5 got renamed with -2.dmg. Now...
My iPhone 5 Finally broke on me. I've had it since launch. The battery failed on me. It would go from 100% to 10% within two minutes of use. I managed to get through for a while until two days ago it wouldn't charge up anymore even after 48hrs plugged in nada it finally met its end.
I was...
So I am considering upgrading my 2010 Mac Pro 2.8 ghz quad to a 3.46ghz six core. I've been reading up on it and found a copy of the service manual. I am especially concerned about the screws. Some indicate that you should count the turns when you loosen them and then turn it the same number...
Hey guys,
I actually wanted to buy the new Macbook pro because my old one is at his limits.
But, I am really disappointed with the upgrade and want to wait and look for an alternative.
In the meantime, I wanted to upgrade my mid 2012 macbook pro but I have no idea about hardware stuff :(
That's...
Hi all!
So I've been trawling through the interwebs looking for info on how to upgrade my mavericks install to Yosemite but if anything, I'm more confused now!
I did the install to Mavericks a couple of years ago and to be quite honest, I'm not sure exactly which process I used however I do...
Hi all,
I already searched the forum, but could not find any reply that could satisfy my doubts. I currently own a Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.4 GHz i5 and 4 GB 1333 MHz of RAM.
I feel that is finally time to update this machine, but looking at the prices for the 13" that are available...
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I need to update my system to use software that requires at least Mountain Lion 10.8 to work. I currently have Lion 10.7. I was thinking of getting El Capitan, which is the latest OS my system will support (Mac Pro early 2008). However, I've read that some people had issues with the...
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I have a situation involving my editing software and needing to upgrade my OS. I'm running Lion on my Mac Pro early 2008, and using FCP 7. My question has to do with an older drive that I have installed in my tower. I took the original hard drive out of an older Mac Pro running Snow...
I recently updated my Macbook Pro 2015 to macOS Sierra. Right after it showed me a couple of updates on the App Store. However, when I try and update them I get the following errors. Its been showing me these errors for the last 5 days now. Can anyone please help?
I think I have this...
Upgrading Mac Pro 2009 to 2010. Issues
Start point
Mac Pro early 2009/ 4 cores Intel Xeon, 2.93 Ghz/ RAM 16 GB DDR3 1066/ Yosemite.
Now, I describe what I’ve done and I underline the anomalies that I haven’t been able to solve:
1. Firmware upgrading
I run “Mac Pro 2009-2010 Firmware...
I'm using a 2006 MacBook Pro C2D. It has a 17 inch monitor which in my opinion is amazing. Given I have a PowerBook G4, a 2009 MacBook, and a 2009 iMac, this is actually my first and only MacBook Pro. I tried TRMJIJ's upgrade to Yosemite (Mainly cause I had success with it back when I had an 08...
Hello.
I have a 2011 21.5" iMac that I wish to upgrade.
I already upgraded it to 12gb of RAM but it'a still not fast enough.
I wish to install an SSD and power macOS from it, and upgrade the AirPort Extreme card (maybe add the solution of OSXWiFi) to add continuity and handoff features.
Is...
We use our macs on a windows network. Since upgrading to Sierra i get the above error when i open google chrome. I have upgraded the browser, tried canary, made sure the date and time is correct but still having this issue. Anyone else experience this? If so, how do we fix it?
Hello,
I am planning to buy this ram Kingston KVR16LS11/4 4GB DDR3L 1600MHz CL11 for Macbook Pro 13 inch 9,2 - Mid-2012 model.
Could you please help me to confirm whether this will work with my model?
Best Regards
This is my answer.
If Imac haven't an update 27th then we almost see maybe an upgrade of RAM in existing models, or maybe a decrease of SSD option?...
I'm waiting for Imac update for 3 months, but I can't wait any more for my job, 27th I'll buy a 27"Imac i7 2TB m390. This will be a good option...
Hi y'all,
I've got a 13-inch Early 2011 MBP, 2.3GHz i5 with 4GB memory.
I'm wondering whether it's worth opening the guts and chucking an SSD at 16GB memory in there or it's just not worth it?
This MBP is pretty much used as my desktop setup at home. I've plugged it into a Samsung monitor...
Hi! I'm a day after my 14-day return period with an iPhone 7 jet black, but really want the matte black. I'm on a two year contract with Verizon (yes yes buy outright or IUP, etc) but used my line upgrade on the JB phone. Is there any way to get Verizon to allow me to upgrade again? I called...