Visually Identify Apple Mac Pro 2006 2008 2009-2012

How to Visually Identify Apple Mac Pro 2006 2008 2010-2012 Mac Pro 1,1 and 2,1 (2006-2007) Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) Mac Pro 4,1 and 5,1 (2009 -2012)  If there is a doubt in identifying a Mac Pro you have or are looking to buy one thinking you will be getting the deal of the century only to find out its a 1,1 stuck with maxing out at El Cap. Check Out the YouTube Channel and Subscribe if you want more info on any thing Tech related!! If there is a 400 FW port its a 1,1 2,1 or 3,1 2 X 800 FW ports Square 4,1 5,1  Closer look at the differences between the 1,1 or 2,1 and the 3,1 if you notice the Memory boards on the 1,1...

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OpenCore install on Mac Pro 5,1 Easy

Installing OpenCore on a Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to ,1 or a 2010 -2012 Mac Pro 5,1   The Easy Install of OpenCore on a Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 or a 2010 -2012 Mac Pro 5,1 **** Don’t Do This *** do you research and make sure it is something you want to do.  Just a warning!! I may not be able to help if this is your primary machine and something goes south!  Make sure you have a back up when ever you are doing something that is not supported by Apple.  This is My CYA!!Reasons why and How To.First thing is to disable SPI (System Integrity Protection) !!! Super Important !!Command for that is as follows    1.    Turn off your Mac (Apple > Shut Down).    2.    Hold down Command-R and press the Power button....

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Logitech Got It Right

Logitech Long Battery Life and Unifying Receiver!  Marathon Mouse Performance Plus / M705    It is widely accepted that Apple’s MacBook Pro’s touch pad are one of the best out there, and the touch screen on the surface pro is great.   I don’t disagree with any of that but sometimes for better productivity and ease of use sometimes it is just easier to have a mouse available to use. Yes wireless mice have been around for a while. But what happens if you loose the USB receiver or it gets broken.  In the past you would have just had to buy a new one.   Well Logitech took care of that! The Logitech Productivity...

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OpenCore Mac Pro 2008 3,1 Mojave

Mac Pro 3,1 2008 OpenCore full video acceleration with  Radeon GPU's in Mojave The Mac Pro 3,1 from 2008 is perfectly capable of running Mojave DosDude1 but there are somethings you may want to have that OpenCore will provide. Sometimes OpenCore default config will show odd things with the Processors this is purely cosmetic Like a Boot Picker with out having a Mac flashed EFI card that shows native Apple Boot screens like when you press the ALT key on boot with a native Mac card or a stupidly expensive flashed card from Macvidcards? You want the say RX 580 or an RX 570 in the system for video editing and  want...

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Asus Dual RX 580 8GB in Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) in 2020

Installation of an RX 580 in a Mac Pro 3,1 from 2008 is it worth it?? Did it work?? Well yes sort of!! The Mac Pro 3,1 was from the $100 Tech haul https://youtu.be/_h1UGYwTTlg Dual 2.8 Ghz Quad Core Xeon processors had the HD 5770 installed, ended up putting a 250GB SSD in bay 1 and 2 3tb HDD's in bays 3 and 4 in a software raid one for storage. Wanted the RX 580 Metal support and the graphics compute power for rendering and exporting videos. Well for better performance may have to wait for my unicorn the Mac Pro 5,1 Dual processor. I will find it!!! MAYBE!! macOS Mojave patcher from @DosDude1 http://dosdude1.com/mojave/ Well the install did not go exactly as planned. The Mac Pro 3,1 dose not have the SSE4.2 instruction set so the drivers for the RX...

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Success RX 580 8GB Card Working in Mac Pro 3,1

Was having sse4.1 issues .. Thanks to @Dosdude1 the patch is in Mojave. Was not ready to go up to Mojave but was the easiest way to do it. So in looking for upgrades for the Mac Pro 3,1 do your due diligence on finding compatible upgrades.  I did not.. there for ID10T errors.. Subscribe to our youtube channel so you don't miss the how it was done SUBSCRIBE HE...

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RX 580 8GB Failure in Mac Pro 3,1

Tried putting the RX 580 in ... Showed up in system as RX 580 but would not load any graphics acceleration what so ever even with an external power source.. so back to the drawing board.. Back to the HD 5770 for now ...

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