If you want my personal take, you can read it here.Īpple finally announced a new Mac Pro after the failed 2013 Mac Pro. Like many, I had quite a few thoughts about the Mac Pro 2019. If you'd like to read the old intro, click the show old intro below. Now, with the era of the Intel Mac coming to a close, there's a slightly poetic quality that classic Mac Pro, the pinnacle of modular computing, will be there to see its end. Apple Silicon's future is bright but under the shadow of right-to-repair. The dedication to these computers is as much of a testament to their success as much as it was to Apple's misteps and inability to offer an affordable heir. Apple still offered a practical, user-serviceable that was as beautiful on the inside as the outside.

The Mac Pro 2006 - 2012 represents a high water mark for Apple, an era unburdened by the preoccupation of iOS and the trappings of planned obsolescence or its self-indulgence of $1000 monitor stands or $10,000 smartwatches. This guide's intro has changed multiple times over the years as the landscape has radically altered for the Mac, and after four years, my perspective has changed. It has been continuously updated for over four years and will continue to be updated as long as there is a community to make new discoveries. This is less a how-to guide/manual than it is a roadmap to primary sources by other brilliant people, written to be accessible to both new and advanced users. The information is out there but knowing what is possible, what questions to ask, and where to find it isn't nearly as easy. The largest/most-complete guide to all possible classic Mac Pro upgrades covering OS, Firmware, GPU, CPU, Storage, USB and Network upgrades. Collected Articles on classic Mac Pro and the 2019 Mac Pro.Upgrading from a single CPU to dual CPU on a 2009 - 2012.Enabling Apple Watch Auto Unlock with the Mac Pro.Update Recovery Partition on Unsupported Macs.Fan / Heat Sink / other case part Replacement, Liquid Cooling.3D Printed Replacement Hard Drive Trays / 2.5-inch Adapters.Recommended Places to go for Monitor Recommendations.Apple Thunderbolt 27-Inch Cinema Display (and the LED 27-inch Display).Control Brightness on a 3rd Party Display.Why you can go HDMI to DisplayPort but not the inverse.Dual-Link DVI Displays & Modern GPUs (and the 30-inch Cinema Display).Summary: Getting the most out of your SSD.Making PCIe drives appear as internal Drives.Can I use a card that isn't listed that hosts multiple NVMe drives?.Installing a 2.5x height GPU (such as a Radeon 590x).I want a GPU that has a boot screen and is Metal (Mojave 10.14+) compatible.Radeon Navi 21 GPUs (Radeon 6800 - 6900 XT).OEM EFI Bootable Cards / Aftermarket EFI Bootable.Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities.Instruction Sets, SSE 4.2, VT-x/EPT, AVX/AVX2.

Running Apps from unidentified developers.

OpenCore: Codec acceleration, boot selection, and unpatched OS updates.

Upgrading beyond 10.14 Mojave: OpenCore vs DosDude1.

Updating Firmware Strategies for Mac Pro 5,1s.

Fast Resource Loading API / DirectStorage API.

3.0 vs 4.0 and its impact on GPU performance

The Cheese Grater's last stand & Big Sur.

I'd like to thank Quin's Tech Corner as my first supporter, if you're into retro Macs, especially the PowerPC era Macs, check out his content on YouTube. There's content for non-members as well so be sure to check it out. This guide is a living document, it was last updated: 08/27/23 Īfter years of maintaining this guide for free, I now am accepting patreon supporters.

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