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2018-01-07 macOS Compatibility Problems with iMac Pro with both High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) and Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1114)

2018-01-07 Testing the 2017 iMac Pro against the 2017 iMac 5K and 2013 Mac Pro and 2010 Mac Pro

2017-12-23 Why More CPU Cores Often Run no Faster, and Sometimes Slower than Fewer CPU Cores

2017-12-23 Turbo Boost and the Intel Xeon W CPUs in the Apple iMac Pro

2017-12-14 iMac Pro: Pricing and Thoughts

2017-12-03 FOR SALE: 2013 Mac Pro 3.3 GHz 8-Core + NEC PA322UHD 4K Display

2017-11-23 Choosing a Photography Workstation Setup for 2018 Usage

2017-09-03 Reasons that ECC Memory Matters

2017-04-11 Which is faster for RAW File Conversion, CPU or GPU?

2017-04-07 Desired Features for 2018/2019 Mac Pro

2017-01-09 The GPU remains a Science Fair Project

2016-12-26 Clean Dust Off Computer Innards for Longer Service Life

2016-12-25 Desired Features for a New Mac Pro

2016-11-01 2016 MacBook Pro: the 16GB Memory Limit in the + CPU Speed vs Other Macs

2016-05-09 Photoshop CC 2015 Now Uses all the CPU Cores for RAW-File Conversion

2016-02-22 Reader Question: Mac Pro Upgrade or Replace?

2016-01-12 Price Drop on 4TB Internal SSD for 2013 Mac Pro, 6TB Hard Drives, 1TB SSDs, USB3 Hub

2015-12-26 Wow! Up to 4TB Internal SSD in 2013 Mac Pro

2015-12-15 2013 Mac Pro: Video Glitches Gone for 3 Days Now, After PRAM and SMC Reset

2015-12-12 2013 Mac Pro: Video Card Going Bad? Display Signal Problems with Crackling Sound, Reader Confirmation

2015-08-30 DEAL: 2013 Mac Pro + SPECIAL BUNDLE DISCOUNT (“sweet spot” for photography )

2015-06-15 2015 MacBook Pro: On my Daily Real-World Task, it nearly matches a Souped-Up 2013 Mac Pro!

2015-05-01 2013 Mac Pro 6-core for $3175

2015-04-01 2013 Mac Pro Flash Drive (SSD) Can Fail

2014-12-13 TESTED: OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro with Photoshop

2014-12-12 TESTED: OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro (first + only internal 2TB SSD for Mac Pro)

2014-12-12 OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro

2014-11-10 4K Video on 2010/2012 Mac Pro?

2014-10-16 WOW! Apple iMac with 5K Display

2014-10-10 Upgrading the CPU in a 2009 or 2010 or 2013 Mac Pro Tower

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Apple MacBook Pro Retina (June 2017)

Improved performance over 2016 model..

Apple MacBook Pro Retina (late 2016)

Touchbar, wide gamut, unrivalled SSD..

OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini

High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..

OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure

High performance with hard drives or SSDs..

Apple 2017 iMac Pro

High-end computing moves to the iMac form factor..

Apple 2017 iMac 5K

Even better than the 2015 model..

Apple 2015 iMac 5K

5K Display, blazingly fast SSD.

Apple 2014 iMac 5K

World’s first 5K Display.

Apple Dec 2013 Mac Pro

Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, GPUs, memory, flash..

Memory Configuration in 2013 Mac Pro

32GB, 64GB or 128GB?.

Understanding Thunderbolt and USB3 Performance with the 2013 Mac Pro

Using the right ports is critical to performance..

2013 Mac Pro Performance

Performance of the 2013 Mac Pro..

2013 Mac Pro GPU Benefits

GPU vs CPU Performance..

Transitioning to the 2013 Mac Pro

Peripherals and add-ons forexisting hardware..

OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q

Ultra-fast PCIe SSD for Classic Mac Pro or Thunderbolt Macs.

OWC Mercury Aura SSD for Mac Pro

High Capacity internal SSD for 2013 Mac Pro..

Drives and Expansion and Various

Reviews of various hardware and software..



Blog posts

2018

2018-01-07 macOS Compatibility Problems with iMac Pro with both High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) and Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1114)

2018-01-07 Testing the 2017 iMac Pro against the 2017 iMac 5K and 2013 Mac Pro and 2010 Mac Pro

2017

2017-12-23 Why More CPU Cores Often Run no Faster, and Sometimes Slower than Fewer CPU Cores

2017-12-23 Turbo Boost and the Intel Xeon W CPUs in the Apple iMac Pro

2017-12-14 iMac Pro: Pricing and Thoughts

2017-12-03 FOR SALE: 2013 Mac Pro 3.3 GHz 8-Core + NEC PA322UHD 4K Display

2017-11-23 Choosing a Photography Workstation Setup for 2018 Usage

2017-09-03 Reasons that ECC Memory Matters

2017-04-11 Which is faster for RAW File Conversion, CPU or GPU?

2017-04-07 Desired Features for 2018/2019 Mac Pro

2017-01-09 The GPU remains a Science Fair Project

2016

2016-12-26 Clean Dust Off Computer Innards for Longer Service Life

2016-12-25 Desired Features for a New Mac Pro

2016-11-01 2016 MacBook Pro: the 16GB Memory Limit in the + CPU Speed vs Other Macs

2016-05-09 Photoshop CC 2015 Now Uses all the CPU Cores for RAW-File Conversion

2016-02-22 Reader Question: Mac Pro Upgrade or Replace?

2016-01-12 Price Drop on 4TB Internal SSD for 2013 Mac Pro, 6TB Hard Drives, 1TB SSDs, USB3 Hub

2015

2015-12-26 Wow! Up to 4TB Internal SSD in 2013 Mac Pro

2015-12-15 2013 Mac Pro: Video Glitches Gone for 3 Days Now, After PRAM and SMC Reset

2015-12-12 2013 Mac Pro: Video Card Going Bad? Display Signal Problems with Crackling Sound, Reader Confirmation

2015-08-30 DEAL: 2013 Mac Pro + SPECIAL BUNDLE DISCOUNT (“sweet spot” for photography )

2015-06-15 2015 MacBook Pro: On my Daily Real-World Task, it nearly matches a Souped-Up 2013 Mac Pro!

2015-05-01 2013 Mac Pro 6-core for $3175

2015-04-01 2013 Mac Pro Flash Drive (SSD) Can Fail

2014

2014-12-13 TESTED: OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro with Photoshop

2014-12-12 TESTED: OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro (first + only internal 2TB SSD for Mac Pro)

2014-12-12 OWC Aura SSD for 2013 Mac Pro

2014-11-10 4K Video on 2010/2012 Mac Pro?

2014-10-16 WOW! Apple iMac with 5K Display

2014-10-10 Upgrading the CPU in a 2009 or 2010 or 2013 Mac Pro Tower

2014-07-29 Fast H.264 Video Compression on the MacBook Pro Beats the 2013 Mac Pro 📹

2014-06-25 OWC Ships Thunderbay 4-Drive Solution with Thunderbolt 2

2014-06-25 Excellent USB3 Expansion: TRIPP LITE 7+1 Port USB3 Expansion Hub

2014-05-28 OWC Thunderbay as RAID-5 or RAID 1+0 Video Storage Solution 📹

2014-05-26 How to Configure 2013 Mac Pro + many Mac Pro Configs in stock at B&H Photo

2014-05-23 OS X 10.9.3 Fixes 90° Screen Rotation Bugs

2014-05-13 Transcoding Panasonic GH4 UltraHD 4K Video to 1080p: Surprising Speed on 2013 Mac Pro with Final Cut Pro and QuickTime

2014-04-21 Phase One CaptureONE Pro to Fully Utilize All GPUs Available (e.g. 2013 Mac Pro)

2014-04-10 MPG Experience: a Month Using the 8-core 3.3 GHz 2013 Mac Pro

2014-03-31 OWC CPU Upgrade Program for 2013 Mac Pro Now Available

2014-03-29 Using Dual GPUs on the 2013 Mac Pro

2014-03-28 Tested in 2013 Mac Pro: 64GB vs 128GB Memory from OWC

2014-03-26 OWC Introduces 128GB Memory Upgrade Kit for 2013 Apple Mac Pro

2014-03-24 OWC Helios 2 and 128GB 2013 Mac Pro

2014-03-18 Deal—TRIPP LITE 7+1 Port USB3 Expansion Hub

2014-03-17 OWC 2013 Mac Pro CPU Upgrade Program

2014-03-17 128GB Memory for 2013 Mac Pro

2014-03-14 2013 Mac Pro: Which one to Choose, How to Store Image Files, Backup, etc

2014-03-14 2013 Mac Pro In Stock at B&H

2014-03-13 OS X 10.9.2 bug with 90° Screen Rotation Reportedly Fixed in OS X 10.9.3 Beta

2014-03-10 OS X 10.9.2 Breaks Display Support with NEC Displays: Sleep, 90° Rotation Failure

2014-03-10 2013 Mac Pro: Photoshop CC Filter Crashes Appear to be Due to Apple Graphics Drivers

2014-03-08 Photoshop CC Sharpening Now 3X Slower But ONLY on the 2013 Mac Pro (unmaking the power of the Ring)

2014-03-08 Housing Data Safely: Dual OWC Thunderbay 4-Bay Units for Performance, Capacity, Redundancy, Backup

2014-03-08 2013 Mac Pro: that 1TB Flash Storage (SSD) ’Rocks’

2014-03-07 2013 Mac Pro: Dual Displays Problematic

2014-03-07 2013 Mac Pro: 1TB SSD Faster on Writes

2014-03-06 2013 Mac Pro: Upgraded to 3.3 GHz 8-Core

2014-03-06 2013 Mac Pro: Total System Configuration

2014-03-05 How and Why to Partition the Mac Pro Internal SSD (ditto for any Mac)

2014-03-05 2013 Mac Pro Arrives

2014-03-01 Is Thunderbolt Faster than USB3?

2014-02-28 2013 Mac Pro: Apple Misses Ship Dates, What is Wrong with Apple Logistics? (UPDATE: Mac Pro SHIPS)

2014-02-26 2013 Mac Pro: USB3 Performance Impaired Relative to MacBook Pro (Single PCIe Lane Throttles Bandwidth)

2014-02-19 2013 Mac Pro: Order Status

2014-02-17 Expanding USB3 Ports

2014-02-14 4 Cores Can Look Good “On Paper” (Benchmarks) but in Real Usage Can Constrain Your Work

2014-02-12 Switched to the 2013 Mac pro

2014-02-12 2013 Mac Pro: Tests Updated for 4-core 3.7 GHz D300 GPU Model (base model)

2014-02-09 Tips for Attaching Thunderbolt Devices on the 2013 Mac Pro

2014-02-05 “You Saved My Bacon” (Always keep 3 backups)

2014-02-04 MPG CPU Choice for 2013 Mac Pro + Order Status

2014-01-30 2013 Mac Pro: 4-Core 3.7 GHz with D300 GPUs Coming For Testing

2014-01-29 Apple Cheats on AppleCare Term

2014-01-28 OWC Install Videos for Late 2013 Mac Pro

2014-01-23 Tested: 2.7 GHz 12 Core 2013 Mac Pro with D700 GPUs

2014-01-23 D700 GPUs Strut Their Stuff: Unigine Valley 3D Rendering

2014-01-23 12 Core 2013 Mac Pro with D700 GPUs Tested Against Others

2014-01-22 Software Extensions are an Additional Attack Vector—Avoid Them

2014-01-21 2013 Mac Pro: DxO Optics Pro and Scalability with more CPU Cores

2014-01-21 12 Cores vs 12 Cores (and D700 GPUs)

2014-01-20 2013 Mac Pro: Workflow, Backup Advice

2014-01-20 2013 Mac Pro: Lead Times Extend to March at Apple Store, but B&H has the 6-core in stock

2014-01-19 2013 Mac Pro: Sigma Photo Pro X3F Raw to 16-bit TIF

2014-01-18 2013 Mac Pro: Raw to TIF with Iridient Developer

2014-01-18 2013 Mac Pro: Innards

2014-01-18 2013 Mac Pro: How Much Memory for Performance?

2014-01-17 Evolving Thoughts on 2013 Mac Pro GPU and CPU Choices

2014-01-17 Configuring a Mac Pro Goes Well Beyond CPU and GPU Choice

2014-01-17 Changing my Config for the 2013 Mac Pro

2014-01-17 But... the Power of the GPU...

2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: Which Filters Benefit from the GPU in Photoshop CC?

2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: Panorama in PTGuiPro

2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: Importing with Aperture

2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: 6-core in stock at B&H Photo

2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: 6 or 8 CPU Cores?

2014-01-16 Two GPUs to Rule Them All, and in the Software Bind Them—Photoshop CC Now Sharpens 4X Faster

2014-01-16 Redo for Photoshop CC 14.2 (CC 14.2 Unstable on 2013 Mac Pro)

2014-01-16 Mac Pro 2013: Nice Hand Warmer

2014-01-16 2013 Mac Pro: SHA1 Hash on 8 cores vs 12

2014-01-16 2013 Mac Pro: Image Scaling with PhotoZoom Pro

2014-01-16 2013 Mac Pro: Filters in Adobe Photoshop CC Tested

2014-01-15 Mac Pro SHOOTOUT: 2010 12-Core 3.33 GHz vs the 2013 8-core 3.3 GHz

2014-01-14 Perfect Scalability to 12 Cores with Photo Zoom Pro

2014-01-14 2013 Mac Pro: 8 core 3.3 GHz vs 6-core 3.5 GHz Coming Soon

2014-01-13 Adobe Photoshop CC and CPU Cores: Does not Scale For Common Operations

2014-01-12 Does Fan Noise Matter to You? ('Highly Sensitive’ HSP brain wiring)

2014-01-12 Adobe Photoshop CC Using More Cores Than Ever Before (NOT!)

2014-01-12 2013 Mac Pro: How Many CPU Cores for Your Workflow?

2014-01-09 CPU Upgrade Best Case Benchmarks

2014-01-07 Mac Pro Shipping Status

2014-01-06 Which Mac Pro Model to Buy if Upgrading the CPU?

2014-01-06 Hoping to Test a Faster 8 Core Mac Pro

2014-01-03 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G: eSATA on Mac Pro vs via Thunderbolt

2014-01-02 Mac Pro Energy Savings: What is the Reality?

2014-01-01 2014: Year of Thunderbolt?

2013

2013-12-31 2013 Mac Pro: Visual Impression 'Like a Glass Sculpture'

2013-12-30 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX PCIe Thunderbolt Enclosure + Q6G 4-Port eSATA card

2013-12-28 Faster CPU for 2013 Mac Pro?

2013-12-28 Apple Posts Mac Pro PCIe Flash Storage (SSD) Tech Note

2013-12-28 2013 Mac Pro: Costly but Worth It? Or Costly and Slower?

2013-12-27 Does Opting for the High-End GPUs on the 2013 Mac Pro Make Sense?

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt or USB3 Dual Drive Enclosure

2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual as Fault-Tolerant RAID-1 Mirror over Thunderbolt

2013-12-26 Mac Pro Shipping Status

2013-12-23 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt vs USB for Dual-Drive RAID

2013-12-22 Peripherals and Add-Ons for Transition to the 2013 Mac Pro

2013-12-22 Making an Old Dog of a Laptop Run Like a Young Puppy, Make Lightroom or Photoshop Fly

2013-12-20 Thunderbolt Stuff for Mac Pro (and other Macs)

2013-12-20 Memory for Mac Pro: Effectively $795 for 64GB

2013-12-20 Mac Pro via B&H Photo, Discounted Price on AppleCare

2013-12-20 Faster CPU for 2013 Mac Pro?

2013-12-19 Thunderbolt or USB3 for Hard Drives?

2013-12-19 2013 Mac Pro: What I ordered and Why

2013-12-18 2013 Mac Pro: Which CPU and GPU?

2013-12-18 2013 Mac Pro: Personalized Advice

2013-12-18 2013 Mac Pro Buying advice

2013-12-04 It’s Now December—Where is the 2013 Mac Pro? At Least the Pricing.

2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?

2013-11-05 2013 Mac Pro: Keyboard and Mouse Sold Separately

2013-11-01 Mac Pro Discontinued, Stocks Selling Out

2013-10-27 Cost and Value of 2013 Mac Pro

2013-10-22 Want the Existing 6-Core Mac Pro?

2013-10-22 Notes on the Apple 2013 Mac Pro

2013-10-22 Memory for the 2013 Mac Pro

2013-10-07 Fast iMac or Mac Pro?

2013-09-30 Reader Comment: Hard Drive Warranty

2013-09-29 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster than the Current Model?

2013-09-16 New 2013 Mac Pro: When?

2013-08-14 Thunderbolt and eSATA Combo

2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?

2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope

2013-07-02 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Pure Elegance, Visualized

2013-06-25 New Mac Pro: In Essence a Compute Box, so Why Not 10 Gigabit Ethernet?

2013-06-13 Pegasus J4: One Part of the Switchover Solution for the new Mac Pro?

2013-06-13 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Connecting eSATA via Thunderbolt

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thoughts on a Switchover from Existing Tower

2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: The Good Parts

2013-06-11 Reader Comment: OpenCL Support for the dual AMD GPUs

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Video User Comment

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: TMP?

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Misses the Mark for Video Users

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Hive Storage

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices Predictions

2013-06-10 “In general is it better to purchase the older 6 core Mac Pro or get this newer machine?”

2013-06-10 WWDC: The New Apple Mac Pro

2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: WHEN?

2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: 1866MHz DDR3 memory

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Visuals

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thunderbolt 20 Gbps

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Reader Comments

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster or Slower, Elegant but Klunky, Promise vs Reality, Video Oriented

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Bear Proof?

2013-06-04 New Apple Mac Pro? No PCI and no Internal Expandability? Will it be a Mac Mini Super Sized?

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