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3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
As usual, I didn't read up before trying this. I have two DVI displays connected via mini-dp to dvi adapters and I tried to add a third display to the HDMI port.
It doesn't work. Only two (any two) of the three will work at a time and the Apple website says to use more than two displays I need 'active' adapters. Can anybody with a similar setup advise me? Do I need to buy the (expensive) Apple Dual-Link DVI adapter? And if so do I need to just buy one of these or do I need to get two (one for each of the DVI screens)? It's ironic that my 'old' Macbook Pro mid-2015 was able to run two external displays as well as the built-in display - i.e. three displays - but my new fancy Mac Pro can't...
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-- Justin Mark Hill https://theotheroperation.com Apple Mac Pro 6,1 late 2013 2.7Ghz 12-Core Xeon E5, 64GB RAM, D500 Graphics, OSX Monterey 12.7.1/Pro Tools Ultimate 2023.12/Presonus Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt 2/Digidesign C|24/Focusrite ISA430 MkII/SPL GoldMike |
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Re: 3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
Your MBP is newer than your fancy new MP just a FYI and we have the same Mac Pros and they arent new anymore. 6 years and counting
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Re: 3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
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I know a lot people round here think the 6,1 is some kind of dinosaur but from my chair it's a Pro Tools rocket-ship and I love it. It cost me £2,000 second hand and was money well spent. I've checked and it out-performs the 5,1 12 core 64GB machine at the studio despite the latter having faster processors.
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-- Justin Mark Hill https://theotheroperation.com Apple Mac Pro 6,1 late 2013 2.7Ghz 12-Core Xeon E5, 64GB RAM, D500 Graphics, OSX Monterey 12.7.1/Pro Tools Ultimate 2023.12/Presonus Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt 2/Digidesign C|24/Focusrite ISA430 MkII/SPL GoldMike Last edited by justinhill; 05-18-2019 at 04:53 AM. Reason: typo |
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Re: 3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
I agree with you that the 6.1 12 core rocks. We run 3 of them here and love them, I was just teasing you regarding the fancy new comment hehe No illmeaning as we have them too
I wish I could help you but we have 2 Slate Raven MTi2 screens on one studio and two Apple 27 4K on the other and the 3rd has one Slate Raven MTX so none of them have 3 screens. I could try adding one of the 27 Apple screens for testing and see what happens. I will post back as soon as I tried this.
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Re: 3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
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-- Justin Mark Hill https://theotheroperation.com Apple Mac Pro 6,1 late 2013 2.7Ghz 12-Core Xeon E5, 64GB RAM, D500 Graphics, OSX Monterey 12.7.1/Pro Tools Ultimate 2023.12/Presonus Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt 2/Digidesign C|24/Focusrite ISA430 MkII/SPL GoldMike |
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Re: 3 displays on Mac Pro 6,1 D300
Aha. Got it!
I wish you all the best with this and hopefully someone else can chime in with better info than I can provide.
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