2018.x on a Mid 2010 Mac Pro?

[deerock]

hi, can someone point me in the direction or do they know if I can run 2018.x on a Mid 2010 5,1 Mac Pro 8 core 2.4? I have searched for a while and I can't see where this is recommended or ill advised. I am running 2018 on other computers but I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing with my favorite computer, the Mac Pro. Thank you in advance.

[LDS]

Works fine on a 12 core 5,1 here!

[Marcel Risberg]

Most later PT releases have behaved okay with the machine mentioned, but not 2018.4.

Just don’t expect to be able to use too many or too advanced plug-ins per channel or your 2.4GHz cores will choke. (Single core performance is somewhat limited with this machine.)

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by Marcel Risberg

Most later PT releases have behaved okay with the machine mentioned, but not 2018.4.

Just don’t expect to be able to use too many or too advanced plug-ins per channel or your 2.4GHz cores will choke. (Single core performance is somewhat limited with this machine.)

Maybe it’s the difference between HDX and Native, but 2018.4 is running great in my souped up Mac Pro 5,1.

[lae777]

Originally Posted by deerock

hi, can someone point me in the direction or do they know if I can run 2018.x on a Mid 2010 5,1 Mac Pro 8 core 2.4? I have searched for a while and I can't see where this is recommended or ill advised. I am running 2018 on other computers but I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing with my favorite computer, the Mac Pro. Thank you in advance.

2018.4 Ultimate is working well for me other than the occasional AVE error (which has been happening to me on and off since HD12.0).

I run sessions with multiple videos, up to 256 tracks and up to about 350 plugins (not VI's).

I use pro tools every day (weekends generally included), for at least 6-7 hours and often longer.

I think 2018.4 Ultimate is generally very stable with my configuration.

My mac is a 2009 4.1 machine, so I suspect your system would run better.

[Marcel Risberg]

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Originally Posted by lae777

I run sessions with multiple videos, up to 256 tracks and up to about 350 plugins (not VI's) ... for at least 6-7 hours and often longer ... 2018.4 Ultimate is generally very stable with my configuration

Amazing! Not my story at all.
What's your secret? I might have to hire you or your IT technician to put your hands my my system for a couple of hours. :)

[deerock]

great answers so far. thank you. I'll probably install today and see how it goes. :)

[lae777]

Originally Posted by Marcel Risberg

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Amazing! Not my story at all.
What's your secret? I might have to hire you or your IT technician to put your hands my my system for a couple of hours. :)

I know, it is weird how some systems have no problems and some have heaps of problems. My machine is old and not even supported!

My system was originally set up with Yosemite and Pro tools HD12.0 by a very knowledgeable and meticulous friend who has since passed on (he was Buccanears here on the DUC).

I've tried to be fairly careful with how I manage it now but I'm not nearly as meticulous as my friend was so I figure part of my stability is just dumb luck!

One thing I do which might help others;

I always have the pro tools System Usage window open so that when I launch pro tools it comes up before I open a session.

If the CPU usage shows 0% then I just open a session and start working.

From time to time the CPU usage will go to 100% when I launch pro tools and then I know that if I continue, and open a session, I will get errors (usually AVE errors).

So I just quit pro tools and launch again until the CPU usage shows 0%.
Then I can open a session and everything will be stable.

I suspect I have a problematic plug in but I haven't been able to find it and the workaround I refer to above works fine for me.

[Ale]

Thanks ae777 for the driver information.
I will try that soon

Alex

[skizzo]

I am running PT 2018.4 on a 2009 4,1 cMP. I did upgrade the firmware to 5,1 and am using OS 10.13.4. So I am on an older machine, but I have a single X5690 6-core CPU that I installed because my single 4-core CPU was deff limiting. I went from basically one of the slowest stock CPUs to the fastest, most powerful CPU that is compatible with the 4,1 and 5,1 Mac Pros. I also have 48GB RAM. These machines though not officially supported are still quite capable of running modern PT versions