Letīs check this step by step.
The best working, most stable and most current set up for the use with an 003R (had myself one back in the days as well) will be OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8
and Pro Tools LE8.0.5.
If you already have an activation code (an official license) for Pro Tools LE8 it will be no problem to download and install the needed versions finally.
At first you will have to buy a disk containing an original OSX Snow Leopard 10.6 to be able to install this version of OSX on your machine. You can get it from
Apple directly
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC...6-snow-leopard
or from Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NO-RESERVE-M...4AAOSwMNxXT4CR
Please, before you go to install your new system check out if your hard drives will be Pro Tools ready. Means, if they are fast and large enough (100GBs are not
much indeed).
For Pro Tools you want a 7200rpm HDD at the minimum for the OS drive as well as for the 2nd, separate Pro Tools session/audio drive. If you can afford it SSDs
will be even better.
If your Macbook still uses a 5400rpm drive you may replace it with such a one
https://www.amazon.com/Black-500GB-P...ital+black+2.5
or even such a one
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-256GB...+850+Pro+256GB
If your external 1TB HDD is a 5400rpm as well, please, replace it with a 7200rpm HDD too. 5400rpm HDDs are too slow for the use with Pro Tools.
Further you may use external Firewire, USB 3 or Thunderbolt drives only, no USB 2 (again, these are not fast enough either).
Finally make sure you have 4GB memory installed at least, 8GB will be even better (even if itīs a 32bit system only it still does make a noticeable different
in overall performance).
So letīs start the procedure.
1) first of all make a complete clean install of Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6 which means to insert the OSX 10.6 disk, wipe your drive completely via disk utility
and install OSX 10.6 on this fresh hard drive.
2) now update OSX Snow Leopard 10.6 to the max which means a fully updated 10.6.8 finally. Install this one as well.
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399?...S&locale=de_DE
3) then set up all the optimization stuff in your OSX for Pro Tools.
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/t...oting/en349739
4) now go to disk utility and repair disk permissions and restart your computer.
5) you may go there and download Pro Tools 8.0.3 (itīs the full version) and Pro Tools 8.0.5 (the update).
http://secure.digidesign.com/service...rticleId=43353
Install PT 8.0.3 and, without having opened Pro Tools before, the 8.0.5 update.
6) again go to disk utility and repair disk permissions. Then shut down your system completely.
7) while your system is off power, connect your 003R to your computer. Make sure you use a new, good quality Firewire cable/adapter!
8) now turn on your 003R, after that turn on your external drive (if itīs got a power switch) and power on your computer as the last piece in the chain finally.
9) when your system will be up and running, you now can open Pro Tools, insert your LE8 activation code and you will be good to go.
Important! Do
not install any extra driver for your 003R on this system because all hardware drivers were included in the PTLE8 installers already! You only
will mess up and confuse your whole system on trying to install any other drivers for it. Itīs not necessary at all.
10) before you go to install any of your 3rd party plugins and VIs, it is highly recommended to run a back up of this basic Pro Tools set up on another external
hard drive. This hard drive doesnīt have to be a particular fast one, so you even may use a 5400rpm and USB 2 drive for this application.
Itīs just very useful to have a clean, well working Pro Tools installation you can get back to in the case any of the 3rd party stuff may cause problems later.
As mentioned previously you also may mind the right order on starting up/powering down your system. Always turn on your 003R first, then your drives, then
your Midi devices and the computer as the last piece of the chain finally. Vice versa on shutting down. This will make sure your audio and Midi drivers always will
be working correctly as it is supposed to.
And, please, be careful to never plug off or plug in your Firewire connection while any of the devices are powered on! This will damage your 003 and your MBP.
Always shut down both before replugging the Firewire cable.
I think I have covered it all finally. Hope it helps.
The best of success to you.