I had been thinking of what to do with the 2012 #MacPro that I crammed full of 64 GB of memory.

I found something in #FreeBSD #ports that I wanted to build, and my newer machines with 32 GB of memory each couldn't handle it. Somewhere within the giant dependency graph of over 350 ports, there are two versions of LLVM as well as all of Node and Rust. A #slow process would be one way to describe it, but that might be underselling it a bit.

I guess I'm #reducing #waste a little bit, maybe? I don't know. I don't know if what I'm building will even work or be useful. But hey, at least I get a little experience with #poudriere so I guess it can't be all bad?

Commentary: Apple is leaking itself this time

Various internal information from Apple became known around the turn of the year. What does this mean for the product year 2026?

https://www.heise.de/en/opinion/Commentary-Apple-is-leaking-itself-this-time-11164445.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Apple #iPhone #Hardware #IT #Kommentar #Mac #MacPro #Mobiles #Prozessoren #Smartphone #news

Kommentar: Apple leakt sich diesmal selbst

Zum Jahreswechsel wurden diverse interne Informationen von Apple bekannt. Was bedeutet das für das Produktjahr 2026?

https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Apple-leakt-sich-diesmal-selbst-11163920.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Apple #iPhone #Hardware #IT #Kommentar #Mac #MacPro #Mobiles #Prozessoren #Smartphone #news

heise+ | Apples KI-Motoren: Das können die aktuellen M-Chips bei lokalen LLMs & Co.

Apple packt in jede neue Chipgeneration mehr Power für On-Device-KI. Wir klären, was es bringt – und für wen sich ein Upgrade auf M5-Prozessoren im Mac lohnt.

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Apples-KI-Motoren-Das-koennen-die-aktuellen-M-Chips-bei-lokalen-LLMs-Co-11154327.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Hardware #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Mac #MacPro #Mobiles #Prozessoren #news

#Apple #Afterburner card for #MacPro #Mac systems was so named because AFTER you gave Apple several thousand dollars for a card marketed explicitly as "reprogrammable", and pitched as something that could have its function altered post-purchase to suit the job at hand, Apple BURNED you by never offering any updates to the card, or making any tools available to enable it to be used to do anything other than decode #ProRes

Installing Fedora on the Mac Pro. Woohoo!

Turns out that the Mac Pro’s logic board has mini MOLEX connectors, so the cable I had shown previously worked when I removed the original Molex cable. Finally, the Mac Pro has a relatively good video card that can *finally* drive an HDMI display properly. #macpro #fedora #kdeplasma

Apparently, there are two different sizes of 6 pin Molex cables. Now what? #macpro #molex

Soon the venerable 2008 Mac Pro beast will live again… (I hope!)

Little bro on top is a miniPC running COSMICdesktop. #linux #cosmic #macpro #miniPC

Hello tech pals:

Is it possible to use the Saphire Radeon card (580) with a 2008 (3,1) Mac Pro?

If so, what cable will I need to connect the 6 pin connectors from the Mac Pro to the 8 pin connector on the card? The Mac Pro has Linux Mint installed.

#macpro #linux #radeon

El Mac Pro lleva congelado desde 2023… y pinta mal 😬
Apple ve al Mac Studio como su verdadero “pro” y el M5 Ultra no llegaría al Mac Pro
¿Estamos ante el adiós silencioso del Mac Pro o aún tiene sentido por la expansión PCIe? 🤔
#Apple #MacPro #MacStudio

Hat der Mac Pro noch eine Zukunft?
Der Mac Pro wurde seit 2023 nicht mehr aktualisiert – und aktuelle Berichte deuten darauf hin, dass sich daran so bald nichts ändert. Im Raum steht sogar, dass Apple mit dem Mac Pro abgeschlossen haben könnte.

Mac Pro angeblich nur noch Nebenthema bei Apple
Laut einem jüngsten Bericht
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/hat-der-mac-pro-noch-eine-zukunft/
#News #Apple #M2Ultra #M3Ultra #M5Ultra #MacPro #MacStudio #PCIe #ProfiDesktop #Thunderbolt5

What's Happening With the Mac Pro?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/31/mac-pro-2026-situation/

Pourquoi tuer le Mac Pro serait une erreur monumentale
https://mac4ever.com/193635
#Mac4Ever #MacPro

Apple abandonne le Mac Pro : un adieu inévitable d'une légende
https://mac4ever.com/193196
#Mac4Ever #MacPro

Essential Mac utility CleanMyMac is 30% off for Black Friday

https://gadgetbond.com/macpaw-cleanmymac-black-friday-deal/

Apple en passe d'abandonner son produit le plus cher https://www.clubic.com/actualite-587164-apple-en-passe-d-abandonner-son-produit-le-plus-cher.html #apple #apple #mac_pro #macpro #macintosh #macintosh #poste_de_travail #postedetravail #ordinateur #ordinateur #mac_studio #macstudio

El MAC PRO parece estar llegando a su final silencioso…
Apple ya no muestra interés y el MAC STUDIO se ha quedado con todo el protagonismo. Rendimiento, precio y futuro: todo apunta a que el mítico Mac Pro se apaga.
¿Tú crees que volverá algún día?
#Apple #MacPro #MacStudio 💻🔥

Clap de fin pour le Mac Pro ?
https://mac4ever.com/193074
#Mac4Ever #MacPro

Expensive, outdated, little sense: Has Apple written off the Mac Pro?

The former flagship Mac in the tower case has long been in the shadows. Apple is reportedly not planning to upgrade it with the M5 Ultra at the moment.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Expensive-outdated-little-sense-Has-Apple-written-off-the-Mac-Pro-11082296.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Apple #IT #Mac #MacPro #news