I’ve been using my iPad and iPhone as a teleprompter a lot these days for making my classes on Coursera. Being able to see slides in reverse mode would be a cool feature for those times that I’m not using a script, but rather presenting something live so that I don’t have to look down from the camera to see what slide I’m on. I’ll definitely…

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You’re welcome. It’s interesting that the installer from Apple behaved differently. This is why I recommended you get it directly from Apple. What I have found is that Apple keeps updating their installers. I always save them on a separate hard drive in case I need them and I’ve found that sometimes the one I saved will stop working while…

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Glad you figured it out. Apple has been very selective in what they support. 🙁

I would be suspicious of purchasing anything to install an Apple OS from Amazon. Why don’t you make your own USB stick so that you know what you are getting is an “official” release of macOS Mojave from Apple. There is no telling what is on that stick or how old the software is.

Here is Apple’s page for installing older versions of macOS:

How to…

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I just came across this: OpenCore which is a boot loader that will trick macOS into thinking it is running on newer hardware and allows the 2010 Mac Pro to run Big Sur. Of course this isn’t supported by Apple and I wouldn’t recommend using it on a Mac that you running your business on but it looks interesting. I may play around with it when I get…

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Being in the same boat as you, I’m waiting for Apple to announce a 27″ iMac with the Apple M1 Silicon. The M1 chip is far more powerful than the current iMac Pro. I have a 2020 Mac mini which I picked up for $599 new and it blows away my 2018 MacBook Pro 6-core. I’m talking greater than 2x performance when rendering video (a previous 20 min render…

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Hi Leonard, Unfortunate for us, Apple has cut off updates for the 2010 Mac Pro at Mojave. They claim that Catalina doesn’t support it. If you look at the Catalina Technical Specs on Apple’s web site it says Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer). 🙁 That leaves us 2010 Mac Pro users out of luck.

Technology does get better… and when you update it regularly you would be informed of how it was changing and what to do to stay compatible. Unfortunately, jumping 6 versions and 7 years from Yosemite to Big Sur is quite a change. Apple has dropped support for Quicktime 7, all 32 bit applications, and all 32 bit codecs. I’m guessing those are…

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Not sure why this would have happened but you can control the startup chime if you like it or don’t like it.

Just open the Terminal.app and run this command:

sudo nvram StartupMute=%00

Then Reboot. You will hear that wonderful chime again.

You can turn if off with:

sudo nvram StartupMute=%01

Enjoy. 😉

Apple has instructions on how to Archive Mail but that only creates a new mailbox and placed them into it. I assume you want to move the mail off of your hard drive. I would use the Export feature (right-click on each mailbox and select Export Mailbox…) to export them to another drive and then delete the mailboxes you have exported from your…

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Reinstall should reinstall the current OS which for you is Catalina. I assume you are booting into Recovery Mode with [Command ⌘+R] and selecting Reinstall from there. It should sense your OS and offer that as the only option.

I would absolutely create a clone of your current drive as a backup. I use Carbon Copy Cloner; worth every penny. Plug in a…

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Yes, there are some settings that disable booting from external media and you need to boot into recovery mode to change them.

I don’t know what has gotten into Apple lately. They seem to want to make their computers harder and harder to use. I get security and all that, but being able to boot from external media is critical for not only recovering…

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This apple support page suggests that the SSD modules are replaceable but it’s tricky business because of the T2 security chip.

Install or replace SSD modules in your Mac Pro (2019)

~jr

Hi Harry, Did you download the latest installer from the VASST Software download page? I’m guessing you only looked at the version number but the version number is the version of the software plug-in and not the installer. So while Ultimate S Pro 4.2.1 works with Vegas Pro 18, the installer that you have may not if you downloaded it before Vegas…

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I do a lot of screen recording for my tutorials. I’ve been using TechSmith Camtasia for years both on the PC and Mac and it has been outstanding. It will simultaneously record a camera and the screen at the same time so you can use your FaceTime camera or an external camera via a capture card to record yourself as you are presenting or explaining…

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I don’t know how these will perform with your applications (I use Final Cut Pro X and Motion) but just from a hardware perspective, The iMac has slightly higher CPU capacity, 2x the memory, 2x the storage, but a less powerful GPU. I think the question for you is how much does the GPU affect the performance of the applications that you use. I’m not…

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It could be excessive heat build up from dust in the machine. The heat sinks on the CPUs can fill up with dust over time (especially after years of use). I would open it up and vacuum it out. If that doesn’t fix it, It could be failing memory. I would run a hardware diagnostic and see if anything turns up. Good luck!