I heard there were issues with the Macbook Pro's and AMD Radeon Cards, does Mavericks or Yosemite upgrade fix these or is there anything I can do?
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My understanding is that some graphics cards on early 2011 Macbook Pros were not properly bonded to the logic board, which contributed to overheating and premature failure. I read reports that too much thermal paste was applied in some instances. I am not certain if that kind of overheating is the only source of problems, but whatever it was, Apple has created a repair program for certain graphics card issues in this model.So to answer your question, if your laptop has the problem I described, an OS upgrade won't help. For what it's worth, my early 2011 15-inch hasn't had any problems. My understanding is that some graphics cards on early 2011 Macbook Pros were not properly bonded to the logic board, which contributed to overheating and premature failure. I read reports that too much thermal paste was applied in some instances. I am not certain if that kind of overheating is the only source of problems, but whatever it was, Apple has created a repair program for certain graphics card issues in this model.So to answer your question, if your laptop has the problem I described, an OS upgrade won't help. For what it's worth, my early 2011 15-inch hasn't had any... » Read More My understanding is that some graphics cards on early 2011 Macbook Pros were not properly bonded to the logic board, which contributed to overheating and premature failure. I read reports that too much thermal paste was applied in some instances. I am not certain if that kind of overheating is the only source of problems, but whatever it was, Apple has created a repair program for certain graphics card issues in this model.So to answer your question, if your laptop has the problem I described, an OS upgrade won't help. For what it's worth, my early 2011 15-inch hasn't had any problems. « Show Less
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If anything upgrading to newer versions of OSX have made the problem worse for me. Apple has instituted a repair program https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/ but your mileage will vary with these repairs. My laptop constantly runs with the fans on, even for just web browsing in Safari. Occasionally I work on a metal typewriter table and this laptop gets so hot, it actually warps the table I work on. This was the first and last Apple laptop I will own.
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I sent my laptop to the Apple Store because of the video concerns and that's why it was served for that exact reason. So as far as I'm concerned, my video card issue has been addressed directly by Apple and my system has a three-month warranty directly from Apple. Thanks.
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I also have a Mid-2009 2.53 GHz but 13 MacBook Pro running Yosemite. It is working great for me. Hope this helps.
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I'm running a new MacBook Pro with Retina and OS 10.9.4 and it didn't work on my Mac. The controls are unresponsive and the touch pad/mouse doesn't work. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling and a few other things, but nothing fixed the problem. I went and checked for patches online and couldn't find any for Mavericks, but instead found the software for sale on the Mac App store (updated to work with Mavericks). A quick download from there and I'm running just fine.I would simply buy from the App Store and skip the disc version. Your mileage may vary. Good luck!
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the firmware update on "Software Updates" from Apple fixes the freezing problem. Leopard is cake to install, use the 110 mb update from Apple's support site, it is better so the informed on the forums attest. I am enjoying my 20" 2.4 Aluminum so much, I may get another for the office. I have to run some windoze apps and VMware's Fusion seems the better choice, I have both Fusion and Parellels.
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To answer this question to my ability I'll say that you can hook this card up to anything that has a PCI card (Not a PCI-e which is a PCI express card) I don't own a Mac and never have, but If you had a method to do this then yes you could. Then you would of course have to meet the Specs 400watt min power supply, and 500w recommended for duel monitor, and updated drivers supplied by the AMD. In theory that is all you'd need to make this work. There are some that use "Hackintosh" computers that seem to be Apple OS on regular non apple PCs that seem to overcome this, but I'm not a professional on any of this, I'm just a regular consumer as are most here. Hope that helps. ***Edit**** Could you give me your specs(PCI 2.0?)/model/Mac OS version? I might be able to find a model that is made for your mac-book that is close enough to the specs of this one.
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Forget it, they dropped support a long time ago. I sold it as soon as I found out there would be no new driver for Mac. I think the latest one works with Leopard or something.
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Maybe check with apple about a system update. I still running 10.6 on my MacBook Pro and it worked perfect using the same cable you have the very first time I booted up! So maybe it's a system issue that apple can help out with doing a system update.
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Oh, I do apologize for the wrong information. Back then it looked like they were dropping the emu line completely, and even on the official forum Creative made it clear that they would put no more effort on the development of Mac drivers. But obviously they changed their mind along the line, and had made some progress. Looks like they have a driver work for Snow Leopard and Lion. But then Mavericks is around the corner now, and Creative still doesn't have a Mountain Lion driver, so I would think hard before purchasing this product at this moment.
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Check this for a probable fix http://9to5mac.com/2013/08/16/apple-opens-graphics-card-replacement-program-for-some-mid-2011-imacs/
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I install it while running Mavericks and it worked fine. I updated to Yosemite when it was released, and it's still working for me without any updates from inateck. Mac Pro (Early 2008) 2 X 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon.
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Running Yosemite on it now - no issues whatsoever. It's a clean install of the OS though, rather than an upgrade. That seems to make a difference in general, and upgrading to Yosemite tends to be glitchy. RAM has performed just fine.
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I do not have problems with speed... but since OSX Mavericks it does not work anymore and diamond is not providing driver that works. Has worked very well with previous version of OSX
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I think it will. I upgrade to mavericks with no problem.... Is great for video editing!!
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Yeah, works great for me. I find that the OS X image Quick Look locks the GPU clock high. So I use Xee (with GPU acceleration off) as the quick look.
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I can't say for sure if it will work or not. I am running a MacBook Pro 10.9.2 and it definitely doesn't work on it. It doesn't work with the Mavericks version OS. Also, I have a MacBook which is version 10.7.5 and I AM able to run the Hallmark Card Studio on it. So, it's possible it might work on your MacBook 10.6.8. I only started having problems with the Mavericks update.
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What's your OS version ? A quick look at the MAC manual indicates driver compatibility with Panther OS, 32 & 64 bit & FCP. It has nothing to do with your CPU. Great device, btw. Changed my editing life. mine runs on Windows 7 64 bit just fine so I'm sure there's an equivalent update to alleycat or whatever preceded mavericks.
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On my early 2008 15" Macbook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.2, I plugged it in and it immediately worked. No drivers, no restart, good to go. I have a GMyle card with a Fresco FL1000 chip, and a nameless card with an NEC UPD720202 chip, and neither worked despite endless hacked drivers and workarounds. This seems to be the one.