Newest Mac Pro Is Not Problem-Free

The latest iteration of the Mac Pro that comes in a cylindrical form factor which makes it one of the more unique chassis designs that we have seen to date, is not exactly a problem-free desktop machine, and it continues to cause problems for professional users. In fact, a year after the latest iteration of the Mac Pro hit the market, it continues to function as a source of frustration for a bunch of video-focused professionals whose workflows happen to be interrupted from time to time by rendering glitches that are touted to have been caused by problems surrounding the unit’s ATI graphics system.

These issues happen to center mainly around the OpenCL-driven color corrector DaVinci Resolve, and it “debuted”, so to speak, some time in May earlier this year, “announcing” its arrival in the form of application lockups and visual artifacts on exported video. That point in time saw the scapegoat being Apple’s OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 update, where affected users were touted to wait for a new update, or perhaps perform a downgrade to OS X 10.9.2.

However, after OS X Yosemite was released, the same problems persisted, and it looks like Apple has not done much about it – or at least this is the perceived view taken by the afflicted. Hopefully this will be a case of all’s well that ends well.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Apple, Computers
Tags: mac pro