I have Mojave 10.4.1 on my 2010 Mac Pro.

OK...I will get one of those cards. I had seen the article earlier today, but I just don't understand what to do after the card arrives and I put it in the Mac. I'll return here after the card arrives and I've had a chance to try to install 10.14.5.

Thanks for your advice. I appreciate it.

OK...so I just ordered a "Genuine Apple Sapphire AMD Radeon HD7950 3 GB Video Card" for the Mac Pro.

I'm feeling good about this and looking forward to the arrival of the Sapphire video card, and hope to learn how to use it to install Mojave 10.14.5 on my Apple Mac Pro. It should arrive by the middle of next week. See you then!!

Hello there,

I bought the Mac Pro on eBay about two weeks ago. It came with10.14.1 installed on it. It is a 2010 5,1.

I already have a few Macs, and am happy with all of them.

I do a lot of video processing using FCPX on an older iMac and a 2016 Mac Powerbook. I'm not an expert at video; it's just a hobby for me, and I like it a lot.

I came across a video on YouTube about the 2010 Mac Pro and how to upgrade them and use them for video editing. I had a Mac years ago … a PowerMac G5 tower, that I liked a lot, but unfortunately it died a few years back. It looked very much like the PowerMac 2010 that I bought.

So this is just a project for me. I'm having fun with it and learning a lot.

This particular PowerMac is pretty much toast now. That's all my doing. So I am hoping it will continue working for me until I understand how to upgrade the operating system to 10.14.5. Maybe upgrading to 10.14.5 is not even possible??? I think it is though. One of the very few good traits I have is that I am pretty persistent, so if it is possible I think I'll get there eventually. If any of you can help me out I'd be very grateful. :-)

If I can get this up to 10.14.5 with the card I just purchased, that would be wonderful. If I can, then I am going to buy another 2010 5,1 Mac Pro and upgrade it with the benefit of having learned a lot along the way with this one.

Here's a screen shot of "About this Mac" from the Mac Pro.

I was about to do a search for the "Patcher" application. However, I have just re-read this posting, and now I have a question because I think I may have misunderstood the post when I read it the first time.

My question is this: Since I have ordered an updated graphics card, should I be able to update the Mojave that is on the Mac Pro without needing "MacOS Mojave Patcher" after I install the card???

I guess I am thinking that there's always the possibility of some unexpected problem coming up, but that my chances of getting to 10.14.5 without the Patcher application are pretty good, with "pretty good" meaning the chances of success are better than 50%.

Would you agree with that, or should I start searching for the Patcher application? I am hoping you agree. If you do agree and it turns out that the installation without Patcher fails, that is OK. I am just interested in your opinion.

:-)

Greetings,

I have received and installed the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition, which is one of the graphics cards on the approved list for upgrading a 2010 Mac Pro. It is running well.

I have Mojave 10.14.1 installed on the Mac Pro, and have downloaded the update for Mojave 10.14.5.

The update will now install, however, because the HD on which the 10.14.1 is on is formatted in Extended Journaled. I cannot see a way to reformat the boot disk to AFSP.

How can I do that?

Greetings! …

Well, I got it. :-)

Upgraded to 10.14.6 Mojave.

Replaced the transitional Graphics card with a Radeon VII.

It's already very fast and very quiet.

I still have some upgrading to do. I have a new tray on the way; should be here by the end of the week.

I'm going to put in some fast SSD drives, and a lot of ram.

Whoever it was who gave me the hint about the Mojave Patch, thank you!!

Best Regards,

Patrick

Unfortunately, I do not see an application titled: "MacOS Mojave Patcher".