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I bought early 2009 Mac Pro, upgraded to Sierra 10.12.6, 32 GIG RAM, I TB Hard drive. This has I7 Intel.
I need to run Thunderbolt 3 (music), but all efforts to upgrade to OS 10.13, no success.
Do I need to upgrade firmware? I can find nothing on it. I live in isolated area of Idaho, so not many resources.
Thanks so much for responding!
As a Windows guy, I'm actually helping a musician friend. He has 2 old Mac Pros, bought this early 2009 running OS 10.12.6. I added 15 GIG ram, USB 3 PCIe card, 1 TB HD, 6 TB backup ext. HD.
He runs Pro Tools and Logic Pro with UA Apllo Firewire, just bought Thunderbolt 3 card for Apollo .
He learned about Universal Audio Luna, only for Thunderbolt 3, wants to abandon PT and L Pro for Luna, asked me to upgrade again.
You confirmed what I guessed, that this motherboard does not support Thunderbolt 3, even with PCIe card.
I would assume a new motherboard is the only answer to salvaging his investment in the old Mac Pro.
After raising a family, pushing his music aside, he's desperately trying to start back up, with minimum cash.
Excuse if this is more info than you wanted to know!
BTW, with this tower running 10.12.6, everything pointed to it supporting 10.13.2 with Thunderbolt 3.
I appreciate any advice.
To support ThunderBolt devices, a computer must have left the factory Thunderbolt-capable. There are no motherboard upgrades or add-ons that can make it Thunderbolt-capable later. None.
None of the Mac Pro 2006 through 2012 models are ThunderBolt capable. This is a dead end.
There is no way to use Thunderbolt devices with a 2009 Mac Pro. macOS and firmware updates won't help.
Mac Pro 2009 is a 42 lb silver tower.
2009 MacBook Pro is a notebook computer, available with built-in 13-in or 15-in display.
which is yours?
Problem Upgrading OS 10.12.6 to 10.3
