needing to update a couple sytems that have fallen out of date in every way imaginable. originally planning to just "fix" the Mac Pros with a new clean install and new parts but this latest 27" iMac release has me thinkng differently. realize it's only been like 10 days but wondering... (read more)

https://www.apple.com/uk/imac-pro/?&muid=00f44cf2-3661-4f21-8645-bff61aa914e3&mtid=20925wi539930&aosid=p238&cid=wwa-uk-kwgo-mac-slid-&mnid=smUBGZBD5-dc_mtid_20925wi539930_pcrid_198758187023_ Time to move from a trash can? (read more)

Hi everybody, does anybody work with a Artist DNxIO connected to an 27" Imac via thunderbolt? Up to now i am monitoring HD with an Blackmagic UltraStudio express. But i am thinking about upgrading with a DNxIO or a BM Ultrastudio 4k for 4K monitoring. On the Imacs second thunderbolt there is a Promise... (read more)

Hi, First the good news, my new iMac has a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz, it has 16GB of memory, has 1TB Fusion Drive storage and an Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 GPU. And it has MacOS Sierra. And it's a late 2015 iMac. Now the bad news. My iMac does not have a Retina... (read more)

Hi all, we're currently dealing with some Avid-problems on our iMac, such as: - When jumping back and forth in the timeline, the progress ball appears very often and from time to time, Avid crashes without any reason. - We had to translate a lot of (documentary) material using subcap effect. The... (read more)

Hi, I have just purchased media composer 8.3 and pro tools 12 and I am about to purchase a new imac. I am looking at buying a 21 inch with 3.1GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X8GB 1TB Fusion Drive and I am going to purchase a flash drive to store media... (read more)

Hi, On the list of qualified Avid MC 8.3 systems all the iMacs listed have 8gb or 16gb of ram. Does that mean 32gb iMac's are not supported? (read more)

ive been having this error lately it says "dae cant get audio from the drives fast enough. your drive may be too slow or fragmented or a firewire drive could be having trouble due to the extra firewire bandwitdth or cpu load" i googled it and only came up with change buffer -didnt work disable... (read more)

Hello, We are getting frequent (every 1 hr) freezes and crashes using Avid on an IMac with a thunderbolt mini-monitor. This often happens when we are going through footage on the src or rec side then hitting play. One of the Avid errors that required an Avid orce quit was. "SFPlayConsumer::Execute... (read more)

Hi all, sorry for asking what must be an oft-asked question, but technology moves quickly and searches are not giving me up-to-date info. I'm setting up a small grading system at home. The CPU is a Thunderbolt iMac (late 2012). Software equals Media Composer 7 w/ Symphony option. (Also hope to use... (read more)