I don't suppose you can send me a link to track them down? I'm not
having much luck finding anyone that sounds like them.
I've seen a site (http://dosdude1.com/catalina/) where you download a
patch but never had the time to sit down and work through it (also,
slightly risky, I've never found these things as simple as they hope and
don't want to have an inoperable machine). Thanks for the tip. The
machine runs beautifully thanks to SSD on PCIE, extra RAM etc but with a
new graphics card, I can't do the 'hold down a key at start-up' routine
so the only way to force it to start up from a particular disk is to
literally remove all the others physically;) If I can flash it to fix
that, it'd be really handy.
cheers,
J
On 23 Oct 2020, at 12:28, [email protected] wrote:
Hi
Re getting Catalina onto my Mac Pro - I bought the Mac Pro from a
company
called Mac Pro about 6 years ago - it was a 2010 carcase and
motherboard
reflashed to be the equivalent of the trash can Mac Pro (in
performance
but with the flexibility of the silver cased Mac Pro). Recently I
noticed
that the company were selling Mac Pros running Catalina on eBay. I
telephoned them to ask how they were achieving it and they offered to
update my machine. They did it remotely with me doing some commands on
the
machine.
Re Mac Pro or Mac Finder - I have had good service and suport from
them.
There is at least one web site describing how to Catalise other
machines, I
might see if I can update my early 2012 Macbook Pro using the method
described on the web. Basically you need to have another machine you
can
use to read the instructions on the web while doing things to the old
machine.
Good luck
On Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 23:26:11 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
Hi Derek
Looks good, thank you (but how did you get Catalina running?!)
Thanks,
-Jason
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On 22 Oct 2020 at 16:24:32 BST, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
I use a Logitech Quckcam Vision Pro camera with my 2009 ish Mac Pro
using
Catalina. It has a Tessar lens and microphone. It plugs into the USB
socket
on the front of the Mac Pro
It works well on Zoom, gives a better picture quallity than the
camera
built into the Apple 27inch screen. I bought it over 10 years ago it
was
about £70.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Logitech+Quickcam+Vision+Pro+cameras&t=ffnt&atb=v120-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.macworld.com%2Fimages%2Fnews%2Fgraphics%2F134090-logitechquickcamvisionpro.jpg
Hope this helps
Derek
On Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 15:36:12 UTC+1 Nicholas Holt wrote:
Hi Jason,
Just had a quick look on eBay and they’re several 2nd hand iSight
cameras……..but maybe the lockdown locks should be even less in
focus!
Nick
On 22 Oct 2020, at 12:12, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group <
[email protected]> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm using an old Mac Pro to work from (I do have a Macbook air with
camera
but wifi is erratic and the machine is under-powered). It seems
socially
and politically impossible to continue without a webcam but I'm
getting
confusing info about whether webcams can be expected to work. Eg
some
logitech ones have software that refuses to run because the
processor is
too old (though it can handle anything I throw at it). I can't tell
if
the
software is *necessary* or just *useful*.
Other sources say anything should work at a basic level.
I've tried virtual cameras using my iPhone but Teams and Blackboard
Collaborate don't recognise them (boo, this would be perfect).
Is anyone using a (not expensive) webcam on a mac without a built-in
camera (eg mac mini) who can say 'yep, this one works fine'. I
honestly
don't care about picture quality or even the mic. I'm running Mojave
not
Catalina (it won't run 10.15 at all). The smaller the better as
there is
not really anywhere on the desk for it (something on a 'stick' that
has
a
small camera would be perfect). I don't want one that sits on the
top of
the monitor either! (not fussy, am I...)
(wish I'd kept the old FW iSight I had years ago now!)
Ps because they provide me with the Macbook Air, work's position is
that
they have provided me with a camera so they're not buying another
one,
which I guess is fair enough but I'm not switching to a slow laptop
or
spending a fortune just so they can inspect my lack of haircut...
Cheers,
Jason
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