Need advice on replacing Mac desktop

[mikehalloran]

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It's becoming clear to me that I'm going to have to trade up as I lust for more speed since performance will go up and prices will stay around the same. But before I move this machine over to office and graphics duty, I'll hang back for the next breakthrough which I hear will be M3+ and 3nm process?

Almost certainly with TB5 or USB 4.2 if Apple is tired of paying Intel licensing fees. No one knows how fast the proposed 4 x6 pipe will be but 7000–8000 GB/s is certainly possible.

My iMac Pro was still doing a yeoman's duty but I could see its resale value falling monthly—one of the reasons I was itching to replace it. Could have waited for the M3 Studio in 2024 or 2025, I suppose but, when that 192GB M2 Ultra 8TB hit the Refurb Store at the price it did, I knew that was a sign screaming at me, BUY NOW!!!!

I put the 18 Core iMP on Craigslist for $2,800 and it sold for my asking price in two days. Cash with no eBay or PayPal commission.

[donreynolds]

Looking forward to getting it now. Unfortunately my Mac Pro just froze up. ( have back up though) I have to figure out what is going on
My internal raptors have a lot of my older DP files. If I can’t get it up and running, I may have to buy an old Mac Pro ( very cheap now) to put the drives in and transfer the data.

Is there another way to get the data off off the internal drives that I don’t know?
I think I may have it backed up on an old notebook drive. Not sure yet

[HCMarkus]

Looking forward to getting it now. Unfortunately my Mac Pro just froze up.

Is there another way to get the data off off the internal drives that I don’t know?
I think I may have it backed up on an old notebook drive. Not sure yet

https://www.amazon.com/Cinolink-Drive-D ... =8-16&th=1

Or something similar

[donreynolds]

Ask and ye shall receive. That is awesome. I did not know they made those… lifesaver

Thank you very much!

[mikehalloran]

Looking forward to getting it now. Unfortunately my Mac Pro just froze up.

Is there another way to get the data off off the internal drives that I don’t know?
I think I may have it backed up on an old notebook drive. Not sure yet

https://www.amazon.com/Cinolink-Drive-D ... =8-16&th=1

Or something similar

Don,

If that doesn't do it, tag me. I will share some suggestions that I probably haven't posted in 15 years or so. Do not download any so-called drive utilities — they never help and can often turn a failing drive into a useless paperweight. The goal is to get your files off the drive and Apple has all the tools you need.