Power Mac G5 Mbox Requirements With Pro Tools LE 6.9 for Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Supported Power Mac G5 Computers
Specifications
April 27, 2005 Power Mac G5 Models Not Compatible with Pro Tools LE 6.9 and Earlier (Pro Tools LE 6.9.2 or higher required for Mac OS X Version 10.4 "Tiger") The following new Power Mac G5 models ship with Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" installed. Please see System Software below for additional information on Pro Tools 6.9 system software requirements and Pro Tools LE 6.9.2 for Mac OS X version 10.4.
Additional Requirements System Software
Pro Tools LE 6.9 will not work with the Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" operating system. A free compatibility update for Mac OS X 10.4 is now available for Pro Tools LE users with Pro Tools LE 6.7 or higher software: iLok Authorized Plug-Ins Although not required with Pro Tools installation, an iLok USB Hardware Key may be required for installation of some plug-ins and optional software applications. Control Surfaces & MIDI Interfaces Dual Monitor AGP Graphics Cards All single or dual monitor cards which ship as standard equipment with qualified Apple Power Mac G5 models at the top of this page are supported with Pro Tools 6.9. Hard Drives Audio Storage Requirements Although limited recording and playback of audio tracks may be possible using the internal startup drive, a separate dedicated audio hard drive is highly recommended for maximum performance and track count. Audio Storage Requirements for Record and Playback: Firewire Hard Drives
SCSI HBA Card for SCSI Drives (optional) Maximum Performance Guidelines
Energy Saver Settings for Power Mac G5 Processor Performance For optimal Pro Tools performance, you must set Processor Performance (located in System Preferences > Energy Saver > Options) to "Highest". Updating your Mac OS may reset this to the default setting: "Automatic". After updating your Mac OS, check to make sure this is set to "Highest". Apple's Mac OS help documentation provides the following info on Energy Saver Processor settings:
Pro Tools Does Not Support Sleep Mode In the Macintosh System Preferences, launch Energy Saver, click the Sleep tab, and disable all Sleep features. Set "Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive" to Never. Do not manually put your computer to sleep when running Pro Tools. Known Incompatibilities & Issues
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