I upgraded to a Intel Xeon 3.33GHz X5680 processor as this is the best value for money processor. The onscreen tutorial will guide you through this process.

Disable SIP (System Integrity Protection).

Download the Tools & Upgrade to macOS 10.11.

I began by flashing my 4,1 to 5,1 It was a farley simple process. I will try to point out some of my findings so that folks following along will not have to do the similar research. One thing that has been very helpful throughout this journey is the Mac Pro Technical documentation which can be found here. I would recommend every one on however far in this journey to join this group. Now this resulted in my upgrade journey starting with a lot of research work! I did lot of the reading and searching online but never new of this fb group. Personally I think that the fare price for this kind of system is below $250. Here are some of the images from the post and from the negotiation. After a quick and simple negotiation I got it down to $175. I saw a posting on Facebook Marketplace for a Mac Pro Early 2009. If you already have a Mac Pro skip to the next section.

Processor: 2 x 3.33 Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon (X5680).

My MacPro has the following configurations at the moment: Please follow the links mentioned in the the Useful Links section below for more update to date information about the community postings on this topic. These steps have worked for me but there might be additional steps that might be required for getting things to work on your end.

This is purely for educational purposes and I am not responsible for any void in warranty. I do not guaranty that this will work for you but I hope it does. Before we start a quick disclaimer as always.ĭisclaimer: Try the things mentioned in this documentation at your own risk.

I will try to include as many videos as possible that i have used as a reference (My YouTube playlist is added below). This machine still works very well for being 10+ years old. I will ry to include some of my findings and some for people to follow along this journey if they wish to buy a used Mac Pro or upgrade to a working Mac Pro in 2020. This document describes my journey with the Mac Pro (Early 2009), originally a 4,1 flashed to a 5,1.

Mac pro 5.1 2010 upgrades