u/NaughtyTomato2

Hi all,

I’m running into a purple screen on my Mac Pro 3,1 after updating OpenCore Legacy Patcher, and I’m out of ideas.

Setup:

• Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008), dual Xeon Harpertown
• 16 GB RAM
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 570 Sapphire Nitro+ 8Gb
• macOS Monterey 12.7.x installed with OCLP

What happened:

1. Earlier today I installed Monterey using OCLP. Everything worked fine: OpenCore built and installed, root patches applied, normal boot and graphics.
2. OCLP then offered an update to 2.5.1. I accepted it.
3. I can log in but the screen is purple

What I’ve tried:

• Root patch Revert, then re-patching: same purple screen
• Fully reinstalled OCLP, rebuilt and reinstalled OpenCore to the EFI, re-applied root patches: no change

Questions:

• Is this a known issue in OCLP 2.5.1 on the Mac Pro 3,1, or with the RX 570?
• Since the RX 570 is natively supported on Monterey, could unnecessary root patches be conflicting with the GPU driver?

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to set up Lightroom Classic version 10.x on my legacy machine and could really use a lead on a safe offline installer or a working workaround.

Here are my exact specs:

• Hardware: Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008)
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage: 2x SSDs
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series
• OS: Windows 10 Pro (Version 22H2) via Boot Camp

The Problem:
The Creative Cloud desktop app no longer lists version 10 under "Other versions". I’ve already contacted Adobe Support directly, but they refused to help, stating they only provide links for version 13 and newer.

However, due to the dual Xeon Harpertown CPU architecture of the Mac Pro 3,1, LrC 10.x is the absolute limit for this machine to run stably. The RX 570 handles the GPU acceleration for version 10 beautifully, and with 16GB of RAM and SSDs, this setup used to perform great.

Since I have a fully active, legal Creative Cloud subscription, I am just looking for a safe way to get the older versions that my hardware actually supports. Does anyone know of a reliable archive, a working direct ProDesignTools-style link, or a script/tool to force Creative Cloud to install older versions?

Thanks in advance for any help!

I have a problem with my Mac Pro 3,1 running Windows 10 22H2. The speakers aren’t working, and audio through the 3.5mm jack is extremely quiet — I can barely hear anything through my EarPods.
I installed the Apple Boot Camp 5.1 drivers, but Bluetooth and the speakers still aren’t working.
Does anyone know which drivers I should install or how I can fix this?