Hi--
Anyone here using C1 and an iMac Pro? Would love to hear your comments on performance, stability, etc.
Thanks again
PP
I purchased my iMac Pro 8-core, Radeon Pro Vega 56 8176 MB video card, 64Gb RAM and 2TB SSD in December 2017.
I did a clean install of my applications instead of migrating from the 3 year old iMac 5k that the iMac Pro replaced. I did this because I didn't want the crud in the OS to be moved to my new Mac.
The only issue that I had was with SoftRaid used to run my Thunderbolt-attached OWC ThunderBay4 drive. I was advised by SoftRaid to disable the new security function unique to the iMac Pro OS by booting the in the emergency boot partition and switching off the security feature in tools. Once this was done, everything was working well with SoftRaid.
The new machine rocks with Capture One Pro. I just installed the v11.1 update this week. Import speed has definitely improved and I love the new features. It take me a while to fully explore all of the new features.
Since version 10, Capture One Pro has been very stable. Here is my set up:
• C1P catalogues reside on my internal SSD drive in my user folder (not in the Pictures folder) so it is backup by TimeMachine
• C1P preferences are set to back up the catalogue at the close of each session to an external drive
• Image folders and backup catalogue files are backed up realtime to a Synology NAS on my 10GB network (I take advantage of the iMacPro's built in 10Gb ethernet)
• Images reside on my external Thunderbay4 drive in a nested folder structure by date (year/month/day)
The above set up has been working great since installing the iMac Pro. Loving it!
I had my house wired for ethernet though out the house when we built it 14 years ago with Cat 5E cables. I had an electrician run Cat6E ethernet cables from where my iMac Pro is on the first floor of my house to the equipment storage closet in my finished basement. Replacing the required cabling with Cat6E to my Synology DS1817 (built in 10GB ethernet) and installing a 10GB unmanaged switch increased the network speed read/write speed from about 50-90mps to 250-400mps. This is faster speeds than when I had a Drobo 5N3 directly connected to my iMacPro. I have since retired the Drobo.
A second Synology DS1817 is installed at my office building, 10 miles away, and accepts the real time backups from my home Synology. The Synology software to accomplish this was very easy to set up if you are technically proficient.
Regards,
Bud James
www.budjames.photography