There's likely one more iteration of the 2019 Mac Pro (2022? 8,1?), and then we can only speculate as to the future of the Mac Pro and the Macintosh platform. While we live in a world of planned obsolescence, the Mac Pro 2019 feels even more important. Regardless of its overpricing, it harkens back to a nearly bygone era of modular computing, which may end with Apple Silicon. Its entire design is striking, and its internals are artful. Instead of embracing the rugged utility that the previous Mac Pros represented, Apple made it an aspirational device over an everyman's professional computer.

By every measurable standard, it is the most upgraded Mac, brilliantly engineered with the loftiest 'Apple tax' of any Mac ( $699 wheels). The 2019 Mac Pro represents the best and worst of Apple's intentions. The result became the Definitive Mac Pro Upgrade Guide.

In 2018, I went to update the guide for recommended updates which morphed into a complete rewrite. The original had its roots in 2013 when I wrote up a list of Mac Pro upgrades and graphic card update articles. This is the 3rd edition of the Definitive Mac Pro Upgrade series, as I've written guides for the classic Mac Pros 1,1-5,1 (2006 - 2012) and the Mac Pro 6,1 (2013), and now the Mac Pro 7,1 (2019). This is less a how-to guide/manual than it is a roadmap to primary sources by other brilliant people, written to be accessible to both new and advanced users. The information is out there but knowing what is possible, what questions to ask, and where to find it isn't nearly as easy. Apple Silicon and the Mac Pro's fate (and additional observations).Recommended Places to go for Monitor Recommendations.PCIe AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) SSDs.Can I use a card that isn't listed above that host's multiple NVMe drives?.Running Apps from unidentified developers.For information about changes and future plans, check the bottom of this blog post. The information should be accurate but is expanding and being formatted. I don't think people realize how many hours writing/research my Mac Pro guides take, and my previous guides all started somewhere too.

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