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  • macOS 10.15.4 brings enhanced HDR support, custom reference modes for Pro Display XDR

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    I have the late 2019 Mac Pro running Catalina 10.15.14 with the Apple Pro XDR Display.  Supposedly there is a firmware update to version 2.2.2 for the Pro XDR Display.  I have shut down the Mac, started it back up, disconnected the Pro XDR Thunderbolt cable and reconnected.  I have not been offered the new firmware and I have confirmed that I am still on the original firmware that shipped with the Apple Pro XDR display.  Has anyone with a late 2019 Mac Pro and the Pro XDR display been offered the firmware update for this monitor?

    Tom 
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  • Watch: Apple's iMac Pro vs 2013 Mac Pro (Part 1) - benchmarks and specs

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    focher said:
    tnw2933 said:
    I received my 10 core iMac Pro on December 26th 2017.  I noticed immediately that 95% of the time when I woke my iMac Pro from sleep all the external USB drives were ejected.  This occurred for various external USB3 hard drives from different manufacturers as well as with a Sandisk Extreme 64 GB USB3 flash drive and a 16 GB USB2 Kingston flash drive.  I also discovered that I could not boot into Windows 10 if any external hard drives were connected and that I could not use the Option key> Storage Manager to boot into Windows 10 regardless of whether USB drives were connected or not.  I filed a formal case with Apple Support on January 2, 2018 and I have since been in touch with a total of five Apple Support contacts regarding these two issues -- three of whom are Senior Advisors.  To date, the problem still exists, and I still have an open case with Apple.  I have been using the iMac Pro with Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 2 external hard drives without any problems as long as I do not attach USB drives to the iMac Pro and put it to sleep.  
    I'm not disputing your experience, but just saying that I have the same usage scenarios and do not experience those problems. USB3 drive connected, and was never disconnected during sleep/wake up cycle. Windows 10 on a Bootcamp partition works fine with the same USB3 attached, along with a Thunderbolt 2 storage (with Thunderbolt 3 adapter) attached.

    I am glad to hear that your iMac Pro is working properly and does not have the problems that I have reported.  I have five Macs now and this is the first time that I have ever had a problem with any of them.  I do realize that not all iMac Pro's have this problem having heard this from owners on other forums.  Unfortunately, my iMac Pro does have the problems and they have been observed clearly by Apple's Senior Advisors using screen sharing on my iMac Pro.  I would just like them to resolve the problem preferably without replacing the iMac Pro, but, if necessary, via a replacement. 
    hodarchia