Apple Silicon Mac Pro in testing with macOS 13.3

Apple is reportedly testing the Mac Pro using a version of macOS Ventura that is expected to be released in the spring.

Backing up his own recent reports that Apple is working on an M2 Ultra version of the Mac Pro, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman now expects a spring launch for this latest Mac to switch to Apple Silicon.

The Apple Silicon Mac Pros in testing currently run macOS 13.3. The X.3 macOS release is typically out in spring. https://t.co/Pq4jhEu7BA
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) January 11, 2023

Gurman is basing this on how Apple's current developer beta is macOS Ventura 13.2. A version 13.3 is to be expected shortly, although there is no specific timescale.

It's also not a guarantee that testing a Mac Pro with macOS 13.3 means the device will be released alongside the operating system. However, it does suggest that the Mac Pro will not be able to run macOS 13.2, which fits with how new devices routinely need support within the OS.

The Mac Pro and a solitary Mac mini configuration are the only Mac currently still running on an Intel processor. At WWDC 2022, Apple hinted that the refresh was coming, but more recent reports have suggested that the plans for an M2 "Extreme" have been scaled back.

20 Comments

9secondkox2 8 Years · 3148 comments

About 1 year ago

Best to not launch the Mac Pro until it’s good and ready to destroy everything else.

If it’s just a Mac Studio class performer in a different box, then wait until the m3 extreme, desktop specific D1, or whatever is ready.

Don’t launch it after all this time an anticipation and have it become a meme. That’s just wrong.

DannyKyi 2 Years · 1 comment

Well Apple knows best on it systems, let us wait

tht 23 Years · 5654 comments

Will be interesting to see how many PCIe slots it will have and whether it will support PCIe GPUs, MPX modules, and Apple Silicon in an MPX module.

Hopefully the Extreme version comes out. Definitely want to see how they bridge it all together. Like I said in prior comments, priority 1 is to do better on getting GPU performance to scale with cores. The M2 and A16 GPU have some nice performance increases, but the big problem is how well it will scale with 20, 40, 80 cores.

danox 11 Years · 3442 comments

9secondkox2 said:

Best to not launch the Mac Pro until it’s good and ready to destroy everything else.
If it’s just a Mac Studio class performer in a different box, then wait until the m3 extreme, desktop specific D1, or whatever is ready.

Don’t launch it after all this time an anticipation and have it become a meme. That’s just wrong.

A meme is all but guaranteed it doesn’t matter what Apple releases. If it can’t run a game boy AAA PC game that’s all that counts with that crowd, I just hope they have a new enclosure that’s a little bit smaller than the current Mac Pro. (Not too much smaller, but more streamlined)

The important thing however, is making available a new usable form factor available, I also hope they will clean up the input and outputs and use MagSafe when appropriate. And last upgrade the 27 inch monitor to use MagSafe, having that impossible to unplug power cord on the back was not good.

lkrupp 19 Years · 10521 comments

9secondkox2 said:

Best to not launch the Mac Pro until it’s good and ready to destroy everything else.
If it’s just a Mac Studio class performer in a different box, then wait until the m3 extreme, desktop specific D1, or whatever is ready.

Don’t launch it after all this time an anticipation and have it become a meme. That’s just wrong.

Nonsense. Real pros want to know what it does for them, how their software runs and can be optimized for it. ‘Destroying everything else’ is not on their list of priorities. That attitude is for spec monkeys and benchmark junkies. And rest assured that no matter what it is and when it is launched it will be deemed disappointing, underwhelming, insufficient, lacking, too little too late, and a failure.