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Identifying your Mac Model

You need to know the Model Identifier of your Macs to continue.

  1. Open the Apple Menu on the appropriate machine.
  2. Select About This Mac while holding the alt key. The menu item turns to System Information…
  3. The Hardware Overview is displayed and you can see the Model Identifier.

Info

The steps described above may be different on your operating system.


Supported Macs

PCIe-Card Setups

Thunderbolt Setups 

4, 6, 8- or 12-core Quad-Core 2 → the maximum amount of recordables Channels in HD (with Apple ProRes HQ) on a i7 2012 (MacMini6,2) is 2. With the dual core Mac mini (MacMini7,1) the maximum amount of Channels is 1.
  • iMac Quad-Core i7 (iMac14,1 to iMac14,2 and iMac15,1 to iMac17,1).
    • Any other Mac with sufficient hardware specs can be used but ToolsOnAir gives no support for those12 At least 8 GB (>12 GB recommended). 
    Qualified Macs for just:in Engine and just:in User Interface
    • MacPro 12-core (MacPro5,1)
    •  12-core - Please contact us, when you are going to use this machine for just:in v4.0.
    • Mac Pro (MacPro6,1)
    • Mac mini
    • (MacMini6,
    • 1)
    • Mac mini (MacMini7,1)
    • Mac mini
    		Qualified Macs for just:in User Interface
    • (MacMini8,1)
    • iMac, iMac Pro and MacBook Pro - Please contact us, when you are going to use one of these machines for just:in v4.0.
    Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.x or higher. Administrator account required.
    RAM4GB per channel recommended.

    Optimal Environment Temperature Recommendation

    • Run the Ingest servers in an environment where the temperature does not exceed 68° F or 20° C.

    • Manually control the fan speed with a software like Macs Fan Control and to configure it like shown below