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Warning

Hardware setup, third party drivers, software and operating systems must always be tested thoroughly with the free of charge demo software provided by ToolsOnAir prior to final installation.


Note
  • All configurations in the following chapters are guidelines based on our internal tests, they can be amended at any time without notice. 
  • We cannot guarantee that these guidelines will work under all user specific requirements. 
  • ToolsOnAir and its international partners provide support and help during this phase but are not responsible for errors and/or failures that may occur due to incorrect or insufficient setups or insufficient testing.

Hardware & Software Requirements

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.

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PCIe-Card Setups

  • MacPro 12-core (MacPro5,1 or MacPro6,1)

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Thunderbolt Setups 

  • Mac Pro (MacPro6,1) 8- or 12-core
  • Mac mini Quad-Core (MacMini6,2)
  • Mac mini (MacMini7,1) → the maximum amount of recordables Channels in HD (with Apple ProRes HQ) on a Mac mini i7 2012 (MacMini6,2) is 2. With the dual core Mac mini (MacMini7,1) the maximum amount of Channels is 1.

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  • 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 those.

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Warning

Hardware setup, third party drivers, software and operating systems must always be tested thoroughly with the free of charge demo software provided by ToolsOnAir prior to final installation.


Hardware & Software Requirements

Macintosh Model

Mac Pro, Mac mini, iMac1, MacBook Pro1, MacBook Air1.

RAM

12 GB recommended.

GPU 2

AMD, NVIDIA and Intel GPUs are supported. Refer to chapter Supported GPUs for further information.

Operating System

At least OS X 10.11.6.
Administrator account required for installation and configuration.

Video Devices

AJA and Blackmagic video devices are supported. Refer to chapter Supported Video Devices for further information.

Optional

Sonnet (3rd gen) xMacTM mini Server, Sonnet RackMacTM Pro hardware and Netstor's NA381B.