27th October 2025
My battle with technology continues. Since I set up the Mac Pro tower and discovered what was wrong, I have gradually ticked off the things that have got fixed.
I fitted the WiFi card which was missing, finding one on eBay that arrived without fixing screws. I complained to the vendor but just got silence in reply. I had to source M2 x 3 cap head screws from our friends in China. That was a breakthrough, with WiFi up and running I was able to get on the Avid website and download the version of Protools I needed.
However the email was quite unstable and kept crashing. I went on line enquiring if there were problems with the operating system installed, and email. Sure enough, there were conflicts with freezing and crashing reported, but there was also a number of fixes recommended.
I tried one of them, and it worked!
So once I had a stable email I could safely find the links that I needed for installation of the software.
Soon all that was done, I could run both the laptop and the Mac Pro on the same license, but not at the same time.
I was beginning to feel more confident, with the two successes under my belt.
Then I noticed that the interface unit that is the like between the recording side and the computer wasn’t connecting. A blue flashing light indicated problem.
I went on several Avid user sites looking for a similar problem, and there were many.
It looked like the interface needed new drivers to work properly.
With my new found confidence I located the site where all the downloads were and guessed on one. Hurrah! I chose right, the blue light stopped flashing and everything was talking to each other.
Now there were three successes in one day, I couldn’t believe it, could I do a fourth?
The last part I need to complete is to connect a drum machine to the system.
So far everything is connected, but there is a piece of a puzzle missing, I have read up on it, hopefully I can get that working tomorrow.
Another Lifetime to go 