Hey guys,

If you were curious about learning a little more about how to take advantage of the Thunderbolt busses in the new Mac Pro, I did a Moviola Webinar on September 30th, 2014 on the subject:

http://moviola.com/webinars/understanding-the-mac-pro-for-professionals/

In general, it’s all about how to take advantage of the ports on the MP to make sure you’re getting the most out of it, and getting the largest bang for your buck. This is a follow-up to the article I wrote for FCPWORKS a little while ago- http://www.fcpworks.com/thunderbolt-bus-mapping-new-mac-pro/

Here are some tips for mapping out your thunderbolt devices across the individual buses from that piece:

• Do not attach more than 2 displays to a thunderbolt bus.  If you do, expect to see problems.
• You can connect up to 6 Thunderbolt/mini displayport displays (2 on each bus) to the new Mac Pro.
• You can connect up to 3 4k displays (1 each on buses #1 and #2) and a third through the HDMI port, which connects to the third Thunderbolt bus.
• On my setup, I have my ports configured this way: my two desktop monitors are on bus #1.  My Promise R8 and some additional thunderbolt storage is on bus #2.  My Ultrastudio 4k for video I/O is on bus #3, and I’ll connect additional drives/peripherals when necessary to this bus.

We did a nice Q&A afterwards. Take a look, I think you’ll get a lot out of it.

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