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Headphone jack won't work in new Mac Pro?

I'm using a new Mac Pro today, and couldn't get the computer to recognize headphones.

Solution: Push harder than you'd think. The new Mac Pros have a clicking socket. If you push it in all the way (requires a little force), you'll feel a click, and you're good to go.

Also, the new Mac Pros have no Firewire 400 ports at all (only 800)! I didn't realize they'd carried that through from the Macbook Pros.

Save: "Operation not allowed"

I've been working with FCP for years, and just got this message for the first time when saving. You're in the middle of a project and you can't save, can't save as, or anything. From the google results for this problem, it seems to be very rare, and very random.

Solution: Create a new project and copy and paste everything from the bad project into the new one, then save that one. Not ideal, but it works. Alternatively, revert to your last saved or autosaved version.

Side note: If you haven't lost much work, just close the project and reopen it. You'll be able to save again.

Don't know what causes this and I hope I never see it again!