Did you spot the change that didn’t take place as expected in the 15.2 update this week? It marks the end of the Intel era for Macs.
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Why pay an extra $600 for a 2 TB internal SSD, after all fast external SSDs are cheaper. Maybe you need to check whether disk performance becomes a rate-limiting factor.
The macOS 15.2 update includes the second phase of AI support for Apple silicon Macs, introducing the Image […]
As eagerly anticipated, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring […]
The CPU view in Activity Monitor is the starting point for tuning the performance of software. Here are its virtues, and a few vices to beware of when using it.
Discovering whether using more threads makes a task faster gives insight into where its performance is limited. How to use a VM to investigate this.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 285. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]
What TB5 actually provides in its Symmetric and Asymmetric modes, why those are most important to connect Mac to dock or hub, and how that can go wrong.
Tuning your Mac for performance can be a good investment of time. Beware of general benchmarks, though, and develop your own objective measurements. Then identify the rate-limiting step methodically, so you can address that.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This Scot […]
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