Virtual CPU cores are of one type, and QoS has no effect in virtualised macOS. This has consequences for both the host and guest macOS.
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Apple has just released macOS 13 Ventura, together with security updates to Monterey and Big Sur. If you’re […]
Many apps could benefit users of Apple silicon Macs by giving them controls over core use by their threads. Here’s how that can be done simply and effectively.
How you can use the taskpolicy command to confine all the threads of a process to the E cores, as a brake, but there’s no accelerator in macOS.
How can the two E cores in an M1 Pro or Max equal performance of the four in the original M1? Why does running two threads complete in half the time taken to run one?
Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]
Threads, GCD and core allocation in Apple silicon explained. How thread priority is baked into code, and how important it is to performance.
P cores are conventional in that they can deliver excellent performance at maximum frequency, but with high power use. E cores may take 4 times as long for a task, but use less than a third of the energy.
A popular insurance when upgrading to a new version of macOS: how to keep your Mac running both Monterey and Ventura. Covers all models including M-series.
An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…
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