Can you replace an iMac Pro with a Mac Studio Max and Studio Display? For the last month I’ve been assessing this, and here’s my answer in full.
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Thunderbolt 5 isn’t available yet, and in any case will probably offer no more than 6 GB/s. So what is the way ahead for Apple in its successors to its M1 series chips?
Apple has just pushed an update to its malware removal tool MRT, bringing it to version 1.93, dated […]
It’s limited to 5 Gb/s, giving read rates of about 400 MB/s and writes at about 430 MB/s. Fine for Time Machine backups, but bad with NVMe drives.
Looking forward to the time when third-party kexts are finally banished from macOS, and replaced by modern system extensions, and their siblings.
M1 Macs don’t support SMART monitoring over USB-C, forcing us to choose between Full Security without SMART, or Reduced Security with SMART support.
New version now looks for connected Studio Displays and reports the firmware version of the first it finds.
How Apple and third-party developers can update the apps you use without your being aware, even if you have automatic updates disabled.
An essential update for anyone with an Apple Studio Display, as it now checks their firmware and tells you when it’s out of date, even on multiple displays.
Born secretly on 27 March 2017, it was Apple’s biggest gamble. Introduced in High Sierra, it didn’t work on Fusion Drives and had other problems. Also explains version numbering.
The Eclectic Light Company 