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Getting best performance from Thunderbolt on Apple silicon Macs: a practical guide

From choosing cables and hubs to connecting displays, fast SSDs and other devices. Everything you wanted to know about Thunderbolt.

February 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Where we’re heading: macOS 13 Ventura

Overview of supported Macs, Accessory Security, Rapid Security Response, changes coming in notarization, and increasing support for Ukrainian.

June 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Thunderbolt

Fundamentally a combination of PCI Express and DisplayPort, with substantial power supply, there are several reasons why you won’t get the whole 40 Gb/s from external storage.

April 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: chipsets and Fabric

From the IBM PC XT with its 10 MB hard disk to a SoC which moves data to its SSD at over 7 GB/s. How CPUs interface with peripherals.

November 6, 2021 Macs, Technology

Thunderbolt: not quite all daisies

Although mainly straightforward, there are catches which can break the daisy-chain.

December 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Wild Trackpad

I have added a wireless Magic Trackpad, and sometimes the pointer goes wild, shooting all over the screen. How can I fix it?

July 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

Choosing and Using Peripheral Buses

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Out with USB 2 and in with USB 3; out with FireWire and in with Thunderbolt, then Thunderbolt 2. But which should you choose to use, and how?

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology
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