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Can you calibrate your Apple or MacBook Pro display?

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How to create a custom preset to use for your display’s colour profile, how you can make use of measurements of a colorimeter, or adjust white point by eye.

February 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Fixing firmware update problems

What should you do if a firmware update goes wrong? Here’s a guide to avoid panic, whether your Mac is Intel, has a T2, or M-series chip, and for Studio Displays.

March 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Year on My Mac: Ultra chips and cryptexes

The M1 series shot from 4 performance cores to 16, Ventura turned up as an update instead of an upgrade, then there came cryptexes, System Settings and Stage Manager.

January 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released a Studio Display firmware update

Apple has just released an update to its Studio Display firmware, bringing it to version 15.5 Build 19F80. […]

August 4, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Calibrating your display in Monterey

Although it’s hidden away, your Mac’s display can still be set to use a custom colour profile. Here’s how to do that

May 23, 2022 Macs, Painting, Technology

Mac Studio Max and Studio Display: impressions and future

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.

May 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

Does it matter which Thunderbolt ports you use?

There’s evidence to suggest that original M1 Macs write more slowly to external SSDs in some configurations. Does this extend to later models with M1 Pro or Max chips?

May 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

M1 Thunderbolt ports don’t fully support USB 3.1 Gen 2

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.

April 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

LockRattler version 4.33 now reports Studio Display firmware version

New version now looks for connected Studio Displays and reports the firmware version of the first it finds.

April 8, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

SilentKnight now checks Studio Display firmware

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An essential update for anyone with an Apple Studio Display, as it now checks their firmware and tells you when it’s out of date, even on multiple displays.

April 5, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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