atonaldenim

Pretty funny how you all want to keep arguing over a hypothetical “OWC” drive, when there is in fact another company that is actually offering storage upgrades for sale right now.

For the Mac Studio currently, for the Mini in the near future. Who cares if OWC isn’t interested, as long as PolySoft is?

And the number of backers on their Kickstarter campaign is a useful metric for how much consumer interest there may or may not be. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polysoftservices/studio-drive/posts/4247624 ;

Speaking for myself, I bought my Mac Studio in 2022 with the amount of storage that I wanted, as no other options existed then. However now that this potential solution is out there, the next Mac Mini or Studio that I buy, I personally would consider this upgrade route instead. The main drawback to me is the hassle of opening up the case and putting it back together neatly enough.

Yes, it will be upgradeable, just like the Mac Studio storage is upgradeable now. 

There is currently a Kickstarter campaign with 2 days left for 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB storage upgrades for M1 and M2 Mac Studios. The 2TB module can upgrade an existing 2TB mac to 4TB, otherwise they have to completely  replace your existing storage. 

They worked with dosdude1 to develop it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polysoftservices/studio-drive

As the Mac Mini M4 launched after the campaign started, they stated they will soon launch a new campaign for Mac Mini storage upgrades too!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polysoftservices/studio-drive/posts/4247624

Personally if I was about to buy an M4 Mac Mini I would not pay Apple for the SSD upgrade, I’d rather wait and get an upgrade from PolySoft. The only thing to keep in mind is you probably can’t combine the existing storage with the new storage in most cases, it will be a replacement rather than an addition.

On the theme of nostalgia, it reminds me fondly of the Palm Pixi or Pre, those phones sparked my curiosity back in the day, although I never owned one. (I might be less nostalgic if I did, lol)

I wonder if this idea could work as a bluetooth accessory (like many iPad keyboards), with the keyboard module mounted on a MagSafe backplate to attach it to the phone. If it were really easy to remove, or rotate away from the data port, or turn off, that might solve some of its shortcomings?

I'm not a heavy phone user, but adding a hardware keyboard to an iPad Mini can be a revelation, by letting the entire screen stay dedicated to output rather than losing half of it to keyboard input. So I can understand why a phone addict could want this!

What was the name of this session, is a recording of it available anywhere? In the Developer app or elsewhere?

I think it would be more accurate to say "Any M-series Mac or iPad" as all iPads and iPhones 4+ have always used Apple Silicon, but of the A-series variety.