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bengt77 said:

kaplan1959 said:

How quiet is the M3 Max processor in normal use and under intensive operations?  Does it hit the thermal limit quickly?  Thanks!

That's what I want to know as well. I am waiting for the M3 Mac Studios to come out, but the wait is proving to be quite long. I might buy an M3 Max MacBook Pro instead, if the new Mac Studios aren't introduced next month. But I want a silent machine; I don't want to hear it. If that rules out a MacBook Pro, then I would really like to know that before deciding which way to go.

It depends on what's being run on it and for how long. Intensive CPU processes tend to never push the fan noise up but things like game engines can hit the CPU and GPU continually so the fan noise can ramp up:



At 1:50, the PC is running the fans loud all the time but the Macs are silent. At 6:55 when there's a scene running at 200FPS, the fans ramp up. But this doesn't need to be running at 200FPS, if the game engine is capped at 60FPS, the Macs will run near silently all the time. Sometimes the rendering is at Retina resolution too where it can be set lower.

Video encoding with Handbrake for hours is silent, code compilation is silent, 3D rendering is silent. Game engine uncapped has fan noise, capped is silent.

There's a test here looping 225 audio tracks at 4:40 while screen recording:



It's really uncommon for the fans to spin up on M-series Macs, it's only if the chip is maxed out for a while.

The Pro chips run cooler than Max so if noise level is more important than performance, consider the lower power chip and the 16" runs cooler than the 14".

SennaSempre said:

okay so I fixed it. I retrieved all of my data off of that one drive atleast. And instead of sending it to a professional shop costing me $1,000's probably $2,000+ it only cost me $75.83 total, a huge difference, owed to perseverance.

Last question on this fact-finding journey - I have this 6TB enclosure and I want to split the 2 x 3TB drives into separate drives working independently of one another, zero link, sync, stitch, communication with each other.

So not a RAID setup of any type, just regular 2 drives on their own that's it. Can I do this inside the enclosure or will the RAID controller on the PCB board in the housing prevent me from doing that and forcing a RAID set up?

That's good you managed to get the data back.

For 2 regular drives in the enclosure, this would normally be a JBOD (just a bunch of disks) setup. But MyBook Studio doesn't support this mode:

https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/23111/~/my-book-premium-ii%2C-pro-ii%2C-studio-ii%2C-mirror-edition%3A-change-raid-level

It only supports RAID-0 and RAID-1. Changing the mode would wipe the disks. You'd need to get a different RAID box to support JBOD like these:

https://www.amazon.com/TerraMaster-Thunderbolt-Professional-Grade-External-Enclosure/dp/B07PWM5TMX
https://www.amazon.com/OWC-Mercury-Elite-Storage-Enclosure/dp/B09SC124GS
https://www.amazon.com/TerraMaster-External-Enclosure-Storage-Diskless/dp/B01MRSRQLA

SSDs are much faster, more portable and more reliable though, even if they are a bit more expensive:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Portable-External-MU-PH8T0S-AM/dp/B0CMDGGJTZ 8TB = $569
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Shield-4TB-Portable-SSD/dp/B0BHZQGN26 4TB = $236
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-4TB-Extreme-Portable-SDSSDE61-4T00-G25/dp/B08RX4QKXS 4TB = $248

I'd rather buy a 4TB SSD (or two, can't have too many backups) than an enclosure with two standard HDDs. SSD has no spin-up time, no noise, very lightweight, drop-proof, the 4TB ones above are water-resistant, 10x faster than HDD.

ihatescreennames said:

AppleInsider said:.

• Third-party marketplaces: Developers can have multiple marketplaces, users can set default marketplaces for Spotlight and Siri, and deleting marketplaces removes all apps from that marketplace.

Can someone who knows explain why deleting a third-party marketplace would delete the apps from that marketplace? Is that something that makes sense? I have no idea and am curious.

The apps can't be managed without a marketplace, no updates etc and it's the marketplace that gives them permission to be on the device. Android doesn't uninstall apps when removing 3rd party stores but it causes issues like license issues and updates:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/q2k90/if_i_uninstall_the_amazon_appstore_will_the_apps/

If Apple's security model grants trust to the marketplace then it makes sense to remove the apps with the store, the apps might not be able to launch without it.

lam92103 said:

"They've provided a number of clarifications, including one on the same day stating that this has nothing to do with a state actor," Chandrasekhar said. "But we pushed them further: if it has nothing to do with a state actor, then what is this notification?"

If this is true, then its kinda sus on Apple's part

Apple can't always disclose details of detected malicious activity because then the people doing it will get clues on how to avoid detection.

The Indian government has been accused of installing Pegasus malware on the devices of their opposition:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/17/pegasus-spyware-found-on-phone-of-jailed-critic-of-narendra-modi-

Chandrasekhar says that people don't have a right to lie or incite violence:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Feb/19/apple-s-reply-on-device-vulnerability-not-totally-clear-mos-it-on-iphone-alert-to-mps

"some people take the view that free speech is an absolute right and it has to be protected which may be true for the US but the Indian constitution has reasonable restrictions on it.
"Fundamental right to free speech does not mean you have a fundamental right to lie, or provoke or create public order disturbances because you are inciting violence""

https://news.knowledia.com/IN/en/articles/government-has-the-right-to-lawful-interception-rajeev-chandrasekhar-on-11f81bba7e6f862f7029c58f2f5906ee6dd48031

"Governments do have the right to have lawful interception where national security is at risk and respect our fundamental rights, said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics and IT. Speaking at the Times Now Summit 2021 and answering questions on the recent scandal over Pegasus snooping , Chandrasekhar also said that the government has had the right to lawful interception for decades were phone calls of suspected criminals were intercepted."

They have been accused of suppressing dissent by prosecuting people for lying or inciting violence and they link people to it by spying on their communications.

Apple is warning people when someone tries to hack their devices. When they are political targets, they are most likely being targeted by the state. It could be a 3rd party agency (or individual) used by the government and if that's the case, the government doing it would understandably like to know if it's successful and how they are detecting the intrusion.

All Apple is doing is telling the people being hacked that this is happening, it doesn't matter who is responsible for it as far as Apple's warning is concerned. All that matters is that the targets are informed and protected from it.

blastdoor said:

ihatescreennames said:

AppleInsider said:

"We will continue to work with regulators, and Apple and Google, to create a space for alternative storefronts. I'm a big fan of how Windows works, and you've got a Microsoft Store on Windows, you've got Steam, you've got the Epic Games Store, you've got GOG," he tells the interviewer. 

Microsoft has its own walled garden in the Xbox marketplace. It charges a similar fee to game developers that Apple's App Store does.

If he’s such a big fan of the way Windows works why doesn’t he change Xbox to reflect that? I imagine Steam and Epic would love to have their own stores on Xbox. Isn’t he the guy to make that happen?

I wonder if Microsoft is planning to get out of the Xbox hardware business entirely and he just forgot that they hadn't made that announcement yet. If not, then his comment is blatantly hypocritical. 

They said they will continue to make Xbox hardware and their next hardware upgrade would be the biggest generational jump:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/16/24074729/microsoft-phil-spencer-xbox-everywhere-memo
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-next-gen-console-confirmed-business-update

They and Epic are hypocrites. They want every other platform open so they can leverage them to boost engagement with their own closed platforms.