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Perplx posted:I just don't see apple removing the ability to recover files, they must of moved that feature to a usb-c port, but who know. Nope, it's all behind the T2 now. Like I said, the SSD NAND chips have no other physical connection other than to the T2. If Apple did what you were thinking, they'd never be able to beat their chest about how awesome/great/cool/secure the T2 is. Recovery procedures for the 2016/2017 have been surreptiously edited so that there is no mention of even the possibility of using the recovery brick / dongle for a 2018 model.
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You can't recover data from a dead iPhone / iPad either, can you? Is it surprising that this is now on Macs too?
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Linguica posted:You can't recover data from a dead iPhone / iPad either, can you? Is it surprising that this is now on Macs too? With the way things have been going, no it doesn't surprise me.
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Linguica posted:You can't recover data from a dead iPhone / iPad either, can you? Is it surprising that this is now on Macs too? Apple will spin this as a win for privacy/data security. “It shouldn’t be a problem if you’ve been making wireless time machine backups!”
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Well poo poo, my early 2016 rMB is giving me the service battery notification and it's 200 to fix.
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Matt Zerella posted:Well poo poo, my early 2016 rMB is giving me the service battery notification and it's 200 to fix. How many cycles?
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Jul 23, 2018 22:35
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Bob Morales posted:How many cycles? Coconut Battery is saying 124 cycles.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Apple will spin this as a win for privacy/data security. “It shouldn’t be a problem if you’ve been making wireless time machine backups!” As if storing things online is secure
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Matt Zerella posted:Well poo poo, my early 2016 rMB is giving me the service battery notification and it's 200 to fix. did you get AppleCare?
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Binary Badger posted:did you get AppleCare? I forgot, whomp whomp.
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Applecare for the 12" Macbook is $250, right? Sounds like you're still coming out ahead if all you ever need is a battery replacement.
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Do putting stickers and decals on my MacBook Pro void my apple care?
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Housh posted:Do putting stickers and decals on my MacBook Pro void my apple care? No but it does void your (insert hipster joke here).
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MarcusSA posted:No but it does void your (insert hipster joke here). Starbucks Gold Card
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MarcusSA posted:No but it does void your (insert hipster joke here). AARP membership
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Jul 24, 2018 00:27
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MarcusSA posted:No but it does void your (insert hipster joke here). Tickets to see Neutral Milk Hotel
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I am perfectly content regarding accessing data on the logic boards. I don’t know why this would bother anyone, there are a dozen good and easy methods you should be doing for backups no matter what.
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Housh posted:Starbucks Gold Card If my intra-job time has taught me anything it's that putting a decal or sticker on your mac makes you automatically eligible for a Starbucks gold card.
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got any sevens posted:As if storing things online is secure do you know what time machine is and have you heard of encryption?
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Subliminal Ninja posted:Tickets to see Neutral Milk Hotel 
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got any sevens posted:As if storing things online is secure I store my time machine backups on my handy Apple offline time machine storage. Sure would be a shame if they stopped making these...
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Matt Zerella posted:Coconut Battery is saying 124 cycles. They might replace it because it seems defective, battery are suppose to be good for 1000 cycles.
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Perplx posted:They might replace it because it seems defective, battery are suppose to be good for 1000 cycles. Yeah, make sure you point out the battery cycle info and time you’ve had it/your usage pattern. They’ll most likely check that anyway, but it’s best to mention it in case they go to treat it like a normal battery replacement and charge you first. Always a good idea in customer service situations to point this stuff out without becoming overbearing. But it definitely doesn’t sound like the battery’s normal unless you did something like expose it to some crazy temperature extreme or let it completely die and sit for >6 months or something.
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I've recently been using my iPad more but I haven't let it sit dead for months. Thanks and I'll bring that up when I bring it in.
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Do the new MBPs have FDE enabled by default with the new T2 chips? Is it still necessary to turn in FileVault(?)? Apple says quote:Always back up your content to a secure external drive or other secure backup location so that you can restore it, if necessary. You should also turn on FileVault for additional security, because without FileVault enabled, your encrypted SSDs automatically mount and decrypt when connected to your Mac. So I’m not really sure I understand the difference. The T2 provides encryption and FileVault provides…? e: Thinking about it some more, my understanding is that the T2 chip does FDE no matter what, so this means that people can't pull the SSD out of my MBP and steal my files. If they steal the MBP instead they could just boot up and access my files assuming I have no password on my user account (or a trivial one that can be cracked). If they can't do that then my data is safe. With FileVault then all it means is that they would need to crack two passwords instead of just the one user account password? Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jul 24, 2018 |
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Boris Galerkin posted:So I’m not really sure I understand the difference. The T2 provides encryption and FileVault provides…? If your computer does not turn on / the mainboard is broken, the T2 encryption prevents someone from stealing the SSD chips off your motherboard and dumping it. If the computer does turn on, the drive is automatically mounted so you can dump the disk contents as if it were never encrypted in the first place. FileVault though protects your data with a key, so they would also need to boot macOS and have your key to steal the disk contents.
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Binary Badger posted:This poo poo does NOT give me any confidence for the supposed 2019 Mac Pros they're supposedly working so so hard on. I doubt it'll have accessible PCIe slots. 'Modular' sounds ominously like daisy chaining a shitload of external peripherals over Thunderbolt.
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Ugh so upgrading my MacPro to high sierra with the RX480 now causes the drat thing to crash on waking up from sleep. Looks like the only way to stop this is edit the bios on the card or edit a kext. https://www.theitsage.com/fix-rx-580-sleep-issue-10-13-2/
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Pivo posted:If your computer does not turn on / the mainboard is broken, the T2 encryption prevents someone from stealing the SSD chips off your motherboard and dumping it. Does it mount and make the contents accessible even before they log into a user account?
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Boris Galerkin posted:Does it mount and make the contents accessible even before they log into a user account? The link you posted seems to imply that. I would bet heavily on it.
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Quick question. I am looking at getting a new MacBook pro. Do the new 2018s 15 inch with the i7 have throttling issues? Or is it just the i9? I see a 2017 on the referb section that's about 300 bucks cheaper than the 2018. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/G0UC2LL/A/Refurbished-154-inch-MacBook-Pro-31GHz-Quad-core-Intel-Core-i7-with-Retina-display-Space-Gray So It looks like I would lose 2 cores, a slower GPU (i think, no idea what the X does on the video card), slower memory, much slower SSD, the T2 chip, and the new screen they have? If they i7 doesn't have the throttling issues I might just spend the extra 300 bucks.
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I have the i7 and it has the same issues as the i9.
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Got a refurbed iMac from the Apple Store. Powered it on and it immediately has a whole column of dead pixels. Great QA job guys.
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BonoMan posted:Got a refurbed iMac from the Apple Store. Powered it on and it immediately has a whole column of dead pixels. Great QA job guys. Tbh it was probably a shipping injury. Refurbs go through individual QA, unlike the normal new stock. Just take it to your local store and they’ll fix it up/replace it- although it really sucks to have to deal with that. Edit: take a few photos of the screen as it is right now in case it “miraculously” (and temporarily) fixes itself when you bring it in, so you don’t end up having to take multiple trips. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Jul 24, 2018 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Tbh it was probably a shipping injury. Refurbs go through individual QA, unlike the normal new stock. Just take it to your local store and they’ll fix it up/replace it- although it really sucks to have to deal with that. It's already refunded and shipping back (and a new one coming to me). Maybe it was in shipping, but the box was in absolutely pristine condition as was everything inside. I thought about taking it in, but this is for a new employee and the two week repair process at the Apple Store wasn't gonna cut it.
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BonoMan posted:It's already refunded and shipping back (and a new one coming to me). I hear ya, glad to know it’s getting dealt with. Sometimes the shock or jostling of transport can “knock” pixels that were actually defective but behaving normally, even if the box looks good.
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I've been thinking of picking up a new MacBook Pro to upgrade from my 2013 rMBP. How good/bad of an idea is this? The current one I'm using was a base model 13", and I'd be looking to get a touchbar 13" with the i7 and 16 GB RAM. Is the CPU throttling present on the 13" models and that big of a deal? 99% of the time I'm only using Mail/Terminal/Chrome/Messages/iTunes so I wouldn't exactly be taxing the machine, but I obviously don't want to be paying the premium on MBPs if the performance isn't going to be up to par at the times that I actually care.
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Binary Badger posted:It's the sort of thing that HAS to have had come up at some meeting, and if Jobs were still alive he'd have said 'All of you idiots stop what you're doing and listen to this.' Instead, since nobody's nitpicking, this poo poo gets through the cracks. Lolol you think that Steve Jobs was ever going to sit in a low level meeting discussing VRMs with individual hardware engineers.
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Steve Jobs thought he could cure cancer by rubbing crystals and whatever. Not the smartest guy. He was a great salesman though.
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Fix available now. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/24/2018-macbook-pro-throttling-bug-fix/ Going to be interesting to see how this changes things.
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