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EL BROMANCE posted:Setup: 2012 Mac Mini with 3x Western Digital external drives hooked up directly via USB 3 using the cables they came with. Download Blackmagic Disk Speed Test on the App Store and run some tests on all the drives. Chances are one of them is just slow.
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Yeah I have BlackMagic anyway and ran it again in case of changes... 2 drives hit around 150-170MB/sec on RW the drive I'm copying to in this circumstance *is* slower, but still hitting around 100MB/sec on both RW.
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Jul 10, 2019 20:31
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Is it all huge files like videos, or are you hitting a pocket of tiny files?
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Jul 10, 2019 20:55
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Yeah that’s the usual problem, hard drives are bad at small files. Particularly when connected via usb. It helps a lot if the USB-SATA bridge is UASP capable, but it still won’t be as good as a native SATA connection.
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Jul 10, 2019 21:14
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Yeah the small file crap drives me up the wall when using FTP, always prefer to send a big tarball and unpack that end. In this case, everything is multiple GB so should flow nice and quickly.
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Jul 10, 2019 21:20
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Before tinycrypt(whatever it was called) went away I found it really fast at putting small files into a volume on an external because the filesystem IO was layered.
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Jul 10, 2019 21:54
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Thanks for the responses about USB hubs from before, guys. I'm gonna be carrying an iPad Pro and 15" Macbook Pro together on the subway (basically daily); anyone in a similar situation have a bag they'd recommend? Also thoughts on messenger bags vs backpacks? I'm kind of hesitant to leave thousands of dollars of computer stuff out of sight on my back every day, but is that a needless worry? I'm new to having a subway commute so if any of you have experience with carrying your stuff like that I'd be really interested to hear about it (I'll be in New York). Wearing a backpack will definitely be easier on my shoulder.
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Jul 11, 2019 01:56
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Koramei posted:Thanks for the responses about USB hubs from before, guys. It’s a needless worry and your home or renter’s insurance should cover cover theft anyway. I use a timbuk2 messenger because I have a weird back injury and find it way more comfortable, and less sweaty! But ymmv.
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I would be incredibly impressed by any thief who could lift a laptop out of a backpack without the wearer or a bystander noticing. That's some god-tier pickpocketing.
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tuyop posted:It’s a needless worry and your home or renter’s insurance should cover cover theft anyway. I have the same and used it to carry both my 15" rMBP and my 12.9" iPad Pro. It doesn't get as much use anymore since I work from home now.
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Mercurius posted:If it has Ethernet on the back of it (and firewire/mini-DisplayPort) then it's a Thunderbolt display as Cinema Displays only ever had 3 USB ports on them. Cinema Displays also have an extra USB cable sticking out of the cable with the MagSafe and mini-DP connector whereas Thunderbolt displays are just MagSafe/mini-DP. Let me guess, there's some good reason for the adapter being expensive (still) - "active electronics." And yet a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is cheaper than a single freakin' adapter. I hope people in 50 years howl with laughter about how stupid we were. Or maybe in 5. I'd watch The Robber Barons of Cupertino on Netflix. Maybe Woz can produce.
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Djimi posted:Thanks for the reply. So Apple's cable is what I need. It's a Thunderbolt display. But I bought the recommended 3rd party to DP, and that's because I didn't follow BM's reply correctly, my bad. You can put far more blame on Intel than Apple for the prices of anything Thunderbolt related. I think they’ve been a bit better about it with TB3 but for previous generations there was an absurdly high licensing fee in addition to the extra circuitry required for Thunderbolt. In case you’re wondering why the cable needs to be ‘smart’, Thunderbolt is essentially a protocol for external hot-pluggable PCIe connections whereas DisplayPort just does AV transmission.
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Jul 11, 2019 11:28
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Djimi posted:Let me guess, there's some good reason for the adapter being expensive (still) - "active electronics." And yet a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is cheaper than a single freakin' adapter. I hope people in 50 years howl with laughter about how stupid we were. Or maybe in 5. I'd watch The Robber Barons of Cupertino on Netflix. Maybe Woz can produce. Ironically enough, the Raspberry Pi foundation didn’t follow the USB C spec properly for the new released RPi 4, so higher quality USB C cables won’t even work with it. https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20688655/raspberry-pi-4-usb-c-port-bug-e-marked-cables-audio-accessory-charging
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Jul 11, 2019 13:46
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Koramei posted:Thanks for the responses about USB hubs from before, guys. Messenger bags are really bad for your shoulder over times. And you should take your rucksack off and put it between your legs when your on the train anyway.
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Where can I even buy one of those $10k gold Apple Watch Edition watches used for pennies on the dollar asking for a friend. I can't tell if the ones I'm seeing in search are the real deal expensive ones or some other look alike version.
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Jul 11, 2019 19:21
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Shaocaholica posted:Where can I even buy one of those $10k gold Apple Watch Edition watches used for pennies on the dollar asking for a friend. It was only the initial watch that had a 10K gold version. It no longer gets OS updates, and I think Apple was the only legit source. I want to say the solid gold ones have their own serials for the body for authenticity, but I'm not 100%.
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Jul 11, 2019 19:54
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How long do battery services usually take for rMBPs? I'm assuming the stores don't stock the top cases so they have to be shipped to a repair depot.
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Jul 11, 2019 21:21
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Shaocaholica posted:Where can I even buy one of those $10k gold Apple Watch Edition watches used for pennies on the dollar asking for a friend. I mean, the gold itself has a substantial value, so there’s probably a floor to the resale prices. e: actually it’s not that much, like $700-800 apparently Lazyhound fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jul 11, 2019 |
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Jul 11, 2019 21:28
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Lazyhound posted:I mean, the gold itself has a substantial value, so there’s probably a floor to the resale prices. That's what I'm not sure if those $700 used gold watches are the same as the $10k ones.
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Jul 11, 2019 21:49
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Splinter posted:How long do battery services usually take for rMBPs? I'm assuming the stores don't stock the top cases so they have to be shipped to a repair depot. I got mine back for keyboard repair in like 2 days
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Splinter posted:How long do battery services usually take for rMBPs? I'm assuming the stores don't stock the top cases so they have to be shipped to a repair depot. They ship the top case to the store is how it worked for mine. They give a lead time for pick-up of 7 days, they got mine done in 5. If they have it in stock it's a matter of hours.
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Gay Retard posted:Ironically enough, the Raspberry Pi foundation didn’t follow the USB C spec properly for the new released RPi 4, so higher quality USB C cables won’t even work with it. That is interesting. Get what you pay for, right?
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It pretty much forces you to buy their $12 charger since no one knows what USB-C cable will work (but you know the most popular ones won’t). I can’t imagine at no time in their design and engineering no one plugged in a non-compatible power cord and went, “huh?” I’m still going to buy one the moment the 4gb ones at in stock at Microcenter.
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Proteus Jones posted:They ship the top case to the store is how it worked for mine. They give a lead time for pick-up of 7 days, they got mine done in 5. If they have it in stock it's a matter of hours. Yeah they quoted me 7 today, but it does sound like they often get back them back faster than that.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Setup: 2012 Mac Mini with 3x Western Digital external drives hooked up directly via USB 3 using the cables they came with. Koramei posted:Thanks for the responses about USB hubs from before, guys.
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japtor posted:Look at the USB ports in System Information (formerly System Profiler). I bet the drives might be sharing a bus, which might explain the 30MB/s part at least. Not sure about the super slow parts though. Tried copying through other methods yet? (That’s assuming you’re just using the Finder here) USB 3.0 Bus |- easystore 25b |- easystore 25b |- easystore 25b Then under this is a powered USB 3 hub I have with nothing much hanging off it - my UPS for communication, a mouse/flashdrives etc sometimes but not right now. (sorry working remotely so easier to type out!) Is there anything I need to check in the breakdown? I can transfer between the other drives quickly, but my current source -> destination drives are just constantly on the slow side. It's not the end of the world, I'm just transferring a ton of crap in chunks at the moment and in a week or two it won't be something I need to do regularly, more curiosity. Yeah I was considering trying to do a folder or two with Carbon Copy Cloner and seeing if thats the same, as I am just using Finder right now).
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So the inevitable iFixit teardown of the new 13-inch rMBP is out: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Two+Thunderbolt+Ports+2019+Teardown/124676 Basically the Function Key rMBP is no more, long live the rMBP. iFixit says it's got this one module that combines TouchID and the USB-C/Thunderbolt ports. Here's your first indication Jony didn't design this- the machine just got EASIER to service. It seemed like he didn't give two fucks about servicing (the 12-inch rMB's being an indication of this as it's one of the most cumbersome machines to ever work on... flip the machine three times in a special stand meant to let you work while surrounded by gossamer ribbon cables where one false move will have you ordering replacement parts for nearly the whole machine, and using microscopic screws at the limit of human capabilities to see and manipulate..) And here's some Johnathan Morrison guy gushing over how well the 13-inch rMBP 2019 performs in Final Cut/Compressor using HEVC and regular MP4, noted that the HEVC is only 8-bit but it seems to run super fast because of the T2 copprocessor.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUTnLr8jBqg If more people use the T2 coprocessor for things it ought to be doing the 2019 13-inch could wind up being quite the workhorse. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jul 12, 2019 |
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Jul 12, 2019 16:57
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So... next year we might have one worth buying.
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Splinter posted:Yeah they quoted me 7 today, but it does sound like they often get back them back faster than that. The fact that this is now normal and acceptable for replacing a loving battery is infuriating.
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Binary Badger posted:It seemed like he didn't give two fucks about servicing (the 12-inch rMB's being an indication of this as it's one of the most cumbersome machines to ever work on... flip the machine three times in a special stand meant to let you work while surrounded by gossamer ribbon cables where one false move will have you ordering replacement parts for nearly the whole machine, and using microscopic screws at the limit of human capabilities to see and manipulate..) I've always told people that 'modern' Macbooks are disposable consumables. When its broken you just throw it into the trash and get a new one. Let the poors dumpster dive it, fix it and use it in their slums like those district 9 aliens.
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Shaocaholica posted:I've always told people that 'modern' Macbooks are disposable consumables. When its broken you just throw it into the trash and get a new one. Let the poors dumpster dive it, fix it and use it in their slums like those district 9 aliens. On the plus side they last a long time. The batteries are a bit annoying, but I guess you just budget in a replacement about midway through your 5 or 6 year expected lifecycle.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:00
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Lol if you can't afford a new $3000 laptop every 3 years.
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I got a touchbar MBP from work and remapped capslock to ESC and I’m loving up so much. Update on my personal MBP: they indeed swapped out some keycaps.
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Jul 12, 2019 20:26
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Krispy Wafer posted:On the plus side they last a long time.
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Shaocaholica posted:I've always told people that 'modern' Macbooks are disposable consumables. When its broken you just throw it into the trash and get a new one. Let the poors dumpster dive it, fix it and use it in their slums like those district 9 aliens. Why would you throw away any Apple laptop when even non-functioning 5+ year-old MacBook Airs go for $300-$400 on eBay? You don't throw away laptops with the highest resale value on the market.
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Gay Retard posted:Why would you throw away any Apple laptop when even non-functioning 5+ year-old MacBook Airs go for $300-$400 on eBay? He just joking man
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Krispy Wafer posted:On the plus side they last a long time. The batteries are a bit annoying, but I guess you just budget in a replacement about midway through your 5 or 6 year expected lifecycle. Even a replacement battery isn’t that much of an expense over the lifetime of the computer.
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Shaocaholica posted:Lol if you can't afford a new $3000 laptop every 3 years. Or be smarter and either sell it off on eBay, any of the dozens of used Mac retailers, or (last resort) trade in the old one to Apple and get a fairly miserable but at least a chunk of money off. Used Apple's page and they said they'd give me a whopping $260 if I handed in my old Late 2013 rMBP towards a new 13-inch entry level rMBP. Better than nothing I suppose.
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Bring back the black MacBooks you cowards
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FCKGW posted:Bring back the black MacBooks you cowards
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