Stephen has some Time Machine advice, and Mikah has feelings about Safari on iOS. Then, a bunch of talk about iPhone photography.
My thanks to Pingdom for sponsoring this episode.
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Ungeniused #59: Draft of Common Misconceptions⇢
This week on Ungeniused, we pick some of our favorite misconceptions people believe.
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How to Set up Time Machine Server
Note: If you are using macOS Ventura or later, check out the updated version of this article.
It used to be that to run a Time Machine Server, you needed to be running a copy of macOS Server on your host machine, but those days are now gone. Anyone running High Sierra or later on a Mac can now turn that Mac into a destination for remote machines to use for Time Machine.
Apple Made Money in Q3 2018⇢
Love Notes to Newton⇢
Noah Leon’s documentary on the Newton and the community that still surrounds it is out, and it’s very good. I watched it over the weekend and deeply enjoyed it.
Low Power Mode on macOS⇢
Sometimes, you just need Low Power Mode: the switch added to iOS a few years ago to conserve battery life when you need it, at the expense of full performance and background tasks.
There’s no such feature on Mac laptops, but there should be.
Sign me up for this future.
About the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable⇢
The Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) Cable (0.8m) connects a Mac or other device that has a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port to a device that has a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) or USB-C port.
Spect⇢
Steven Frank has a new Mac app out named Spect. It’s a photo browser that uses the file system as its backend. If you’re using something like Dropbox instead of Photos.app, this looks well worth the $5.
Video: My iMacs ARE IN A MUSEUM!⇢
I put together a little vlog episode about my trip to The Henry Ford, including seeing my old iMac G3s on display in the museum. It really blew me away:
2018 MacBook Pro Impressions
I’m currently sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Detroit, Michigan. I’m here for a work trip, and it’s the first time my new 13-inch MacBook Pro has served as my primary machine since I purchased it.
This is not intended to be a full review of this machine, but rather my impressions of it so far. However, I do think I should share the specs of this particular model up front, as it does help contextualize some of my thoughts. So, my 2018 MacBook Pro came with:
Connected #202: It Could Just Be Ghosts⇢
Federico and Stephen are joined by John Voorhees to talk about MacBook Pro throttling, HomePod rumors and answer some listener questions.
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Apple Issuing Software Update to Address Thermal Throttling in 2018 MacBook Pros⇢
Apple has issued a statement about the thermal throttling users have seen with the new MacBook Pros:
Following extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we’ve identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro.
A bug fix is included in today’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update and is recommended. We apologize to any customer who has experienced less than optimal performance on their new systems. Customers can expect the new 15-inch MacBook Pro to be up to 70% faster, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar to be up to 2X faster, as shown in the performance results on our website.