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2023-08-07 Some Praise of 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra and (mostly) macOS Ventura
2023-07-21 macOS Ventura: 'Vampire' GPU Usage — 1 to 25% of GPU used when Nothing is Happening
2023-07-20 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max Strangely Slow with Adobe Lightroom
2023-07-19 Slowdown/Performance Variation with 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max... Ambient Temperature? Apparently not
2023-07-18 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Sleep/Wakeup Causes Drastic Loss of Performance for both CPU and GPU
2023-07-18 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Buggy Performance with GPU and CPU that Requires Reboot to Fix
2023-07-18 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Large Losses in CPU and GPU Performance; Rebooting Recovers temporarily
2023-07-16 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Large Losses in GPU Performance Require Reboot
2023-06-05 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra/Max and Apple 2023 Mac Studio M2 Ultra/Max
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2023-07-18 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Buggy Performance with GPU and CPU that Requires Reboot to Fix
2023-07-16 Adobe Camera Raw AI Denoise — Crashes Ordinary Video Cards
2023-06-09 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Trading Up
2022-01-29 Adobe Photoshop Vertical Line Artifacts after Smart Sharpen on Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max
2022-01-22 Beware of Claims for Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max Speed Gains Over Intel! OpenCL on/off can be win/lose
2021-10-26 Adobe Photoshop 2022 — Bye Bye to macOS Mojave Support
2020-02-02 28-Core Apple Mac Pro with AMD Radeon Pro Vega II
2020-01-09 AMD Radeon Pro 580X in 2019 Mac Pro Badly Lags the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 in the 2019 iMac 5K
2020-01-05 2019 Mac Pro: Detailed Analysis of Phase One Capture One 20 Performance, GPU and CPU Utilization
2019-12-30 Too-High Pixel Density on 5K, 8K, Retina Displays Impedes Image Sharpness Assessment
2019-11-29 Choosing a Computer for Advanced Photography (December 2019)
2019-11-18 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 16" Display: the Single Computer Solution At Last
World’s fastest desktop?.
Fastest Mac Yet?..
World’s fastest laptop, beats nearly all desktops..
Trouncing Intel-based laptops and desktops alike..
Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..
Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..
True desktop-class performance..
Workhorse desktop tower..
Desktop Class Performance, memory, SSD..
Vastly improved performance over 2017 model, 6 CPU Cores..
Improved performance over 2016 model..
Touchbar, wide gamut, unrivalled SSD..
An iPad-sized laptop, refreshed..
Eight bays for HDD, SSD plus PCIe Card and Ports.
High-end computing moves to the iMac form factor..
Even better than the 2015 model..
5K Display, blazingly fast SSD.
World’s first 5K Display.
Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, GPUs, memory, flash..
32GB, 64GB or 128GB?.
Performance of the 2013 Mac Pro..
GPU vs CPU Performance..
What you should know about CS5 performance..
An in-depth look at how to find the right Mac setup for you.
Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, and is 2010 Mac Pro faster or better than 2009 model?.
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro Retina Display..
Configuring and optimizing..
2023-08-07 Some Praise of 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra and (mostly) macOS Ventura
2023-07-21 macOS Ventura: 'Vampire' GPU Usage — 1 to 25% of GPU used when Nothing is Happening
2023-07-20 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max Strangely Slow with Adobe Lightroom
2023-07-19 Slowdown/Performance Variation with 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max... Ambient Temperature? Apparently not
2023-07-18 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Sleep/Wakeup Causes Drastic Loss of Performance for both CPU and GPU
2023-07-18 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Buggy Performance with GPU and CPU that Requires Reboot to Fix
2023-07-18 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Large Losses in CPU and GPU Performance; Rebooting Recovers temporarily
2023-07-16 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Large Losses in GPU Performance Require Reboot
2023-06-05 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra/Max and Apple 2023 Mac Studio M2 Ultra/Max
2022-03-09 Apple Mac Studio with M1 Ultra Looks to Offer Thrilling Performance
2022-01-18 Apple 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max Here Soon for Testing
2021-11-26 Apple 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max Should be Here for Review in a Few Weeks
2021-10-18 Apple 14/16-inch MacBook Pros Here, with M1 Max or M1Pro CPU: What You Need to Know
2021-06-18 With the Delay of Apple M1/M2 Pro Macs, What to Do Now?
2021-05-18 Apple Readies new Crop of Pro Mac using Apple M1/M2 Chip Technology
2021-01-22 Will Apple M1 Macs Become More Reliable than Intel-based Macs?
2020-02-10 Why Those Super Handy USB-C Ports on Displays and Video Cards SUCK
2020-01-29 Reader Comment: 2018 Mac mini with macOS Catalina Will Not Boot with eGPU
2020-01-05 2019 Mac Pro: Detailed Analysis of Phase One Capture One 20 Performance, GPU and CPU Utilization
2020-01-04 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: a Quick Look at How I Configured the Beast
2019-06-27 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: Everything I Want... but Truly High-End and Unaffordable for Most
2019-05-06 Update on Using an eGPU for Photoshop for Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details
2019-05-02 How Much are GPU and CPU Cores used by Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details?
2019-05-02 How Much is the GPU used for Raw File Conversion in Adobe Camera Raw?
2019-05-02 How Much are GPU and CPU Cores used by Photoshop Filters?
2019-05-01 Notes on Using an eGPU for Photoshop for Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details
2019-04-18 2019 iMac 5K: Coming for Review
2019-04-01 Reader Question: Radeon Pro Vega 48 GPU Upgrade for 2019 iMac 5K
2019-03-24 An eGPU is Useless for Photoshop and Lightroom Unless...
2019-03-18 Apple 2019 iMac 5K: Two Hits with One Big Miss
2019-02-01 2018 Mac mini: Problem with Video When Waking up From Sleep
2019-01-10 Discount Ends Soon on my Favorite Plain-Text Editor, BBEdit by Bare Bones Software
2018-08-14 2018 MacBook Pro: Large Improvement vs 2017 MacBook Pro for Sustained GPU Performance
2018-08-03 Testing in Progress on Apple 2018 MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.9 GHz 32GB 2TB Radeon Pro 560X
2018-07-28 Reader Comment: Which Mac for Video?
2018-07-25 On the Way For Testing: Apple 2018 MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.9 GHz 32GB 2TB Radeon Pro 560X
2018-07-06 OWC Mercury Helios FX Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Chassis for PCIe Graphics Cards
2017-12-14 iMac Pro: Pricing and Thoughts
2017-11-23 Why I Probably Will Never Buy a Mac Pro Again
2017-06-17 Comparing the 2017 iMac 5K to the iMac Pro
2017-06-07 Assessing the Dec 2017 Apple iMac Pro
2017-05-11 Mac Users Want NVIDIA GPUs, Apple Keeps Doing AMD—a Disconnect a Future Mac Pro Might Resolve
2017-04-16 New Thunderbolt 3 Products from OWC
2017-04-11 Which is faster for RAW File Conversion, CPU or GPU?
2017-04-07 Desired Features for 2018/2019 Mac Pro
2017-04-06 Apple’s Promised Mac Pro Powerhouse
2017-02-23 Will the next Apple Mac Pro (if any) be the Final Straw that Puts the Nail in the 'Pro' Coffin?
2017-01-09 The GPU remains a Science Fair Project
2017-01-08 Can a 2016 MacBook Pro support an 8K display?
2017-01-03 Desktop CPU Performance at a Standstill?
2016-12-26 Reader Comment: “iMac is a ticking bomb sealed inside a locked aluminum showcase”
2016-12-25 Desired Features for a New iMac
2016-12-07 2016 MacBook Pro: Cannot Sustain Performance Under Load — Update
2016-12-02 2016 MacBook Pro: Users Report Serious Graphics Glitches, Apple Investigating
2016-11-18 2016 MacBook Pro: Disappointing 8-Bit Video on Built-In Display
2016-11-01 2016 MacBook Pro: What Options I Ordered, and Why
2016-07-19 8K Video Card Support Now Available, though NOT for Apple
2016-05-17 When Software Crashes It is Immensely Frustrating: Why is Lightroom Crashing?
2016-05-07 NVIDIA Doubles GPU Speed, Halves Price with new GTX 1080: Good for New Macs?
2016-02-22 Reader Question: Mac Pro Upgrade or Replace?
2015-12-01 Photoshop CC 2015: 10-bit Per Channel (30-bit Color) Now Supported
2015-07-21 Photoshop CC 2014 Now Gets the CC 2015 Bugs
2015-01-28 Continuing Performance Issues in Apple OS X Yosemite, Particularly in Photoshop
2014-11-10 4K Video on 2010/2012 Mac Pro?
2014-11-05 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: PhaseOne CaptureOne Pro RAW to JPEG
2014-11-04 Verizon Tracking Users in Nefarious Way
2014-11-04 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: More Benchmarks
2014-11-02 iMac 5K: Stressing the CPU and GPU
2014-11-02 OS X Yosemite: Severe Performance Issues with File Open Dialog
2014-10-20 OS X Yosemite: Severe Performance Issues with File Open Dialog
2014-10-16 WOW! Apple iMac with 5K Display
2014-05-26 How to Configure 2013 Mac Pro + many Mac Pro Configs in stock at B&H Photo
2014-05-14 Deducing GPU Usage for Final Cut Pro and Compressor by Watts
2014-05-14 Compressor: Needs some Bug Fixes
2014-04-21 Phase One CaptureONE Pro to Fully Utilize All GPUs Available (e.g. 2013 Mac Pro)
2014-04-19 Video Card or Photoshop Bug? (graphics drawing glitch)
2014-04-14 Reader Question: Upgrading Video Card for Adobe Lightroom in 2009 Mac Pro
2014-04-10 MPG Experience: a Month Using the 8-core 3.3 GHz 2013 Mac Pro
2014-03-29 Using Dual GPUs on the 2013 Mac Pro
2014-03-10 OS X 10.9.2 Breaks Display Support with NEC Displays: Sleep, 90° Rotation Failure
2014-03-10 2013 Mac Pro: Photoshop CC Filter Crashes Appear to be Due to Apple Graphics Drivers
2014-03-08 Photoshop CC Sharpening Now 3X Slower But ONLY on the 2013 Mac Pro (unmaking the power of the Ring)
2014-03-07 2013 Mac Pro: Dual Displays Problematic
2014-02-12 Sapphire HD 7950 Video Card Upgrade for 2009/2010/2012 Mac Pro
2014-02-12 2013 Mac Pro: Tests Updated for 4-core 3.7 GHz D300 GPU Model (base model)
2014-02-04 MPG CPU Choice for 2013 Mac Pro + Order Status
2014-01-30 2013 Mac Pro: 4-Core 3.7 GHz with D300 GPUs Coming For Testing
2014-01-23 Tested: 2.7 GHz 12 Core 2013 Mac Pro with D700 GPUs
2014-01-23 D700 GPUs Strut Their Stuff: Unigine Valley 3D Rendering
2014-01-23 12 Core 2013 Mac Pro with D700 GPUs Tested Against Others
2014-01-21 12 Cores vs 12 Cores (and D700 GPUs)
2014-01-18 2013 Mac Pro: Innards
2014-01-18 2013 Mac Pro: How Much Memory for Performance?
2014-01-17 Evolving Thoughts on 2013 Mac Pro GPU and CPU Choices
2014-01-17 Configuring a Mac Pro Goes Well Beyond CPU and GPU Choice
2014-01-17 Changing my Config for the 2013 Mac Pro
2014-01-17 But... the Power of the GPU...
2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: Which Filters Benefit from the GPU in Photoshop CC?
2014-01-17 2013 Mac Pro: Importing with Aperture
2014-01-16 Two GPUs to Rule Them All, and in the Software Bind Them—Photoshop CC Now Sharpens 4X Faster
2014-01-16 Redo for Photoshop CC 14.2 (CC 14.2 Unstable on 2013 Mac Pro)
2014-01-11 The Fastest Mac Pro for Photoshop
2014-01-06 Which Mac Pro Model to Buy if Upgrading the CPU?
2013-12-28 2013 Mac Pro: Costly but Worth It? Or Costly and Slower?
2013-12-27 Does Opting for the High-End GPUs on the 2013 Mac Pro Make Sense?
2013-12-19 2013 Mac Pro: What I ordered and Why
2013-12-18 2013 Mac Pro: Which CPU and GPU?
2013-10-22 Notes on the Apple 2013 Mac Pro
2013-06-11 Reader Comment: OpenCL Support for the dual AMD GPUs
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Video User Comment
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Reader Comments
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster or Slower, Elegant but Klunky, Promise vs Reality, Video Oriented
2013-01-09 Reviewed: Apple Late 2012 3.4 GHz iMac
2012-12-03 New Apple 27" iMac — Buying Advice
2011-04-06 How to Install More Than One Power Hungry Video Card in a Mac Pro
2011-01-25 Update on Mac Pro Video Card Sleep Issue and Mini DisplayPort Cables — FIXED
2010-12-19 Update on Mac Pro Video Card Sleep Issue and DisplayPort Cables
2010-12-11 Update on Mac Pro Video Card Sleep Issue and DisplayPort Cables
2010-09-09 Video Card Problems with 2010 Mac Pro
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