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2023-02-27 REVIEWED: OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion
2023-01-17 Apple MacBook Pro M2 Max
2022-11-21 OWC Atlas FXR: Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Card Reader for CFExpress Type B
2022-06-15 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra Up And Running
2022-03-10 Accessories and Storage for your Apple Mac Studio
2022-03-09 Apple Mac Studio with M1 Ultra Looks to Offer Thrilling Performance
2021-11-26 OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual for up to 16TB U.2 SSD, or 64TB NVMe M.2
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2022-07-13 TESTED: CFExpress Type B Camera Cards, OWC Atlas Pro and OWC Atlas Pro Ultra
2021-10-12 Portable SSDs for Travel Storage and Especially Backup
2021-03-07 Thunderbolt and Random Disconnects SOLVED with OWC Thunderbolt Hub
2021-03-03 OWC Envoy Pro FX SSD: Fantastically Fast Option for Photographers/Videographers
2021-02-20 Thunderbolt 4 is Here, and It Solves a Variety of Headaches, with Hubs and Docks and Cables
2020-06-09 OWC Thunderblade 16TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Double the Fun
2020-05-12 Work from Home: Mac Pro deal, and what to get with it
2020-05-12 Work from Home: Apple iMac 5K, and What to Get With It
2020-05-12 Work from Home: Apple MacBook Pro, and What to Get With It
2019-11-29 Choosing a Computer for Advanced Photography (December 2019)
2019-11-19 Reader Comments/Questions on the Apple 2019 MacBook Pro
Apple 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max
World’s fastest laptop, beats nearly all desktops..
Apple 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max
Trouncing Intel-based laptops and desktops alike..
Apple iMac 5K (October 2020)
Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..
Apple iMac 5K (March 2019)
Rocking fast iMac with 8 cores and up to 128GB..
Apple Mac mini (November 2018)
True desktop-class performance..
Apple MacBook Pro Retina 16-inch (October 2019)
Desktop Class Performance, memory, SSD..
Apple MacBook Pro Retina (July 2018)
Vastly improved performance over 2017 model, 6 CPU Cores..
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Sustained CPU Usage vs Performance
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Memory Bandwidth
- 2018 MacBook Pro: SSD Speed with Large Sustained Transfers
- 2018 MacBook Pro: SSD Speed vs Transfer Size
- 2018 MacBook Pro: diglloyd Adobe Photoshop Benchmarks
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Photoshop Filters
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Real World Photoshop: Make Multi-Res Image Series
- 2018 MacBook Pro: IntegrityChecker Verify
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R III)
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Nikon D850)
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Canon 5DS R)
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Hasselblad X1D)
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Fujifilm GFX)
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Focus Stacking with Helicon Focus, 28 X 45-Megapixel Nikon D850 TIF
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Focus Stacking with Zerene Stacker, 28 X 45-Megapixel Nikon D850 TIF
- 2018 MacBook Pro: Video Presentation: Configuring the 2018 MacBook Pro as as Desktop Replacement
RAID
Various types of RAID setups..
About Using Software RAID
Reasons for using software RAID, making the choice of RAID type, etc..
Software RAID Performance with SoftRAID 5
High performance RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-1+0..
Software RAID with SoftRAID
Making software RAID volumes..
Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt 4-Drive Enclosure
SSDs or hard drives for fast single-drive or RAID volumes in a portable enclosure..
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Overview
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Drive Installation
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Reliability Issues
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Initializing Volumes
- Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Compressible)
- Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Incompressible)
- Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Fast Hard Drives)
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Photoshop CS6 Speed (diglloydHuge)
- Promise Pegasus J4 — Recommended Configuration
Thunderbolt peripherals
Reviews of Thunderbolt products..
- OWC Drive Dock: Thunderbolt + USB3 Connectivity Using Dual Bare Hard Drives or SSDs
- OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock for Port Expansion
- OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion
- LaCie 2Big 20TB Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock
- LaCie Bolt 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD
- TekQ Rapide SSD
- OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD, Consumer Edition vs Video Edition
- OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock for Port Expansion
- OWC USB-C Dock for Apple MacBook
- OWC Mercury Helios Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards
- OWC Mercury Helios 2 Dual Bay PCIe Enclosure
- FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G Thunderbolt to 4-Port eSATA
- OWC 30 Meter Optical Thunderbolt Cable: Does Length Matter for Performance?
OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini
High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..
- OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini Overview
- Initializing with New Drives
- Aggregate Throughput with 4 X 6G SSD
- Sequential Speed vs Transfer Size with SSDs
- Sequential Speed of Large Transfers with SSDs
- RAID-5 vs RAID-4 with SSDs
- Thunderbay Mini with SSDs as a Photoshop Scratch Disk
- Thunderbay Mini with SSDs: Incompressible Data
- CPU Usage for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 or RAID-5
- Real World Throughput for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 vs RAID-5
- Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis
- Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis: Speed vs Transfer Size
OWC 40TB SSD (in Thunderbay 4 Mini)
Ultra high flat-line performanc in 40 Terabyte capacity.
OWC Thunderbay 6
Six bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..
OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD, Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C
Two high-performance SSDs.
OWC ThunderBay 8
Eight bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..
OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8
Eight bays for HDD, SSD plus PCIe Card and Ports.
OWC Thunderblade SSD
Ultra high speed robust pro-grade external SSD..
OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure
High performance with hard drives or SSDs..
- OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure
- OWC Thunderbay IV vs Thunderbay 4 (Thunderbolt vs Thunderbolt 2)
- OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs as RAID-0 Stripe
- OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs in RAID-5
- RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID 1+0 Performance (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
- RAID-0 with 4/3/2 Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
- RAID-5 with 4 / 3 Hard Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
- RAID-1 Mirror (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
- Thunderbolt vs USB3 with 6G SSD (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual Thunderbolt / USB3
Dual-drive Thunderbolt + USB3 user-selectable RAID..
- Overview of OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual
- Formatting and Partitioning
- Ergonomics of OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual
- Performance as RAID-0 Stripe
- Performance as RAID-1 Mirror
- Thunderbolt vs USB3 Performance as RAID-0 Stripe
- Striping 4 Drives In Two OWC Mercury Elite Pro Duals
- RAID 1+0: Striping a Pair of Mirrors for Fault Tolerance
CalDigit T3 3-Drive Thunderbolt Enclosure
Three drives in a high-grade enclosure..
Drobo 5D with Thunderbolt or USB3
RAID reliability in easy to configure 5-drive enclosure for full-size hard drives..
Apple 2017 iMac Pro
High-end computing moves to the iMac form factor..
- 2017 iMac Pro: Introduction
- 2017 iMac Pro: Scalability with CPU-Intensive, Memory-Intensive and Mixed Workload
- 2017 iMac Pro: CPU Cores, Clock Speed, Turbo Boost
- 2017 iMac Pro: Power Usage (Watts)
- 2017 iMac Pro: Flash Drive (SSD)
- 2017 iMac Pro: APFS vs HFS SSD Speed
- 2017 iMac Pro: Grep (Search)
- 2017 iMac Pro: Integrity Checker Verify
- 2017 iMac Pro: diglloyd Photoshop Benchmarks
- 2017 iMac Pro: Photoshop Filters
- 2017 iMac Pro: RAW to JPEG
- 2017 iMac Pro: Real World Photoshop: Make Multi-Res Image Series
- 2017 iMac Pro: Lightroom Import and Export
- 2017 iMac Pro: Phase One Capture One Pro
- 2017 iMac Pro: Iridient Developer
- 2017 iMac Pro: Zerene Stacker
- 2017 iMac Pro: Helicon Focus
- 2017 iMac Pro: XCode Build C++ Project
- 2017 iMac Pro: Recommended Configurations
- 2017 iMac Pro: Usage Observations and Conclusions
Apple 2017 iMac 5K
Even better than the 2015 model..
Apple 2015 iMac 5K
5K Display, blazingly fast SSD.
Apple 2014 iMac 5K
World’s first 5K Display.
Apple Dec 2013 Mac Pro
Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, GPUs, memory, flash..
Understanding Thunderbolt and USB3 Performance with the 2013 Mac Pro
Using the right ports is critical to performance..
Transitioning to the 2013 Mac Pro
Peripherals and add-ons forexisting hardware..
networking
Tips for networking, internet, etc..
Connecting Stuff
USB3, networking, and add-on devices other than storage..
Easy Thunderbolt Networking (10 Gigabit)
Networking as fast as an SSD!.
OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q
Ultra-fast PCIe SSD for Classic Mac Pro or Thunderbolt Macs.
Solid State Drives, Various
SSDs and thumb drives..
OWC SSDs, Various
Various SATA and USB SSDs..
OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD
Fast 6 Gbps high capacity SSD..
Apple Mac Mini (Late 2012)
Apple’s first USB3 MacMini..
Apple iMac 3.4 GHz (Late 2012)
Apple’s fastest Mac as of Jan 2013?.
Dell UP2715K: 5K Display
Bleeding edge with dual inputs has some issues..
Apple MacBook Pro Retina Quad-Core (June 2012)
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro Retina Display..
Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch Quad-Core (June 2012)
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro (non Retina)..
Apple MacBook Pro Quad-Core (February 2011)
A review of Apple’s first quad-core laptop..
Drives and Expansion and Various
Reviews of various hardware and software..
HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8
Outstanding high-capacity enterprise hard drive..
Blog posts
2023
2023-02-27 REVIEWED: OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion
2023-01-17 Apple MacBook Pro M2 Max
2022
2022-11-21 OWC Atlas FXR: Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Card Reader for CFExpress Type B
2022-06-15 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra Up And Running
2022-03-10 Accessories and Storage for your Apple Mac Studio
2022-03-09 Apple Mac Studio with M1 Ultra Looks to Offer Thrilling Performance
2021
2021-11-26 OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual for up to 16TB U.2 SSD, or 64TB NVMe M.2
2021-10-30 Why the Apple Mac mini is a Disaster as a Headless Server
2021-10-26 OWC Accelsior 8M2 PCIe SSD offers up to 64TB of Blazing-Fast Storage Capacity
2021-10-19 Storage and Accessories by OWC Apple 14/16-inch MacBook Pros M1 Pro/M1 Max
2021-10-18 Apple 14/16-inch MacBook Pros Here, with M1 Max or M1Pro CPU: What You Need to Know
2021-10-12 Portable SSDs for Travel Storage and Especially Backup
2021-10-08 OWC Announces Thunderbolt Dual DisplayPort 1.4 Adapter supporting up to dual 8K displays
2021-08-26 Can’t Apple Release a macOS that is Reliable?! Kernel Panics
2021-08-02 Apple M2 Macs: What Pros Need to Know in a Nutshell
2021-07-22 OWC Introduces Envoy Pro SX Thunderbolt Bus-Powered Portable SSD
2021-04-27 MacOS Big Sur 11.3 Update: woe to professionals daring to use dual displays on a Mac
2021-04-21 OWC Solutions for Apple M1 iPad Pro
2021-04-20 Apple 24-Inch iMac with M1 CPU — Home Run for Mainstream Usage, Iffy for Photographers
2021-04-15 OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock: Seamless Operation Overall, But With a Few Limitations
2021-04-04 Display Connections for HDMI/DisplayPort Displays on 2019 Mac Pro or Other Macs
2021-03-07 HOT! the OWC Thunderbolt Hub Delivers Unprecedented Rock-Solid Thunderbolt, a mini review
2021-03-03 REVIEWED: OWC Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt/USB-C SSD — Awesomely Fast
2021-03-01 “Upgraded” to macOS Big Sur on 2019 Mac Pro — No Workflow Benefits, All Downside So Far
2021-02-19 Smart Move: Universal and Fully Compatible Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C Cables
2021-02-19 OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock Adds Ports, and a Thunderbolt Hub
2021-02-19 At Last! Thunderbolt 4 Makes Connecting Stuff a Lot Cleaner: OWC Thunderbolt Hub
2021-01-10 OWC Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C SSD
2020
2020-11-18 OWC ANNOUNCES PRODUCT COMPATIBILITIES WITH NEW APPLE M1 MACS
2020-10-09 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock for Ethernet, USB, HDMI
2020-10-04 Apple Core Rot: Apple Has Lost Me as a Customer
2020-10-02 OWC Launches New Hub for Thunderbolt™ 4 PCs
2020-10-01 OWC Introduces OWC Mercury Pro LTO Tape Archiving Solution
2020-08-07 Reader Comment: “Loss of confidence in Apple, what are our options?"
2020-08-05 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: some Nice New Options but with Downsides for Pro Users, Too
2020-07-30 TESTED: OWC Thunderbolt 3 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2020-06-09 OWC Thunderblade 16TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Double the Fun
2020-05-30 Reviewed: OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C
2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs
2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications
2020-04-26 OWC Doubles SSD Capacity for Accelsior 4M2 PCIe SSD, Thunderblade, Envoy Pro EX
2020-02-11 Apple Pro Display XDR: USB-C Ports Connect at USB 2.0 Speed (20X slower)
2020-02-10 Why Those Super Handy USB-C Ports on Displays and Video Cards SUCK
2020-01-29 2018 Mac mini has Serious Trouble Syncing with Display via either HDMI or DisplayPort
2020-01-04 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: a Quick Look at How I Configured the Beast
2019
2019-11-19 About that Dual 6K Display Support on the Apple 2019 MacBook Pro 16-inch
2019-11-17 Why I Might Have to Abandon the 2019 iMac 5K
2019-11-17 One Possibly Way to Fix Thunderbolt Problems
2019-11-11 OWC Unleashes the All-New Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock for Extreme Workflows
2019-06-30 Displayport™ 2.0 Video Standard Enabling Support for Beyond-8k Resolutions
2019-06-27 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: Everything I Want... but Truly High-End and Unaffordable for Most
2019-06-21 OWC Announces “Fastest USB-C SSD Ever Built”
2019-04-05 2018 Mac mini has Thunderbolt 3 Compatibility Issues
2019-03-24 An eGPU is Useless for Photoshop and Lightroom Unless...
2019-03-21 OWC Continues Growth and Expansion on Three Continents
2019-03-18 Apple 2019 iMac 5K: Two Hits with One Big Miss
2019-02-28 TESTED: 8TB OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD
2019-02-09 Understanding Thunderbolt 3 Daisy Chaining
2019-02-09 OWC Thunderblade: Unboxing Pictures
2019-02-09 Apple 2017 iMac 5K is a Terrific Machine, but Too Often It Impedes My Work
2019-02-07 Banishing the Drone of Spinning Hard Drives: and Fans: Moving to 8TB OWC Thunderblade SSD
2019-02-04 OWC Introduces New Dual Drive Dock with USB-C 10Gb/sec
2019-02-01 2018 Mac mini: Problem with Video When Waking up From Sleep
2019-01-29 OWC ThunderBlade Gen 2: up to 8TB SSD, Runs Cooler and Faster at Lower Cost
2019-01-28 Understanding Thunderbolt 3 Bandwidth
2019-01-23 Firmware Updater for OWC Thunderbay 4 Fixes Thunderbolt 3 Disconnect Issue
2019-01-10 Discount Ends Soon on my Favorite Plain-Text Editor, BBEdit by Bare Bones Software
2019-01-06 OWC Unleashes the 2019 Envoy Pro EX Lineup Featuring All-New Shock-Resistant Sleeve
2019-01-06 New OWC ClingOn Physically Secures Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Ports for More Reliable Operation
2019-01-03 OWC Acquires Akitio, Adds to Thunderbolt 3 Product Lineup
2018
2018-11-23 Black Friday Deals at OWC
2018-11-01 OWC Products Compatible with new 2018 MacMini, 2018 MacBook Air, 2018 iPad Pro
2018-09-18 OWC Lauches the Thunderbay 6, a Six-Drive Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure, with RAID Options
2018-09-03 Video Presentation: Configuring the 2018 MacBook Pro as as Desktop Replacement
2018-09-01 Tested (again on the 2018 MacBook Pro): OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD
2018-08-13 OWC Drive Deals
2018-08-03 Testing in Progress on Apple 2018 MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.9 GHz 32GB 2TB Radeon Pro 560X
2018-07-30 Reader Comment: Which SSD or Storage for Video?
2018-07-25 On the Way For Testing: Apple 2018 MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.9 GHz 32GB 2TB Radeon Pro 560X
2018-07-25 OWC Docks Confirmed To Work with 2018 MacBook Pro
2018-07-06 OWC Mercury Helios FX Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Chassis for PCIe Graphics Cards
2018-07-04 OWC Express 4M2: 4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure
2018-06-23 Tested: Samsung 860 EVO, 2TB and 4TB
2018-06-23 Tested: OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD
2018-05-24 My Recommended iMac 5K for Photographers is now $400 Off
2018-05-15 Thunderbolt Bug: Drives Disconnect at Random and Intermittent Times
2018-05-15 Are Smart Phones an IQ and Creativity Downgrade, with Anti-Social Bonus Points?
2018-05-07 Overheating Can Kill Optical Thunderbolt 2 Cables, Root Cause is the Mac Itself (Thermal Dumping)
2018-02-24 What Can an iMac Pro 18 Core Do? Destroy Its Boot Volume Rendering Itself Unbootable
2018-02-14 What Can an iMac Pro 18 Core Do? Coming Next Week to Find Out
2018-02-02 Reviewed: TekQ 512GB SSD
2018-01-26 Reviewed: 2TB LaCie Bolt 3 Thunderbolt 3
2018-01-25 Reader Comment: LaCie 2Big Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock
2018-01-18 REVIEWED: LaCie 2Big 20TB Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock
2018-01-13 $1000 Off Apple iMac Pro at Micro Center
2018-01-12 iMac Pro: Speed with Helicon Focus
2018-01-12 What Might a 2018 iMac 5K Include?
2018-01-12 Shipping Soon: OWC Thunderbay 4 with Thunderbolt 3, Up to 48TB Capacity
2018-01-12 OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD
2018-01-12 2018 Is the Year for Thunderbolt 3 To Flower
2017
2017-12-31 Computer Gear Recommendations + OWC Year-End Deals
2017-12-29 iMac Pro in Stock at B&H Photo + Year-End Deals
2017-12-27 OWC Unboxing Videos for iMac Pro, Teardown to Follow Soon
2017-12-27 OWC Unboxing Videos for iMac Pro, Teardown to Follow Soon
2017-12-27 OWC Tears Down the 2017 iMac Pro, Announces Future Memory Upgrade Programs
2017-12-25 New iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc? Cables and Related
2017-12-23 OWC Offers Dual DisplayPort and dual HDMI Adapter for Thunderbolt 3 Macs or PCs
2017-12-14 iMac Pro: Pricing and Thoughts
2017-12-01 Cabling up the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock in my Mercedes Sprinter Photography Adventure Van
2017-11-30 Switched to 2017 iMac 5K as Primary Machine: Details on Gear I’m Using
2017-11-27 Using Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports to Build Out a System
2017-11-27 HOT! OWC Envoy Pro EX 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD Now In Stock
2017-11-25 Testing Seagate 12TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5-inch (Helium) Hard Drives
2017-11-23 Why I Probably Will Never Buy a Mac Pro Again
2017-11-23 Choosing a Photography Workstation Setup for 2018 Usage
2017-11-21 Black Friday Sneak Preview Deals at OWC + Note on Big Fast Thunderbolt Storage
2017-11-20 Ordered a 2017 iMac 5K: Why Now and what about iMac Pro?
2017-11-06 Reader Comment: Thunderbolt 3 Crash with High Sierra
2017-10-18 Will the iMac Pro Be Worth The Cost?
2017-10-12 OWC Mini Travel Dock Handy for Quick Peripheral Usage, SD Card Reader, Pass-Thru Charging, USB Ports
2017-09-08 Will the iMac Pro Be Worth The Cost?
2017-09-08 My Sprinter Photography Adventure Van Project: Which Mac?
2017-09-04 Deals on Apple MacBook Pro: My Thoughts on Deeply Discounted 2016 Model vs 2017 Model
2017-08-31 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Now Available for Ordering
2017-08-18 Reader Question: Connecting a Dual-Link DVI-D Display to new Macs with Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C
2017-08-12 Reader Comment: How to Solve Connecting Mini DisplayPort Display to Macs with USB-C/Thunderbolt 3
2017-08-11 MacOS Bug: Kernel Task Uses Most or All CPU Cores Continuously (Ambient Temperature Too High)
2017-07-22 2017 iMac 5K: Connecting a Display Done Easily with OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock + Reader Comments
2017-07-20 2016/2017 MacBook Pro or 2017 iMac 5K: Connecting a Display Done Easily with OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock
2017-07-19 2017 MacBook Pro vs My 2015 MacBook Pro
2017-07-09 TESTED with Photoshop: 2017 MacBook Pro
2017-07-07 Speed Up Migration Assistant Using Thunderbolt Instead of Ethernet (or WiFi)
2017-06-20 macOS Thunderbolt 10 Gigabit Networking Still Not Ready for Prime Time
2017-06-17 Comparing the 2017 iMac 5K to the iMac Pro
2017-06-15 Coming Soon for Review: 2017 iMac 5K
2017-06-07 Assessing the Dec 2017 Apple iMac Pro
2017-05-23 SoftRAID Updated to Version 5.6
2017-05-22 Now Shipping: OWC Thunderbolt Helios 3 PCIe Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Chassis
2017-05-03 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: USB SSD Speed via Dock vs Direct Connect
2017-05-02 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: USB SSD Speed via Dock vs Direct Connect
2017-04-30 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: SD Card Slot Speed vs Dedicated Card Reader, 2015 MacBook Pro
2017-04-30 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: In Hand for Testing
2017-04-24 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: 13 Ports that Solve the Compatibility Headaches with the 2016 MacBook Pro
2017-04-17 SSD Speed Anyone?
2017-04-16 New Thunderbolt 3 Products from OWC
2017-04-13 OWC Accelsior Pro Q vs Accelsior: Real World Throughput
2017-04-07 Desired Features for 2018/2019 Mac Pro
2017-03-12 When Will a new iMac and Mac Pro Arrive?
2017-03-06 OWC Nearly Doubles PCIe SSD Performance with Accelsior Q
2017-02-21 Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Infographic
2017-02-21 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Cables Now Shipping
2017-02-01 OWC Now Has Thunderbolt 3 Cables
2017-01-23 Intel “Baby Canyon” NUCs with Kaby Lake and Thunderbolt 3 and Lots More
2017-01-04 OWC Envoy Pro Thunderbolt 3 2TB SSD
2016
2016-12-21 OWC 40TB SSD Performance as Photoshop Scratch Drive
2016-12-10 How much SSD Can You Handle?
2016-11-27 2016 MacBook Pro TESTED: 10-Bit Color With External Display
2016-11-25 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD with RAID-0 Stripe and RAID-4 Fault Tolerance
2016-11-24 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD
2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD
2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD
2016-11-22 2016 MacBook Pro: Return It and Stick With 2013 Model?
2016-11-21 2016 MacBook Pro TESTED: Photoshop Performance
2016-11-19 2016 MacBook Pro: the SanDisk USB-C Card Reader Does not Work with my Lexar SDXC Cards
2016-11-18 2016 MacBook Pro: Disappointing 8-Bit Video on Built-In Display
2016-11-17 2016 MacBook Pro: Arrived, Solving the Adapter Mess
2016-11-10 OWC Offers Up to 40TB SSD in Thunderbay 4 Mini
2016-11-07 OWC Announces Updated Mercury Elite Pro Dual
2016-11-04 Apple Cuts Prices Substantially on Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Adapters
2016-11-03 OWC Infographic: Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C
2016-11-02 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock: 13 Ports that Solve the Compatibility Headaches with the 2016 MacBook Pro
2016-11-02 2016 MacBook Pro: Firewire 800 Compatibility
2016-10-31 Why no Included Adapters with new Macbook Pro?
2016-10-29 Compatibility Hardware for Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Macs (USB, Thunderbolt, Camera Card Readers, etc)
2016-10-27 New Apple MacBook Pro (updated with comments, updated again with solutions)
2016-09-16 OWC Drive Dock Now Available in USB 3.1 Gen 1 for about $75
2016-08-01 “Not Connected to Internet” after Waking from Sleep in OS X 10.11.6
2016-07-18 Apple Breaks Thunderbolt Networking in OS X 10.11.6?
2016-06-21 OWC Thunderbay 4: Now up to 40TB Capacity
2016-06-17 No New Macs at WWDC
2016-06-01 Withered Apple: Whither Macs with Thunderbolt 3? WWDC Announcements?
2016-04-28 What’s Coming in Macs This Year?
2016-04-22 Thunderbolt 3 Brings Many Benefits, but Neither a Seamless nor Immediate Transition
2016-04-21 Thunderbolt 3 Emerges: OWC Announces Thunderbolt 3 SSD, Dock, PCIe Enclosure
2016-04-11 OWC Announces SoftRAID 5.5: allows users to convert Apple RAID volumes to SoftRAID
2016-04-05 Thunderbolt on OS X: Spontaneous Drive Disconnect
2016-02-04 Thunderbolt Networking: Very Poor Performance with Sustained Usage
2016-02-02 2016 is the Year for Thunderbolt 3
2016-01-21 OS X 10.11.3: iMac 5K Screen Black Screen —Will not Wake Up From Sleep
2016-01-20 OWC USB-C Dock for MacBook Now Shipping
2015
2015-12-23 Web Browser Cookies + OS X El Capitan: Safari Cookie Security?
2015-12-22 Recommended Computer Upgrades, B&H Free Overnight + Small Business Deduction Note
2015-12-21 Handy items for Charging, Connecting, etc
2015-12-20 Memory: It’s Great to Have 64GB in the iMac 5K
2015-12-20 $1799 ($500 off) for Excellent MacBook Pro 15", Recommended Peripherals for Storage, Backup
2015-12-16 New Products from OWC
2015-12-16 400GB SSD for $99: Old Dog Laptop? Puppy It! Or 1.6TB Thunderbolt SSD? Easy as Pie.
2015-12-15 2013 Mac Pro: Video Glitches Gone for 3 Days Now, After PRAM and SMC Reset
2015-12-10 TESTED: 1TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD in Thunderbay 4 Mini, RAID-0 Stripe Configuration
2015-12-07 Reconfiguring Storage to use 8TB Drives, Data Integrity Critical
2015-12-07 On Thunderbolt Cable Quality
2015-12-06 Thunderbolt Networking with Apple Migration Assistant
2015-12-06 $500 Off a MacBook Pro Faster than the One I Use for My Professional Photography Field Trips
2015-12-05 iMac 5K (Late 2015) vs Mac Pro: XCode Build diglloydTools
2015-12-05 TESTED: OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3
2015-12-04 OWC Most Popular Items
2015-12-04 Intel Talks Thunderbolt 3: One cable to rule them all, and it’ll be optical in 2016
2015-11-18 Cool New Product: OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD) and is Thunderbolt 2!
2015-11-16 10 Gigabit Networking Between Macs via Thunderbolt Bridge (Built-in!)
2015-11-14 OWC Announces SoftRAID 5.1, and SoftRAID Lite
2015-11-13 Testing Hard Drive Consistency for a RAID
2015-11-12 OWC Viper: 4TB or 8TB of Ultrafast SSD via Thunderbolt 2
2015-11-11 OWC Deals: 4TB and 6TB Hard Drives, 32GB Memory for Mac Pro 2009-2012
2015-11-11 $150 off the Brand-New Apple iMac 5K
2015-11-10 Coming Soon for Testing: HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive
2015-11-05 30-bit Color Support in OS X El Capitan with Dual NEC Wide Gamut Display + 32-bit Color
2015-10-30 10-bit Graphics Support in OS X El Capitan: Adobe Confirms Support is Coming for Photoshop
2015-10-27 Reader Question: Revamped Mac Pro Due?
2015-10-16 Reader Question: Why No USB3 ports on OWC Thunderbay 4?
2015-10-14 Reader Question: Update Coming for Apple Thunderbolt Display?
2015-09-19 Two Products MPG Uses Every Day
2015-08-22 DEAL: OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID-5 Edition with Extra 4TB Drive
2015-07-08 OWC Extends Warranty to 2 Years for Thunderbolt 2 Dock Owners
2015-07-01 Firecracker Deals at OWC
2015-06-22 The Best MacBook Pro for Photographers, Videographers, Power Users
2015-06-17 Dell UP2715K: 5K Display for Mac
2015-06-10 Suggested Accessories for the MacBook Pro
2015-06-08 OWC Announces USB-C Dock for new MacBook
2015-05-13 Savings on Various Macs (limited time)
2015-04-10 OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock: All Sorts of Ports for Every Mac with Thunderbolt
2015-04-09 MacBook Pro: What Could be Coming Next?
2015-03-30 Hard Drives: Odds of Failure with Time, When to Upgrade/Replace
2015-02-28 OWC Weekend Specials
2015-02-22 An Example of When More CPU Cores Mean Responsive vs Sluggish
2015-02-21 OWC Weekend Specials
2015-01-29 How Fast Can Eight (8) SSDs go: Speed vs I/O Transfer Size
2015-01-29 How Fast Can Eight (8) SSDs go: SoftRAID RAID 1+0 vs RAID 5
2015-01-28 How Fast Can Eight (8) SSDs go in Dual OWC Thunderbay Minis on Thunderbolt 2?
2015-01-02 Tested: OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock
2014
2014-12-29 Elgato Thunderbolt Dock for $135
2014-12-21 Thunderbolt EFI Exploit
2014-11-21 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs
2014-11-21 OS X Yosemite Finder File Copy: Data Loss
2014-11-20 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs
2014-11-18 OS X Yosemite: Disable WiFi if Using Gigabit Ethernet
2014-11-17 OWC Announces ThunderBay Mini: 4-bay Enclosure for 2.5-inch Drives, Thunderbolt v2
2014-11-14 OWC Offers Thunderbay Mini, Thunderbolt v2 Enclosure for 2.5-Inch SSDs or Hard Drives (4 bays)
2014-10-16 WOW! Apple iMac with 5K Display
2014-10-16 Game Changer: MacMini with Dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports
2014-09-05 OWC Garage Sale
2014-09-02 OWC Thunderbay Now Up to 24TB (4 X 6TB Hard Drives)
2014-08-31 Thunderbolt Cabling Reliability: Check the Fit and Tension
2014-08-31 Simplify Your Storage: Fast, Reliable, Expandable
2014-08-29 OWC Labor Day Specials
2014-08-05 OWC Offers Thunderbay in RAID-5 Edition
2014-07-31 FOR SALE: eSATA enclosures, Thunderbolt to eSATA
2014-07-29 RAID 1+0 Fault Tolerance with SoftRAID 5
2014-07-29 Fast H.264 Video Compression on the MacBook Pro Beats the 2013 Mac Pro
2014-07-25 Four SSDs in OWC Thunderbay 4 test with RAID-0 and RAID-5
2014-07-11 RAID-0 Scalability with Thunderbolt 2: Separate Bus or Daisy Chain?
2014-07-08 RAID-0 Scalability: 60TB and 12 Hard Drives in Three OWC Thunderbay 4 Enclosures
2014-07-02 60TB here for Testing (OWC Thunderbay 4)
2014-07-01 July 4th deal on OWC Thunderbay IV
2014-06-30 Reader Questions on SoftRAID
2014-06-29 Testing the OWC Thunderbay 4
2014-06-27 OWC Thunderbay IV vs Thunderbay 4
2014-06-25 OWC Ships Thunderbay 4-Drive Solution with Thunderbolt 2
2014-06-16 OWC Thunderbay Special
2014-06-04 Thunderbolt: Does the Cable Length Matter for Performance?
2014-06-03 Awesome: SoftRAID with RAID-5 rebuild
2014-05-28 OWC Thunderbay as RAID-5 or RAID 1+0 Video Storage Solution
2014-05-26 How to Configure 2013 Mac Pro + many Mac Pro Configs in stock at B&H Photo
2014-05-07 OWC Thunderbay Now up to 20TB as 4 X 5TB Drives
2014-05-06 OWC Thunderbay Fan Noise = Nil
2014-05-02 OWC Thunderbay can use Hard Drives or SSDs and Handy for Swapping Drives of all Types
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
2014-04-07 OWC Upgrades Thunderbay 4-Bay Enclosure to Ultra-Quiet Fan
2014-04-07 Ethernet Way Faster over Thunderbolt 2
2014-03-28 Saving and Opening Huge Photoshop Files *FAST* (OWC Mercury Helios 2 and Dual Accelsior PCIe SSD)
2014-03-24 OWC Helios 2 and 128GB 2013 Mac Pro
2014-03-17 Attaching a Display to the CalDigit Thunderbolt Station
2014-03-14 CalDigit Thunderbolt Station Adds Support for iPhone/iPad Charging + Apple Superdrive
2014-03-08 Housing Data Safely: Dual OWC Thunderbay 4-Bay Units for Performance, Capacity, Redundancy, Backup
2014-03-06 2013 Mac Pro: Upgraded to 3.3 GHz 8-Core
2014-03-05 2013 Mac Pro Arrives
2014-03-01 Is Thunderbolt Faster than USB3?
2014-02-12 Switched to the 2013 Mac pro
2014-02-09 Tips for Attaching Thunderbolt Devices on the 2013 Mac Pro
2014-02-08 Reviewed: OWC Thunderbay 4-bay Thunderbolt Enclosure
2014-01-10 OWC Thunderbolt Cables up to 30 Meters
2014-01-03 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G: eSATA on Mac Pro vs via Thunderbolt
2014-01-01 Soft RAID 5 to Offer RAID-5 and RAID 1+0 Fault Tolerance via Software for Any Multi-Drive Setup
2014-01-01 Reviewed: CalDigit Thunderbolt Station
2014-01-01 2014: Year of Thunderbolt?
2013
2013-12-30 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual on Thunderbolt: Striping and Striped Pair of Mirrors
2013-12-30 FirmTek ThunderTek/PX PCIe Thunderbolt Enclosure + Q6G 4-Port eSATA card
2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt or USB3 Dual Drive Enclosure
2013-12-26 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual as Fault-Tolerant RAID-1 Mirror over Thunderbolt
2013-12-23 OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Thunderbolt vs USB for Dual-Drive RAID
2013-12-22 Peripherals and Add-Ons for Transition to the 2013 Mac Pro
2013-12-22 Making an Old Dog of a Laptop Run Like a Young Puppy, Make Lightroom or Photoshop Fly
2013-12-20 Thunderbolt Stuff for Mac Pro (and other Macs)
2013-12-19 Thunderbolt or USB3 for Hard Drives?
2013-12-19 2013 Mac Pro: What I ordered and Why
2013-12-18 2013 Mac Pro Buying advice
2013-11-24 Are Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope?
2013-10-27 Cost and Value of 2013 Mac Pro
2013-09-30 Reader Comment: Hard Drive Warranty
2013-09-29 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Faster than the Current Model?
2013-09-16 ioSafe N2 Fireproof and Waterproof Dual-Drive NAS
2013-09-13 Corning Optical Thunderbolt Cables Certified by Intel
2013-08-14 Thunderbolt and eSATA Combo
2013-07-29 Faster Workflow, Faster Lightroom, Faster Photoshop?
2013-07-24 Get the Existing Mac Pro While They Last?
2013-07-22 Thunderbolt Product Choices Poised to Balloon in Variety, Availability, Scope
2013-07-05 Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt: Recommended High Performance Config *with* Built-in Backup
2013-07-03 Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt: Performance with Hard Drives
2013-07-03 Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt: Performance with Four OWC 6G SSDs and Incompressible Data
2013-07-03 Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt: Performance with Four OWC 6G SSDs
2013-07-02 Promise Pegasus J4: Internal View with Four 6G SSDs
2013-07-02 Promise Pegasus J4: Initializing Drives
2013-07-02 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Pure Elegance, Visualized
2013-07-01 Promise Pegasus J4: Coming for Testing with SSD and HDD
2013-06-25 New Mac Pro: In Essence a Compute Box, so Why Not 10 Gigabit Ethernet?
2013-06-13 Pegasus J4: One Part of the Switchover Solution for the new Mac Pro?
2013-06-13 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Connecting eSATA via Thunderbolt
2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thoughts on a Switchover from Existing Tower
2013-06-12 2013 Apple Mac Pro: The Good Parts
2013-06-11 Reader Comment: OpenCL Support for the dual AMD GPUs
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Video User Comment
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: TMP?
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Misses the Mark for Video Users
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Hive Storage
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Cables and Rotating Chassis
2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices Predictions
2013-06-10 “In general is it better to purchase the older 6 core Mac Pro or get this newer machine?”
2013-06-10 WWDC: The New Apple Mac Pro
2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: WHEN?
2013-06-10 New Mac Pro: 1866MHz DDR3 memory
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Visuals
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Thunderbolt 20 Gbps
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
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: CPU Choices
2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Bear Proof?
2013-06-04 New Apple Mac Pro? No PCI and no Internal Expandability? Will it be a Mac Mini Super Sized?
2013-03-01 10 Gbps Ethernet
2012
2012-10-23 Analysis of the Oct 2012 MacMini
2012-09-04 OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for Thunderbolt Macs
2012-08-23 OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for MacBook Pro
2012-06-07 Rumored Mac Pro New Features
2011
2011-12-01 End of Life for the Apple Mac Pro? Still no word from Apple
2011-11-01 End of Life for the Apple Mac Pro?
2011-07-20 Apple’s July 2011 MacBook Air
2011-06-25 Thunderbolt Peripherals To Remain Pricey Until 2012
2011-06-21 Rumor Mill In Full Swing for new Mac Pro
2011-06-02 Whither Thunderbolt?
2011-05-16 6 Gbs SSDs in Existing 2010/2009 Mac Pro
2011-05-03 Apple’s Sandy Bridge iMac Arrives
2011-04-28 A New Mac Pro Model vs Existing Models
2011-04-20 Could There Be a New Mac Pro Coming?
2011-02-26 Astonishingly FAST Solid State Drives (SSD) Coming Soon
2011-02-25 Thoughts on Thunderbolt
2011-02-25 The 2011 Quad-Core Apple MacBook Pro