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2024-01-23 Deals: Gorgeous 5K Display with Built-In Computer (2020 iMac 5K)

2024-01-20 Botchware: Apple Forcibly Upgrading Macs to macOS Sonoma without User Permission or Input + How to Defeat Upgrades

2023-11-24 Black Friday Deals at OWC & BH Photo

2023-11-22 Deals: 2020 iMac 5K or 2017 iMac 5K — Gorgeous Display with Built-In Computer

2023-07-16 Workaround for the Kernel Panic with M2 Macs: File Sharing via 10 Gigabit Ethernet

2023-02-17 TESTED, Apple 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max: Zerene Stacker Focus Stacking

2023-01-29 Reader Comment: macOS Ventura Fails to Mount Camera Cards For Some

2023-01-24 The Anxiety Inducing Experience of Updating macOS Monterey

2022-12-03 OWC Deals: Load up on HUGE Storage, Max-Out Memory, etc

2022-11-09 Screaming Deal on Apple iMac 5K: Superb Display with a FREE Computer Inside as Low as $849

2022-09-01 Screaming Deal on Apple iMac 5K: Superb Display with a FREE Computer Inside as Low as $849

2022-04-22 Reader Comment: Prices for 2018 Mac mini RAM have dropped radically

2022-03-13 Is the Apple iMac 5K Dead as a Product Line?

2022-01-26 TESTED: Apple 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max — a Stunning Performer That Crushes Intel-Based Macs

2022-01-10 Huge Price Savings for 128GB Memory for iMac 5K and Other Macs

2022-01-10 REVIEWED: 2020 iMac 5K vs 2019 iMac 5K vs 2019 Mac Pro

2022-01-01 SHA-512 Hashing Speed in Java: 2019 Mac Pro, 2019 iMac 5K, 2020 iMac 5K, 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max

2021-12-22 Apple M1 Macs: Not a Mature Solution for General Usage eg Java Virtual Machine

2021-11-23 Computing Suggestions Aimed at Photographers and Videographers— Macs, Storage, Connectivity

2021-11-01 MacBook Pro M1 Max Shipping in 2022 — Consider a 10-Core iMac 5K with Gorgeous Large Display Instead, and Save $1500 too!

2021-10-21 Will We Have an Apple M1 Max Duo and Quad in 2022? Intel-Based Solutions to Become Performance Dinosaurs Overnight?

2021-10-14 Latest macOS Mojave Update on my iMac 5K Wrecks Sleep Mode; iMac Constantly Wakes up Dozens of times a day

2021-10-12 Portable SSDs for Travel Storage and Especially Backup

2021-08-02 Apple M2 Macs: What Pros Need to Know in a Nutshell

2021-05-18 Apple Readies new Crop of Pro Mac using Apple M1/M2 Chip Technology

2021-04-20 Apple 24-Inch iMac with M1 CPU —  Home Run for Mainstream Usage, Iffy for Photographers

2020-09-01 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: Save up to 77.7% with OWC Memory

2020-08-19 2020 iMac 5K Display Stream Compression (DSC) and Its Role in Making Dual 6K Display Support Possible

2020-08-07 Reader Comment: “Loss of confidence in Apple, what are our options?"

2020-08-06 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: Might it have Dual Thunderbolt 3 Busses when Configured with Radeon Pro 5700 or Radeon Pro 5700 XT GPU?

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Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra

World’s fastest desktop?.

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 Mac Pro (December 2019)

Workhorse desktop tower..

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..

Apple MacBook Pro Retina (June 2017)

Improved performance over 2016 model..

Apple MacBook Pro Retina (late 2016)

Touchbar, wide gamut, unrivalled SSD..

Thunderbolt peripherals

Reviews of Thunderbolt products..

OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock

Two-Drive Hardware RAID plus USB ports, SD slot, video, gigabit.

Apple 2017 iMac Pro

High-end computing moves to the iMac form factor..

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.

How To Guides

How to perform useful tasks and upgrades..

Optimizing Photoshop CS5 Performance

The best hardware and configuration for Photoshop CS5..

Optimizing Mac Performance

Learn about Activity Monitor and understand how CPU cores, processes, memory use, and software scalability affect performance..

Quick Links for Buying

Where to go to buy Macs and related items..

Choosing and Configuring a Mac

An in-depth look at how to find the right Mac setup for you.

Apple July 2010 iMac 27-inch Quad-Core

Just how fast is Apple’s new quad-core iMac?.

Apple Mac Pro Westmere 4/6/8/12-Core (Aug 2010)

Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, and is 2010 Mac Pro faster or better than 2009 model?.

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..

Solid State Drives (SSD)

Choosing and using solid state drives..

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..

Drives and Expansion and Various

Reviews of various hardware and software..

Core Rot at Apple

The worrisome decline of OS X quality and integrity..

Fusion How To

Using Apple’s Fusion drive technology..



Blog posts

2024

2024-01-23 Deals: Gorgeous 5K Display with Built-In Computer (2020 iMac 5K)

2024-01-20 Botchware: Apple Forcibly Upgrading Macs to macOS Sonoma without User Permission or Input + How to Defeat Upgrades

2023

2023-11-24 Black Friday Deals at OWC & BH Photo

2023-11-22 Deals: 2020 iMac 5K or 2017 iMac 5K — Gorgeous Display with Built-In Computer

2023-07-16 Workaround for the Kernel Panic with M2 Macs: File Sharing via 10 Gigabit Ethernet

2023-02-17 TESTED, Apple 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max: Zerene Stacker Focus Stacking

2023-01-29 Reader Comment: macOS Ventura Fails to Mount Camera Cards For Some

2023-01-24 The Anxiety Inducing Experience of Updating macOS Monterey

2022

2022-12-03 OWC Deals: Load up on HUGE Storage, Max-Out Memory, etc

2022-11-09 Screaming Deal on Apple iMac 5K: Superb Display with a FREE Computer Inside as Low as $849

2022-09-01 Screaming Deal on Apple iMac 5K: Superb Display with a FREE Computer Inside as Low as $849

2022-04-22 Reader Comment: Prices for 2018 Mac mini RAM have dropped radically

2022-03-13 Is the Apple iMac 5K Dead as a Product Line?

2022-01-26 TESTED: Apple 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max — a Stunning Performer That Crushes Intel-Based Macs

2022-01-10 Huge Price Savings for 128GB Memory for iMac 5K and Other Macs

2022-01-10 REVIEWED: 2020 iMac 5K vs 2019 iMac 5K vs 2019 Mac Pro

2022-01-01 SHA-512 Hashing Speed in Java: 2019 Mac Pro, 2019 iMac 5K, 2020 iMac 5K, 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max

2021

2021-12-22 Apple M1 Macs: Not a Mature Solution for General Usage eg Java Virtual Machine

2021-11-23 Computing Suggestions Aimed at Photographers and Videographers— Macs, Storage, Connectivity

2021-11-01 MacBook Pro M1 Max Shipping in 2022 — Consider a 10-Core iMac 5K with Gorgeous Large Display Instead, and Save $1500 too!

2021-10-21 Will We Have an Apple M1 Max Duo and Quad in 2022? Intel-Based Solutions to Become Performance Dinosaurs Overnight?

2021-10-14 Latest macOS Mojave Update on my iMac 5K Wrecks Sleep Mode; iMac Constantly Wakes up Dozens of times a day

2021-10-12 Portable SSDs for Travel Storage and Especially Backup

2021-08-02 Apple M2 Macs: What Pros Need to Know in a Nutshell

2021-05-18 Apple Readies new Crop of Pro Mac using Apple M1/M2 Chip Technology

2021-04-20 Apple 24-Inch iMac with M1 CPU —  Home Run for Mainstream Usage, Iffy for Photographers

2020

2020-09-01 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: Save up to 77.7% with OWC Memory

2020-08-19 2020 iMac 5K Display Stream Compression (DSC) and Its Role in Making Dual 6K Display Support Possible

2020-08-07 Reader Comment: “Loss of confidence in Apple, what are our options?"

2020-08-06 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: Might it have Dual Thunderbolt 3 Busses when Configured with Radeon Pro 5700 or Radeon Pro 5700 XT GPU?

2020-08-06 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: Save up to 77.7% with OWC Memory

2020-08-05 Apple 2020 iMac 5K: some Nice New Options but with Downsides for Pro Users, Too

2020-07-28 It’s Almost Too Late to Get the Last Mac that Can Run Mojave

2020-02-15 $500 Off Apple Mac Pro at B&H Photo, $300 Off 16" MacBook Pro, iMac Too

2020-01-04 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: MUCH Slower CPU Cores than 2019 iMac 5K, but Lots More of 'em

2020-01-04 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: a Quick Look at How I Configured the Beast

2019

2019-12-28 Detecting Data Corruption Caused by Bit Rot or Bad Drives or Software Bugs with diglloydTools IntegrityChecker

2019-12-22 TESTED: 2019 MacBook Pro 16-inch versus 2019 iMac 5K — MacBook Pro Finally the Do-It-All Desktop Replacement?

2019-12-20 OWC Delivers up to 512GB in 2017 iMac Pro (prior limit was 256GB)

2019-12-18 2019 Mac Pro: Most likely Slower than 2019 iMac 5K Unless Gobs of Memory or GPU or CPU Cores are Used

2019-12-18 2019 Mac Pro: Tips for Upgrading Memory

2019-12-18 Validating Data Transfer/Copy Before Deleting the Source/Original Data: diglloydTools IntegrityChecker

2019-12-18 Factory refurbished Apple iMac Pro at a great price from OWC

2019-12-18 Reader Question: Top-End 2018 MacBook Pro Screaming Deal?

2019-11-17 Why I Might Have to Abandon the 2019 iMac 5K

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

2019-06-14 The 2019 iMac 5K that I Use is Already Discounted at B&H Photo

2019-05-25 An Interview with OWC’s Larry O'Conner on Development of the Aura Pro X2 SSD.

2019-05-07 Switched to macOS Mojave, out of Necessity with 2019 iMac 5K

2019-05-02 Two-Minute Install of OWC 128GB Memory Kit for 2019 iMac 5K Works Great, Runs Big Jobs Effortlessly

2019-05-02 How Much are GPU and CPU Cores used by Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details?

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

2019-04-17 OWC Can Upgrade the iMac Pro to 256GB

2019-04-01 Reader Question: Radeon Pro Vega 48 GPU Upgrade for 2019 iMac 5K

2019-03-29 Breaking the 64GB Barrier: OWC Enables Up to 128GB Memory in 2019 iMac 5K, get 128GB for about the Price of 64GB!

2019-03-24 An eGPU is Useless for Photoshop and Lightroom Unless...

2019-03-18 Apple 2019 iMac 5K: 64GB OWC Memory Costs *Less* Than 32GB from Apple

2019-03-18 Apple iMac Pro: Higher-End Graphics Option, and up to 256GB Memory

2019-03-18 Apple 2019 iMac 5K: Two Hits with One Big Miss

2019-03-10 Why 64GB Memory Matters, and Why It Might Not Be Enough

2019-03-02 Reader Question: Moving from a 2010 Mac Pro to Newer Mac such as 2018 Mac mini (UPDATED with Reader Comments)

2019-02-22 Apple Core Rot : Debugging Severe Security Bug in Apple’s macOS Security Infrastructure (Apple Gatekeeper and Apple MRT)

2019-02-09 Apple 2017 iMac 5K is a Terrific Machine, but Too Often It Impedes My Work

2019-02-09 Understanding Thunderbolt 3 Daisy Chaining

2019-01-26 Apple 2018 Mac mini: Java Performance for diglloydTools IntegrityChecker a Big Bump Up vs 2017 iMac 5K

2019-01-11 My Days of 4 CPU Cores Are Over: Six Cores is Dubious for My Work, 8 CPU Cores Might Have to Be the New Minimum + Might Need 8TB SSD

2018

2018-12-20 Apple 2018 Mac mini: Substantial Performance Gain over the Fastest 2017 iMac 5K

2018-12-12 Apple 2018 Mac mini Reviewed

2018-12-11 Save Big On Apple Through Dec 22

2018-11-23 Black Friday Deals at OWC

2018-09-04 Reader Comments: Configuring the 2018 MacBook Pro as as Desktop Replacement

2018-09-01 Amazing Deals on the Brand-New Apple 2018 MacBook Pro: What to Get for a High School or College Student

2018-08-27 Back to School: Solid Discounts on 2018 Macs

2018-08-14 2018 MacBook Pro Reviewed: Fastest Apple MacBook Pro Ever and By Far—It’s a Winner

2018-08-12 Reader Question on 2018 MacBook Pro: Does the 13-inch Model have Yellowish Tint to Its Display?

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

2018-07-23 Followup 9 Months Later: My Sprinter Photography Adventure Van Project: Computer Desk and Connectivity

2018-07-16 Pondering the 2018 Apple MacBook Pro: Serves Little Useful Purpose for *Me* Even for Travel—I Await a Revised iMac or iMac Pro

2018-06-23 Laptop and/or Desktop for College Student?

2018-06-22 OWC Savings on *Factory Sealed* Apple iMac 5K

2018-06-14 Using an old Apple 30-inch Cinema Display on an iMac Pro

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

2018-04-28 OWC Thunderblade SSD Shipping in All Capacities up to 8TB — Ideal for Video Production and Capture. and/or Silent and High Capacity Photoshop Workflow

2018-03-16 Privacy: When Your Computer is Repaired, Does the Facility Scan your Private Information too? BestBuy’s GeekSquad Gets Paid to Scan and Report to the FBI

2018-03-07 Lots of Shootouts: 2017 iMac Pro 18-core vs 2017 iMac 5K

2018-03-07 iMac Pro 18-core Rocks Delivers Unprecedented Performance Gains for Adobe Lightroom, Trouncing the 2017 iMac 5K

2018-03-04 What Can an iMac Pro 18 Core Do? Require Special Restoration Procedures when Semi-Bricking Itself

2018-02-27 What Can an iMac Pro 18 Core Do? Go into Infinite Reinstall Loop

2018-02-24 Apple Needs to Rethink Activity Monitor for High Core Count Machines

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

2018-01-25 Reader Comment: LaCie 2Big Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock

2018-01-21 2TB LaCie Bolt: Uses Two 'Blades' So Can Run as RAID-0 Stripe (default) or RAID-1 Mirror or Two Independent Volumes

2018-01-17 SoftRAID Updated to Fix Issue with macOS 10.13 High Sierra

2018-01-17 macOS 10.13.2 and Disk Utility = Atrocious Bug-Ridden Disaster

2018-01-15 Helicon Focus 7.0: Huge Improvement in Scalability for High Core Count Machines

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?

2018-01-11 Apple Quality Control: Enough is Enough

2018-01-11 Detecting and Preventing Credit Card and Similar Financial Fraud via Text Notifications

2018-01-10 How Fast is the Apple iMac Pro for RAW File Conversion?

2018-01-09 2TB LaCie Bolt: Maxes Out Thunderbolt 3 Bus for Reads, Very Fast Writes, Beats iMac Pro SSD for Reads 1MB and Smaller

2018-01-09 Perspective on Just What a Deal an iMac 5K or iMac Pro is Versus Historical Cost

2018-01-09 SoftRAID Issue on the iMac Pro: Keeps Reintalling Driver and Rebooting

2018-01-08 Thoroughly TESTED: Apple iMac Pro vs 2017 iMac 5K and Others

2018-01-07 Apple iMac Pro: First Look at Performance

2018-01-07 macOS Compatibility Problems with iMac Pro with both High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) and Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1114)

2018-01-07 Testing the 2017 iMac Pro against the 2017 iMac 5K and 2013 Mac Pro and 2010 Mac Pro

2018-01-02 New Year’s Resolution for Apple: Can We Please Have macOS 'Sobered Up' in 2018? Keychain Crash and Others—macOS Increasingly Unstable = Unacceptable

2017

2017-12-31 Computer Gear Recommendations + OWC Year-End Deals

2017-12-30 diglloydTools v 2.2.15 Now Includes Java IntegrityChecker with up to 50% Speed Improvement

2017-12-29 iMac Pro in Stock at B&H Photo + Year-End Deals

2017-12-27 OWC Tears Down the 2017 iMac Pro, Announces Future Memory Upgrade Programs

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

2017-12-24 diglloydTools Updated to v 2.2.15, IntegrityChecker Sees up to 38% Speed Improvement

2017-12-23 Why More CPU Cores Often Run no Faster, and Sometimes Slower than Fewer CPU Cores

2017-12-23 Turbo Boost and the Intel Xeon W CPUs in the Apple iMac Pro

2017-12-20 iMac Pro Models for Photographers

2017-12-18 4-Core CPUs do not Leave Much Grunt for Other Tasks: Cloning Can Use all Available CPUs in a 4-Core Mac

2017-12-14 iMac Pro: Pricing and Thoughts

2017-12-13 iMac Pro: Downclocked CPUs

2017-12-03 Wither the iMac Pro?

2017-12-03 4-Core CPUs are Easily Maxed-Out with a Few Simple Tasks

2017-12-01 4-Core CPUs do not Leave Much Grunt for Other Tasks

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 Gobsmacked: Power Efficiency of the 2017 iMac 5K vs 2015 iMac 5K, Particularly on the Road in Sprinter Van

2017-11-27 Using Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports to Build Out a System

2017-11-25 How and Why I Partitioned the 2TB SSD in the 2017 iMac 5K

2017-11-25 OWC Black Friday Door Busters end Sunday Nov 26

2017-11-24 macOS High Sierra APFS Performance is Inferior to HFS on Apple’s Fastest SSD: all cost, no benefit, at least not yet

2017-11-24 macOS High Sierra: Apple Core Rot in Spades: “damaged and can’t be opened” for all pdf, dmg, xml, xsd, properties, jar files, folders also — “damaged and can’t be opened” error message caused by com.apple.quarantine xattr

2017-11-23 Why I Probably Will Never Buy a Mac Pro Again

2017-11-23 Choosing a Photography Workstation Setup for 2018 Usage

2017-11-22 Black Friday DoorBuster Deals at OWC

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?

2017-11-18 Black Friday Deals at B&H Photo

2017-11-11 Reader Question: Best Mac if Buying Now

2017-10-22 Apple Kernel Bug? 2015 iMac 5K Runs at 0.8 GHz When Cold, Even with Warm Air Out Rear Vents

2017-10-18 Will the iMac Pro Be Worth The Cost?

2017-10-12 Deals on Factory Sealed iMac 5K at OWC + Refurbished Mac Deals

2017-10-03 Travel Bag for iMac 5K — Works Great

2017-09-17 Options for Connecting a Display with Mini DisplayPort or DisplayPort input to a Mac with Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C

2017-09-15 OWC USB-C Mini Travel Dock for Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C Macs such as 2016/2017 MacBook Pro, 2017 iMac 5K

2017-09-08 Will the iMac Pro Be Worth The Cost?

2017-09-08 Travel Bag for iMac 5K

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

2017-09-03 Reasons that ECC Memory Matters

2017-08-29 Padded Case for iMac 5K

2017-08-23 OWC Used Macs Mega Sale

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 Substantial discounts on Macs at B&H Photo + OWC Back to School Specials

2017-08-09 Reader Question: SSD vs Fusion Drive in iMac 5K

2017-07-29 My Sprinter Photography Adventure Van Project: Which Mac? Experience Report / Proving it Out? MacBook Pro = Not so good for big jobs

2017-07-25 64GB Memory Kit for 2017 iMac 5K Works Great: Save $760 vs Apple

2017-07-24 Get a 5K Display for only $1499 PLUS a FREE COMPUTER

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

2017-07-18 2017 iMac 5K: XCode Build C++ Project

2017-07-18 2017 MacBook Pro and 2017 iMac 5K: Convert 50-Megapixel CR2 Raw to JPEG

2017-07-18 2017 MacBook Pro: Text Search with grep Versus Other Macs (SSD Speed + CPU Speed)

2017-07-16 Apple Bug? 2017 MacBook Pro Has Impaired Performance Using Apple Power Brick vs OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock + Why Does 800% CPU Usage Go Into Idle Clock Speed Mode?

2017-07-16 Adobe Lightroom Performance: Inefficiencies Could be Fixed

2017-07-14 2017 iMac 5K vs 2015 iMac 5K : Lightroom Import, Generate 1:1 Previews + Lightroom Export Full-Res JPEGs

2017-07-08 TESTED with Photoshop: 2017 iMac 5K vs 2015 iMac 5K

2017-07-08 2017 iMac 5K: How System Memory Needed for Photoshop?

2017-07-08 TESTED with Photoshop: 2017 iMac 5K SSD vs 2015 iMac 5K

2017-07-07 Save Big Bucks on 64GB Memory for 2017 iMac 5K

2017-07-07 Speed Up Migration Assistant Using Thunderbolt Instead of Ethernet (or WiFi)

2017-07-07 TESTED: 2017 iMac 5K SSD Speed vs 2015 iMac 5K (Surprising Finding)

2017-06-21 Screen Burn-In: Ghost Images on iMac 5K Display

2017-06-20 macOS Thunderbolt 10 Gigabit Networking Still Not Ready for Prime Time

2017-06-19 Does macOS 10.12.5 Break Gigabit Ethernet?

2017-06-17 Comparing the 2017 iMac 5K to the iMac Pro

2017-06-16 Ordered Too Little Memory in 2017 iMac 4K? OWC Can Upgrade It Anyway

2017-06-15 Coming Soon for Review: 2017 iMac 5K

2017-06-15 Deals on Apple Macs

2017-06-10 Dell UltraSharp 32 Ultra HD 8K Display is Shipping, Dec 2017 iMac Pro Already Behind the Curve

2017-06-07 Assessing the Dec 2017 Apple iMac Pro

2017-06-06 Apple’s Memory Prices Insanely High As Usual: Save a Bundle by Ordering 8GB Config in Mid-2017 iMac 5K

2017-06-05 New iMac 5K, iMac 5K Pro, MacBook and MacBook Pro Models

2017-05-19 Big Discounts on Mac Pro and iMac 5K

2017-04-15 Deals at OWC / MacSales.com

2017-04-07 Desired Features for 2018/2019 Mac Pro

2017-04-05 Apple’s Rare and Very Welcome Hints at Future Mac Pro and iMac

2017-03-29 New Deals on MacBook Pro, Mac Mini

2017-03-28 Caution on macOS 10.12.4: sudo is broken, sudo hangs before password for nearly 5 minutes

2017-03-12 When Will a new iMac and Mac Pro Arrive?

2017-02-10 Big Discounts on *Current Model* iMac 5K at OWC

2017-01-25 Intel 'Kaby Lake' Processors for MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook, etc: Already Way Behind the Curve?

2017-01-08 Can a 2016 MacBook Pro support an 8K display?

2017-01-08 Dell UltraSharp 32 Ultra HD 8K Display Suggests that an iMac 8K is Technically Feasible

2017-01-05 LG 5K Display for 2016 MacBook Pro

2016

2016-12-26 A Slew of Discounts on Apple Macs, iPads

2016-12-26 Clean Dust Off Computer Innards for Longer Service Life

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

2016-12-23 2016 MacBook Pro: Design by Dilettantes?

2016-11-23 OWC Black Friday Specials

2016-11-08 2016 MacBook Pro: Pros and Cons Abound

2016-10-16 Potential Security Issue: Google Chrome Update Mechanism Broken, Erroneously Claims up to Date for Any/All Versions

2016-07-18 MacSales Deal on iMac 5K

2016-07-08 Apple Knows Better: Your Needs as a Traditional Mac User do not Matter — Has Apple Abandoned the Creative Community?

2016-06-17 No New Macs at WWDC

2016-06-02 MacSales.com June 'Garage Sale' + Deal on iMac 5K

2016-06-01 Withered Apple: Whither Macs with Thunderbolt 3? WWDC Announcements?

2016-05-17 When Software Crashes It is Immensely Frustrating: Why is Lightroom Crashing?

2016-05-09 Photoshop CC 2015 Now Uses all the CPU Cores for RAW-File Conversion

2016-05-04 Upgrades Make Sense in Many Cases

2016-05-02 B&H Photo Mother’s Day Specials

2016-04-28 What’s Coming in Macs This Year?

2016-04-11 Late 2015 Apple iMac 5K: a Display Without Peer for Sheer Viewing Pleasure

2016-04-05 Thunderbolt on OS X: Spontaneous Drive Disconnect

2016-04-04 Selling that Computer? Wipe Out Personal Files First

2016-03-15 OWC Introduces 480GB and 1TB SSD Upgrades for 2013 and Later MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina

2016-03-14 3 iMac Deals + Building a High-Performance iMac

2016-03-01 Photography / Videography: Enhancing your iMac 5K (or Mac Pro)

2016-01-21 OS X 10.11.3: iMac 5K Screen Black Screen —Will not Wake Up From Sleep

2015

2015-12-31 OWC Envoy Pro Mini 480GB Ultra-Portable SSD (Thumb Drive) as an OS X Boot Drive

2015-12-27 End of the Year: 3 Days Left for Small Business to Write off that new Computer, Camera, etc

2015-12-24 Apple iMac 5K Purchased and Arrived: It’s a Keeper for Professional Use, which is Unprecedented

2015-12-20 Memory: It’s Great to Have 64GB in the iMac 5K

2015-12-13 Rebates on Macs, $100 Off Apple Watch

2015-12-12 2013 Mac Pro: Video Card Going Bad? Display Signal Problems with Crackling Sound, Reader Confirmation

2015-12-05 iMac 5K (Late 2015) vs Mac Pro: XCode Build diglloydTools

2015-12-04 OWC Most Popular Items

2015-12-03 iMac 5K vs Mac Pro: Iridient Developer: Convert 50-Megapixel Images to 16-bit TIF

2015-12-02 iMac 5K vs Mac Pro: PhotoZoom Pro

2015-12-01 Photoshop CC 2015: 10-bit Per Channel (30-bit Color) Now Supported

2015-12-01 Isn’t it About Time that 4K Video is Available Directly on an iMac? 📹

2015-12-01 iMac 5K (Late 2015): Bridges the Gap to the Mac Pro—It’s a Keeper

2015-11-30 Cyber Monday Deals at OWC and B&H Photo

2015-11-24 Get a Gorgeous 5K Display—with a Free Computer Included!

2015-11-23 iMac 5K (Late 2015) with 64GB: the Key to Professional Usage

2015-11-23 Parents: Macs Under $1000, and Many More Mac Discounts

2015-11-21 iMac 5K (Late 2015) vs Mac Pro: Real World Photoshop Performance

2015-11-21 Apple iMac 5K: 8GB and 16GB Configurations can *ADD* Memory While Keeping the Two Modules You Already Paid For

2015-11-20 OWC 64GB Memory for iMac 5K Now $675

2015-11-20 Late 2015 iMac 5K: Photoshop Filters vs Mac Pro

2015-11-20 Late 2015 iMac 5K vs Mac Pro: Convert 50-Megapixel RAW Files to JPEG

2015-11-20 Late 2015 iMac 5K: diglloyd Photoshop Benchmarks

2015-11-20 Late 2015 iMac 5K: IntegrityChecker 'verify' (SHA1 hash)

2015-11-19 Late 2015 iMac 5K: Rocking Fast Flash Drive / SSD

2015-11-17 iMac 5K: Top-Line Config Now in Stock

2015-11-15 Deals of Note at B&H Photo

2015-11-12 iMac 5K: the Top-Line Config + Save On Memory by Getting the Memory Separately

2015-11-11 $150 off the Brand-New Apple iMac 5K

2015-11-07 Best Choice for Color Gamut and Real Calibration is a Professional Solution (iMac 5K not so great)

2015-11-06 Apple’s DCI(P3) Color Gamut Improves Upon Longstanding Marginal Gamut, Yet Makes Little Sense in Context for Amateurs or Pros

2015-11-05 MPG’s Computer and Storage Wish List at B&H Photo

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?

2015-10-26 The Apple iMac 5K ('Late 2015')

2015-10-15 Reader Comment: Adobe Quality Control an Issue?

2015-10-14 Reader Question: Update Coming for Apple Thunderbolt Display?

2015-10-13 New Apple iMacs Available for Pre-Order at B&H Photo + BUYING RECOMMENDATIONS

2015-10-13 New Apple iMac 5K 27" Supports 64GB Memory, OWC Has Kits Available

2015-09-04 Reader Question: NEC Displays vs Apple

2015-08-27 Finding Deals on Macs or anything else at B&H

2015-08-11 OWC Back to School Specials

2015-06-17 Dell UP2715K: 5K Display for Mac

2015-05-27 Upgrade iMac to up to 8TB Internally!

2015-05-26 OS X Yosemite May Drop Unstable 'discoveryd' and Restore mDNSResponder

2015-05-26 Some Deals at B&H Photo on Macs

2015-05-23 OWC Teardown of iMac 5K

2015-05-19 OWC Memory Kit for new iMac 5K

2015-03-26 iMac: How to Upgrade the Internal Drive

2015-02-06 Drives Unmounting After Sleep in OS X Yosemite?

2015-01-12 Selling that Computer? Wipe Out Personal Files First

2014

2014-11-19 4K Televisions Plummet in Price

2014-11-07 Selling that Computer? Wipe Out Personal Files First

2014-11-06 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: Create Multi-Resolution Image Series

2014-11-05 When the iPhone and Three Nearby Computers all Ring for a Phone Call, and is this a Privacy Issue?

2014-11-05 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: PhaseOne CaptureOne Pro RAW to JPEG

2014-11-05 Apple iCloud: Promiscous Saving for Security Lapses

2014-11-04 iMac 5K: Content Lacking

2014-11-04 Verizon Tracking Users in Nefarious Way

2014-11-04 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: More Benchmarks

2014-11-04 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: RAW to JPEG

2014-11-03 The iMac 5K Goes Back

2014-11-03 Static Problems on Input/Output with Some Macs?

2014-11-02 iMac 5K: Adding a 2nd Display (4K Display)

2014-11-02 Photography is MPG’s Primary Work

2014-11-02 iMac 5K: Stressing the CPU and GPU

2014-11-01 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: Video Transcode 4K to 1080p

2014-11-01 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: XCode Build

2014-11-01 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: Photoshop Filters, Various

2014-10-31 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: Integrity Checker (SHA1 Hash)

2014-10-31 Fastest iMac 5K vs the Fastest Mac Pro: Photoshop

2014-10-25 iMac 5K Review to resume...

2014-10-22 Disappointing: iMac 5K Flash Drive (1TB SSD) way slower than Mac Pro

2014-10-22 iMac 5K Screen Scaling

2014-10-22 iMac 5K: System Black-Out

2014-10-22 iMac 5K: Display Quality in Context

2014-10-21 Color Gamut of iMac 5K

2014-10-21 MPG iMac 5K Has Landed

2014-10-20 OS X Yosemite: Severe Performance Issues with File Open Dialog

2014-10-20 OS X Yosemite: Full Screen Mode Continues to be Anti-Functional for Dual Displays

2014-10-19 MPG iMac 5K Arrives Soon

2014-10-17 Apple iMac 5K Memory Kits at OWC

2014-10-17 Apple iMac 5K Color Gamut?

2014-10-16 OS X Yosemite: Screen Bleed-Through for Images Impairs Perception

2014-10-16 Oct 2014 Mac Mini (new one): is the Memory Upgradeable?

2014-10-16 Why There is no New 5K External Display to Match the iMac 5K

2014-10-16 How Much Resolution in a 5K Display?

2014-10-16 WOW! Apple iMac with 5K Display

2013

2013-10-07 Fast iMac or Mac Pro?

2013-09-24 New iMac with PCIe Flash Storage

2013-06-11 2013 Apple Mac Pro: More Reader Comments

2013-06-10 2013 Apple Mac Pro: Reader Comments

2013-03-12 OWC Larry Comments on Memory Price Trends and SSD NAND Supply

2013-02-21 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2013-02-09 The iMac is a New Design, therefore the Mac Pro is Tool Old to Consider

2013-01-17 3.4 GHz iMac: XCode Build

2013-01-13 Apple Late 2012 3.4 GHz iMac: Photoshop CS6 Auto Align Layers

2013-01-10 Apple iMac: RAW File Conversion to TIF and JPEG vs Mac Pro, MBP

2013-01-10 Apple iMac with Fusion Partitioning: Benefits of Partitioning, and How-To

2013-01-09 Reviewed: Apple Late 2012 3.4 GHz iMac

2013-01-09 Apple iMac: The Fusion Cliff

2013-01-09 Apple iMac: Fusion and Its Alternatives

2013-01-06 OWC Mercury Viper 6G 3.5" SSD

2013-01-05 Apple iMac 3.4 GHz Coming for Testing

2012

2012-12-20 New Apple 27" iMac — 32GB Memory

2012-12-16 OWC Offers Memory Upgrade Kit for late 2012 Apple 21.5" iMac

2012-12-10 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2012-12-03 New Apple 27" iMac — Buying Advice

2012-11-30 New Apple 27" iMac

2012-11-30 New Apple 21.5" iMac — Memory is Difficult to Upgrade

2012-11-03 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2012-10-25 Apple’s Fusion Drive

2012-10-23 Analysis of the Oct 2012 iMac

2012-10-19 Apple 27" iMac Seagate 1TB Drive Replacement Program

2012-09-05 iMac Deals at B&H Photo

2012-09-04 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2012-06-03 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2012-05-30 OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD 960GB

2012-04-18 Memory Price Trends for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro, MacMini

2012-03-19 Memory Price Trends for Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro, MacMini

2012-02-21 Memory Price Trends for Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro, MacMini

2012-01-19 Where to Buy a Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac?

2011

2011-12-20 Stocking Stuffers and Gifts

2011-12-17 Price for MacBook Pro 16B Memory Plunges (or 32GB for iMac)

2011-12-08 OWC Warranty Service on iMac Modifications

2011-12-01 Memory Price Trends Graphs Updated

2011-12-01 End of Life for the Apple Mac Pro? Still no word from Apple

2011-11-01 Memory and Hard Drive Prices: Win Some, Lose Some

2011-11-01 End of Life for the Apple Mac Pro?

2011-10-19 Price Drop for 8GB Modules for MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Pro

2011-10-11 Price History of Memory for Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac Memory

2011-10-03 Apple iMac Memory Prices Flatten

2011-09-09 Memory Prices Stabilize for Apple iMac

2011-08-15 Get 16GB of Memory for Apple iMac for Only $148!

2011-06-01 Memory Price Trends for Mac Pro and MacBook Pro and iMac

2011-05-05 2011 iMac Supports SATA III 6 Gbps When Firmware Update Is Applied

2011-05-03 Apple’s Sandy Bridge iMac Arrives

2011-03-09 Is 32GB for iMac Coming Next?

2011-01-28 Memory Prices at rock bottom for Apple Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac

2011-01-03 Why I Always Have At Least 24GB memory (and why a 16GB iMac doesn’t cut it)

2010

2010-12-11 Update on Memory Prices for Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac

2010-11-06 Reader comment: Mac Pro or iMac?

2010-08-08 My iMac 27" is Off to OWC for the MPG Pro One Upgrade — What I Ordered

2010-08-08 Apple 27-inch iMac Compared to 3.33GHz Mac Pro for RAW-file Processing

2010-08-07 Apple 2010 27" iMac — Upgrading, Performance, Cores and Clock Speed, and Avoid that SSD Option

2010-08-04 MPG Pro One™ NOW AVAILABLE (pro-grade 2010 iMac 27")

2010-08-01 How to Follow My Coverage and Reviews of the New MAC PRO and iMac

2010-07-31 OWC a la Carte Upgrades for iMac, including eSATA, Memory, SSD option

2010-07-31 New! MPG Pro One™ (pro-grade iMac)

2010-07-28 Pricing and Valuing the iMac Against the Mac Pro

2010-07-27 Memory Upgrades — How Does Your Vendor Test?

2010-07-27 Apple’s SSD for iMac (dual internal drives)

2010-07-27 Apple’s SSD for Mac Pro (or iMac) — Not a Smart Move

2010-07-08 Connecting a MacBook Pro or iMac or Mac Pro to a DisplayPort Monitor (Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable)

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