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2024-03-01 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-01-23 TESTED: OWC Thunderbay X8 SSD, Single SSD Blade

2024-01-08 OWC Thunderblade X8: NVMe RAID SSD with 8 blades

2023-12-07 TESTED, OMG: OWC Express 1M2 USB4 SSD Trounces the Fastest Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2023-11-05 iPhone 15 Pro Max: Connects at USB 2.0 speed 9/10 Times

2023-10-25 iPhone 15 Pro Max can Degrade Thunderbolt Peripherals to USB 2.0 Speed

2023-09-22 Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max: USB 2 Connection/Speed, no USB 3.1, why?

2023-08-18 TESTED: 8TB OWC Envoy Express Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2023-06-05 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra/Max and Apple 2023 Mac Studio M2 Ultra/Max

2023-02-27 REVIEWED: OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion

2023-02-13 Dirty Secrets of Thunderbolt Daisy Chaining: Never Reliable, Probably Never Will Be, Kernel Panics with Sustained I/O eg Backups

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

2022-03-11 Apple M1 Ultra CPU: a Technological Tour de Force Joining Two M1 Max Chips on the Same Die with UltraFusion

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

2022-02-14 macOS Monterey: Constantly Loses 2nd Display Coming out of Sleep, Forces me to Reboot 2-3 Times Every Day — Thunderbolt = voodoo

2021-11-26 OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual for up to 16TB U.2 SSD, or 64TB NVMe M.2

2021-11-23 OWC Announces miniStack STX World’s First Thunderbolt™ 4 Certified Storage and Hub Expansion Solution

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

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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 2023 MacBook Pro M3 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..

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..

Thunderbolt peripherals

Reviews of Thunderbolt products..

OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini

High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..

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 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 Mercury Elite Pro Dual Thunderbolt / USB3

Dual-drive Thunderbolt + USB3 user-selectable RAID..

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..

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

2024

2024-03-01 OWC Mad March Savings, Awesome Price on Thunderbolt Dock, Macs, etc

2024-01-23 TESTED: OWC Thunderbay X8 SSD, Single SSD Blade

2024-01-08 OWC Thunderblade X8: NVMe RAID SSD with 8 blades

2023

2023-12-07 TESTED, OMG: OWC Express 1M2 USB4 SSD Trounces the Fastest Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2023-11-05 iPhone 15 Pro Max: Connects at USB 2.0 speed 9/10 Times

2023-10-25 iPhone 15 Pro Max can Degrade Thunderbolt Peripherals to USB 2.0 Speed

2023-09-22 Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max: USB 2 Connection/Speed, no USB 3.1, why?

2023-08-18 TESTED: 8TB OWC Envoy Express Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2023-06-05 Apple 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra/Max and Apple 2023 Mac Studio M2 Ultra/Max

2023-02-27 REVIEWED: OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion

2023-02-13 Dirty Secrets of Thunderbolt Daisy Chaining: Never Reliable, Probably Never Will Be, Kernel Panics with Sustained I/O eg Backups

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

2022-03-11 Apple M1 Ultra CPU: a Technological Tour de Force Joining Two M1 Max Chips on the Same Die with UltraFusion

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

2022-02-14 macOS Monterey: Constantly Loses 2nd Display Coming out of Sleep, Forces me to Reboot 2-3 Times Every Day — Thunderbolt = voodoo

2021

2021-11-26 OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual for up to 16TB U.2 SSD, or 64TB NVMe M.2

2021-11-23 OWC Announces miniStack STX World’s First Thunderbolt™ 4 Certified Storage and Hub Expansion Solution

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 Thunderbolt 4 Is Here, Delivering Thunderbolt Hub and Thunderbolt Dock Possibilities, Guaranteed Charging Power and Bandwidth, 8K Video

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

2021-02-19 Smart Move: Universal and Fully Compatible Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C Cables

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

2020-09-05 OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8 REVIEWED: all-in-one 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Hard Drives and SSD + PCIe Slot + DisplayPort 1.4 + USB Hub and SD and CFExpress Slots

2020-08-29 Apple Core Rot: recent Apple macOS Catalina Update Crashes Mac Pro every other night with kernel panic: “thunderbolt power on failed”

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?

2020-08-05 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

2020-07-12 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs — Now Shipping

2020-06-29 OWC Envoy Express Thunderbolt 3 DIY Enclosure : World’s First Thunderbolt 3 Bus-Powered M.2 NVME SSD Solution

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

2020-05-28 Reviewed: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock Storage Solution with USB-A Ports, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, Thunderbolt 3

2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications

2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay FLEX 8: Eight Bays for Hard Drives, U.2 NVMe SSDs, Hard Drives or SATA SSDs

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

2020-01-10 GPU and Thunderbolt 3 Bandwidth: Why the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X Might be a Better Choice than the AMD Radeon Pro Vega II: Display Stream Compression Support

2020-01-05 Apple 2019 Mac Pro: Display Will Not Re-Sync with NEC PA302W after Coming Out of Sleep + Base Video Card vs Other Cards, Thunderbolt 3 Ports

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

2019

2019-12-28 Life in Thunderbolt 3 Hell: a Single Thunderbolt 3 Bus Plus Thunderbolt Cabling/Ports Are a Severe Headache

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

2019-07-07 2018 Mac mini: Thunderbolt 3 Disconnects Drives Due to RF Inteference from WiFI Antenna Placement—OWC Tech Support Solves User’s Issue

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

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

2019-02-28 TESTED: 8TB OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2019-02-27 Plugging in an Unknown Thunderbolt or USB-C Device is Electronic Unprotected Sex: the “Thunderclap” Vulnerability

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

2019-02-04 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

2019-01-06 OWC Unveils the Mercury Helios FX 650 eGPU for Massive Gaming, VR and Professional Graphics Processing Power

2019-01-06 OWC Unleashes the 2019 Envoy Pro EX Lineup Featuring All-New Shock-Resistant Sleeve

2019-01-06 OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Family of Storage Solutions Delivers USB-C Performance in a Portable Package

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: OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2018-06-23 Tested: Samsung 860 EVO, 2TB and 4TB

2018-05-30 Apple Core Rot: File System Performance Problems, Thunderbolt 3 Performance Problems, Thunderbolt 3 Disconnect Problems, etc.

2018-05-24 My Recommended iMac 5K for Photographers is now $400 Off

2018-05-15 Are Smart Phones an IQ and Creativity Downgrade, with Anti-Social Bonus Points?

2018-05-15 Thunderbolt Bug: Drives Disconnect at Random and Intermittent Times

2018-05-07 Overheating Can Kill Optical Thunderbolt 2 Cables, Root Cause is the Mac Itself (Thermal Dumping)

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

2018-02-24 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

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

2018-01-18 REVIEWED: LaCie 2Big 20TB Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock

2018-01-13 $1000 Off Apple iMac Pro at Micro Center

2018-01-12 2018 Is the Year for Thunderbolt 3 To Flower

2018-01-12 OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD

2018-01-12 Shipping Soon: OWC Thunderbay 4 with Thunderbolt 3, Up to 48TB Capacity

2018-01-12 Shipping Soon: OWC Thunderblade 4 Thunderbolt 3 SSD with Blazing-Fast Performance in 1/2/4/8TB capacities.

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

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 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

2017-12-23 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 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

2017-11-27 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

2017-09-17 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 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)

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

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

2017-07-16 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?

2017-07-09 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

2017-03-25 TESTED: OWC Accelsior Pro Q PCIe SSD for 2010/2012 Mac Pro or any Thunderbolt Mac (via Helios Enclosure)

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 OWC Thunderbolt 3 Cables Now Shipping

2017-02-21 Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Infographic

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?

2016-12-06 OWC Introduces Redesigned Mercury Elite Pro Dual with Thunderbolt 2 Technology + SALE on “Gen 1” Version

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 400GB SSD for $99: Old Dog Laptop? Puppy It! Or 1.6TB Thunderbolt SSD? Easy as Pie.

2015-12-16 New Products from OWC

2015-12-15 2013 Mac Pro: Video Glitches Gone for 3 Days Now, After PRAM and SMC Reset

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

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 TESTED: OWC Drive Dock Takes 2 Bare Drives (HDD or SSD), Thunderbolt 2 or USB3

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

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 $150 off the Brand-New Apple iMac 5K

2015-11-11 OWC Deals: 4TB and 6TB Hard Drives, 32GB Memory for Mac Pro 2009-2012

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?

2015-01-07 OWC Announces the 'Viper', a Capacious Blazingly Fast SSD for High-End Video and Similar Demanding Uses

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 OS X Yosemite Finder File Copy: Data Loss

2014-11-21 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs

2014-11-20 OWC ThunderBay Mini Performance with Four SSDs

2014-11-18 OS X Yosemite: Disable WiFi if Using Gigabit Ethernet

2014-11-18 OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock with 5 USB3 Ports (2 High Power), Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, HDMI, Daisy-Chainable

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 Game Changer: MacMini with Dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports

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

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 Fast H.264 Video Compression on the MacBook Pro Beats the 2013 Mac Pro 📹

2014-07-29 RAID 1+0 Fault Tolerance with SoftRAID 5

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

2014-06-10 Big Fault Tolerant Storage: OWC Now Offers a Supported and Preconfigured RAID-5 Solution via SoftRAID + Thunderbay

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

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