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Rumor: Apple preparing to release iOS 17.1.1, hone in on bug fixes

You can’t knock a good bug fix/maintenance update. Apple appears to be internally testing an iOS 17.1.1 update for the iPhone given evidence seen in website analytics logs. The update is thought to focus heavily on bug fixes as opposed to new features and could include the same fix for Wi-Fi connectivity issues that Apple […]

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Engineer manages to upgrade RAM, SSD on M1-based Mac

If you’re brave (and/or foolish) enough, you can arguably upgrade the RAM and SSD storage in your M1-based Mac. Recently, a maintenance engineer in China was able to do exactly this, and while Apple sometimes goes out of its way to make some of its devices notoriously difficult to repair or upgrade on your own, […]

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Some M1 Mac users report alarming warnings as to their solid state drive usage/potential life span

This could be a bit of a warning sign for some M1 Mac users. A number of M1 Mac owners have begun to highlight hard drive health reports that could potentially indicate life span issues for the solid state drives within their machines. iMore offered the following comments: The issue of ‘TBW’, or total bytes […]

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Sonnet announces Fusion Flex J3i Drive-Mounting System, will allow users to add up to three additional SATA drives to their 2019 Mac Pro

Accessory maker Sonnet on Wednesday announced the upcoming launch of its Fusion Flex J3i internal drive mount for the 2019 Mac Pro. The unit allows users to add up to three SATA drives to their Macs. The Fusion Flex J3i offers two slots that can accept either 3.5-inch hard disk drives or 2.5-inch SSDs, and […]

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Initial tests show 2019 MacBook Air features slower SSD than its 2018 counterpart

This might not be the best news if you just snagged a 2019 model MacBook Air. Per the mighty Consomac, the 2019 MacBook Air released last week features a slower SSD than its 2018 counterpart. After running the trusty Blackmagic Disk Speed test, it turns out that the read speeds of the 2019 MacBook Air’s […]