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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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OWC releases Envoy Pro Ex drive with USB-C support, promises 980MBps data transfer speeds

If you have a USB-C port on your computer, this could be awesome. OWC on Tuesday unveiled its Envoy Pro Ex with USB-C support. The company claims 980MBps of sustained throughput with the device, the drive being Mac and PC-compatible and available unpopulated for $95. It also arrives with an NVMe SSD pre-installed: 250GB for […]

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Beta version of NVMe driver in High Sierra builds hints towards Apple’s acceptance of third-party NVMe drives for future Macs

Apple may have removed restrictions on the NVMe driver in the High Sierra beta, a move that might suggest that future Macs won’t be limited in which mass-storage flash drives may be used, possibly including both the “modular” Mac Pro and the iMac Pro. The improved driver was first noted by the cool cats over […]

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Apple introduces NVMe support in OS X 10.10.3 update

It’s a subtle change, but it could be pretty neat in the long run. Last week, Apple’s introduction of its OS X 10.10.3 update also quietly introduced support for the next generation NVM Express (NVMe) interface to SSD Flash drives. These drives can be found on the new Retina display MacBook as well as other […]