Mac Studio upgrades and thermals, Studio Display engineering, and why we care so much about 5K.

• Pre-show: We’ve got 99 problems and Apple Music is… most of them.
• On the Mac Studio’s extra SSD slot
  • 512 Pixels
  • Ars Technica
  • Hector Martin
    • Asahi Linux
• John’s heart shatters into a million pieces
  (Mac Studio cooling and 😱 fan noise 😱)
  • Jason Snell’s review
  • Max Tech’s Teardown
  • Max Tech’s Thermal Throttling
  • TG Pro
  • Quinn Nelson’s thoughts
  • QuietMac
• Why 5K?
  • Casey’s 2021 Retina Monitor Sitrep
  • Casey’s 2017 Retina Monitor Sitrep
• Apple Studio Display default resolution oddity?
• Studio Display foibles
  • Very short Thunderbolt monitor cable? (~3ft/1m?)
  • “Non-removable” monitor cords
  • Panzer yanks out his cable
• Snell’s Review
  • On Studio Display rotation
• Studio Display Recovery Mode
  • Apple documentation
• Gui Rambo’s Findings
• Firmware Updates
  • As seen previously
• Studio Display… Ethernet?
  • The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
• Studio Display has 64GB onboard storage
  • Only 2GB is in use
• Running processes
• The Verge on the camera bugs
  • Joanna Stern’s sample photos
  • Joanna Stern’s video review
• Latest Mac Pro rumors/theories
  • Max Tech’s video
  • Majin Bu’s Diagram
  • Lifuka
• Post-show: Revisiting Synology backup
  • Backblaze B2
  • Synology Cloud Sync
  • Synology Hyper Backup
  • Arq

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