Questions raised about M1 Mac SSD longevity, based on incomplete data

Complaints about the potential lifespan of Apple Silicon Mac storage are causing concern that the current crop of M1 Macs could stop working within a few years — and have been stoked by unanswered questions, unreliable data, and a silent Apple.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 31

Mac mini 'pink squares' graphical glitch fix on the way

Apple is aware of a display glitch where pink squares appear on a display attached to an M1 Mac mini, a problem that it is working on to fix.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 14

Apple requests return of Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kits, offers $200 toward purchase of M1 Mac

Apple on Wednesday said it will soon request developers who took part in the Universal App Quick Start Program to return their Developer Transition Kit, a custom Mac mini powered by an A12Z Bionic system-on-chip.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 58

Apple confirms fix for ultrawide monitors with M1 Apple Silicon Macs is coming

Users of certain ultrawide and super-ultrawide external monitors are reporting that some resolutions are not available when used with an Apple Silicon M1 Mac, but Apple says that a fix is coming.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 12

Amazon introduces native Mac instances for AWS, powered by Intel Mac mini

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon introduced new Mac instances for its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), enabling developers to natively run macOS in Amazon Web Services for the first time.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 20

New Patreon project seeks to bring Linux to M1 Macs

Developer Hector Martin, also known as "marcan," on Monday launched a Patreon to fund solo work on a Linux port for Apple silicon Macs.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 18

M1 Mac mini catapulted Apple to number one in Japanese desktop PC market

The new M1-equipped Mac mini has propelled Apple to the number one spot in the Japanese desktop PC market in the two weeks after the device's launch.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 21

Some M1 Mac owners encounter Bluetooth connectivity issues

A number of new M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini owners are facing Bluetooth connectivity issues, a particularly vexing situation for the standalone Mac mini.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 20

M1 Mac mini can drive six displays with peripherals - but you shouldn't bother

A YouTuber has improvised a solution to have up to six monitors on a single M1 Mac mini, but most users should probably stick to what the unit supports natively.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 14

Apple Silicon M1 Mac mini review - speed today and a promise of more later

Apple's Apple Silicon M1 Mac mini is here, and it keeps nearly everything you liked about the last Intel Mac mini, making it an excellent machine for those new to the Mac.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 53

Apple provides instructions to erase and restore unresponsive M1 Macs

Apple has released two sets of instructions to perform an erase and restore on an Apple Silicon Mac or MacBook, roughly a week after users encountered issues performing a similar procedure intended for Intel-based Macs.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 19

Apple Silicon M1 Mac detection of Thunderbolt 3 eGPU gives hope for future support

The lack of support for external GPUs in Apple Silicon M1 Macs may only be temporary, as a connected eGPU is still detected, but doesn't do anything.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 50

M1 Mac mini logic boards with 10 Gigabit Ethernet show up in service part list

Apple service providers are reportedly seeing Apple Silicon Mac mini logic boards with 10 Gigabit Ethernet in an internal parts list.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 5

M1 Mac mini teardown reveals smaller logic board, non-upgradeable RAM

What appears to be one of the first Mac mini teardowns reveals an M1 assembly that requires much less space than the previous Intel logic board.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 31

Apple VPs talk new M1 Mac development, Intel relationship, and more

A pair of Apple vice presidents offered more details about the development and performance of the company's M1 Apple Silicon chip in a new interview.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 22

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