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PI HAVE A WORKAROUND!
Pshuffles beautifully
Pshouldn't be this difficult
Pbut oh well
PPi just have it in my dock now
POmg this looks brilliant
PIm going to try this later
PThanks
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Ainteresting...
Ait doesn't look like a standard m.2 (looks more like a wireless card interface), and i highly doubt it would be user upgradable even if you had the right connector. but still, means there might be possibilities for upgrades even if it's through apple
Smac studio also had that
Pyeah iirc it’s just a lump of NAND
Pthe controller and other aux components are on the mainboard iirc
Pbasically just a divorced NVMe
Ssad but what can you do
PI like what the community modders have done with the modular storage experiments for the MacBook
SI would have preferred a 2242/2280 slot but that would destroy the pricing ladder
S256gb is pathetic and upgrading is like 200 eur
SKickstarter
A custom 2TB to 8TB SSD for the Apple Mac Studio M1 and M2, with NAND overvoltage protection.
Shmm maybe they are upgradeable lol
Slooks the same as mac studio
Pyeah I think I remember the NANDs being replaceable if they were genuine
Syou can find a lot of videos of replacing macbook ssds
Sthey aren't firmware locked for some reason
Paren’t they looking to introduce activation lock for parts at some point?
Sthey definitely have that for screens and touch id
Smaybe not activation lock like an iphone but you can't replace screens on new macbook pros
Sthe backlight goes crazy
Seven with genuine parts
Pah yeah this was what I read iirc https://www.notebookcheck.net/iPhone-parts-Activation-Lock-spotted-in-iOS-18-RC-may-be-Apple-s-latest-blow-to-right-to-repair-sold-under-the-guise-of-user-protection.887870.0.html
Notebookcheck
As of iOS 18, Apple will seemingly start linking individual iPhone components to their owners' iCloud accounts. Activation Lock for iPhone parts will prevent components like batteries, displays, and cameras from being calibrated to new devices as long as they're not
Sthat's only for iphones now I think
Pahhhh ok
Sbut macs are still serialized
PI’m actually pretty okay with it, iPhones are often stolen for their parts
Pit’s the lack of an official parts supply chain that makes it a bit of a dick move and anti repair
Stechnically you have a legit apple parts store
Sbut it's only for self repair so basically no one can use it
Salso more expensive than going to apple
Aah. well, still better than nothing i guess. interesting to see it
Adidn't realize they offered it for the mac studio, although makes sense
Si wonder how apple manages macbook SKU's with all configuration options
A
Sthere are so many configs with unique motherboards
Psounds about right haha
GAs a kotlin fan