ctrl + shift + ? :
Show all keyboard shortcuts
ctrl + g :
Navigate to a group
esc to dismiss
Re: Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
I would also note that I am suspicious of the interlocking inset with the cooling blades. The blades seem like an unnecessary obstruction to airflow. The Mini and Studio vent from the bottom are designed to sit on a flat surface, unobstructed. Recessing this exhaust behind these blades adds obstruction. The fact that they look like cooling blades is very misleading as they will have the opposite effect, capturing heat and sending it up.?
That said, heat is not a big problem with these Macs and this probably makes no real world difference. Still it makes me suspicious of the overall design quality. ?
Cheers,
???????????????tod
Tod Hopkins
Video Producer?Editor?Technologist?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 23, 2025, at 10:24?AM, todhop <hoplist@...> wrote:
Looks like a knock off of this product from OWC, a brand with a strong reputation for quality. They've made versions of this for many years and they recently introduced a new Thunderbolt 4 version which I¡¯ve purchased but not yet installed and tested. It also serves as a drive enclosure.
?
Tod On Jan 23, 2025, at 8:40?AM, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
On Jan 23, 2025, at 3:54 AM, Rick KC2FD <rick@...> wrote:
I noticed that on Amazon there are several copies of the RayCue such as:
It¡¯s easily possible that they are all made by the same factory in China. However, the RayCue is unique, as far as I can see, in offering a model that has 40Gbps NVME SSD. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice http://www.macattorney.com/welcome.html __________________________________________________
|
Re: Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
Looks like a knock off of this product from OWC, a brand with a strong reputation for quality. They've made versions of this for many years and they recently introduced a new Thunderbolt 4 version which I¡¯ve purchased but not yet installed and tested. It also serves as a drive enclosure.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 23, 2025, at 8:40?AM, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
On Jan 23, 2025, at 3:54 AM, Rick KC2FD <rick@...> wrote:
I noticed that on Amazon there are several copies of the RayCue such as:
It¡¯s easily possible that they are all made by the same factory in China. However, the RayCue is unique, as far as I can see, in offering a model that has 40Gbps NVME SSD. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice http://www.macattorney.com/welcome.html __________________________________________________
|
Re: Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
On Jan 23, 2025, at 3:54 AM, Rick KC2FD <rick@...> wrote:
I noticed that on Amazon there are several copies of the RayCue such as: It¡¯s easily possible that they are all made by the same factory in China. However, the RayCue is unique, as far as I can see, in offering a model that has 40Gbps NVME SSD. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
|
Re: Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
Looks like a nice product and a good solution to my M4 with two hubs dangling off to sides, taking up valuable space.?
I noticed that on Amazon there are several copies of the RayCue such as:
?
Reviews for any of them haven't been spectacular but there are also very few reviews.?
Delivery time for the Raycue is 1-2 weeks either through Amazon or direct. Delivery is shorter for the others.?
?
Clever design however and sure is a clean looking setup.?
Thanks for the link.?
|
Re: Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
Randy B. Singer wrote: For those of you who purchased the almost irresistible M4 Macintosh mini, you might find this hub/stand to be the perfect thing to go with it.
The hub/stand fits under your mini, and it provides the missing USB-A ports that you will likely need to attach legacy printers and scanners. ?Plus it allows you to add an internal NVME SSD (including up to a wildly fast 40Gbps NVME), perfect for those who purchased the base-spec Mac mini!
RayCue New M4/2024 Mac Mini Hub & Stand with NVMe
<>
The iFixIt Mini breakdown makes it clear that the Wifi antenna is in the *base* of the Mini.
Sitting that base on, or surrounding it by, something metallic may impair Wifi connectivity ¨C this has already been noted with the Satechi Stand and Hub.
--? Jim Saklad jimdoc@...
|
Free Macintosh Software !
Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that my most popular Web site:
FREE MACINTOSH SOFTWARE
at:
has been extensively updated, and there are now 210 pieces of free software listed!! It is an embarrassment of riches! (Or lack of riches, depending on how you look at it!)
Among the updated listings are several exciting new programs which utilize artificial intelligence, business collaboration programs, an app that will allow you to run iOS apps on your Macintosh, an app to teach you keyboard shortcuts, an app that's always available to allow you to take notes, an app that will instantly transcribe dictation, etc.
If you haven't gone through all of the listings recently, it's worth looking through them again. There are sure to be free apps that you will find that will prove to be invaluable, for newbies and graybeards alike.
Please spread the word about the Web site to others!
__________________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
__________________________________________________
|
Mac mini M4 Hub and Stand!
For those of you who purchased the almost irresistible M4 Macintosh mini, you might find this hub/stand to be the perfect thing to go with it.
The hub/stand fits under your mini, and it provides the missing USB-A ports that you will likely need to attach legacy printers and scanners. Plus it allows you to add an internal NVME SSD (including up to a wildly fast 40Gbps NVME), perfect for those who purchased the base-spec Mac mini!
RayCue New M4/2024 Mac Mini Hub & Stand with NVMe
__________________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
__________________________________________________
|
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Hi Doris
This is model I purchased last May from Amazon:
Solar Charger Power Bank Fast Charging - 30000mAh Portable Solar Phone Battery Panel Charger, QC3.0 Dual USB Port Battery Pack Charger for All Cell Phones & Electronic Devices (Orange)
|
_._,_._,_
Hi Doris
This is model I purchased last May from Amazon:
Solar Charger Power Bank Fast Charging - 30000mAh Portable Solar Phone Battery Panel Charger, QC3.0 Dual USB Port Battery Pack Charger for All Cell Phones & Electronic Devices (Orange)
|
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:43?PM, Doris via groups.io <untoldexpressions@...> wrote:
Thank you, appreciate it
Doris
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 10:51?AM Bev in TX via
??<countryone77=
[email protected]> wrote:
Since no one else has replied ¡
There was a similar discussion last May, which you might find helpful:
Can anyone recommend a good not too expensive solar charger for the iPhone. I have an 8 if that makes any difference.?
--?
Bev in TX
Thank you, appreciate it
Doris
On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 10:51?AM Bev in TX via <countryone77= [email protected]> wrote: Since no one else has replied ¡ There was a similar discussion last May, which you might find helpful:
Can anyone recommend a good not too expensive solar charger for the iPhone. I have an 8 if that makes any difference.?
--
Bev in TX
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
Their new product launch videos make everything look so appealing :-). I¡¯ve stopped watching those and it has gone a long way to suppressing the desire for new ¡°candy¡±.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 19, 2025, at 11:10?PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Since sells hardware, Apple does its best to make the new eye-candy as appealing as possible, but not to make many new features backwards compatible, thereby requiring new hardware.
--
Bev in TX
|
Since no one else has replied ¡ There was a similar discussion last May, which you might find helpful:
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 14, 2025, at 1:26?AM, Doris via groups.io <untoldexpressions@...> wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good not too expensive solar charger for the iPhone. I have an 8 if that makes any difference.?
--
Bev in TX
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
JIm:
?
Sure, there are people doing things that require every new computer and OS that comes out. There are also people, like me who ran my office on two Mac Book Pros (2009 and 2014 models) and 3 MB airs all of 2013 vintage. Those computers did everything needed exceptionally well and there was no logical reason to update or "fix" what wasn't broken.
?
The purpose of my computers was to function for my practice, in my office effectively. All of them did that right up until I retired in 2022!
?
I regularly use SuperDuper version 3.5 to create multiple bootable clones. Works great!
?
John
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
On Jan 19, 2025, at 12:33 PM, Andrew Buc <abuc@...> wrote:
About a year ago I found that my 2012 Mac mini had slowed down. I¡¯d often get the beachball. I had my Mac tech check the system out. He couldn¡¯t find anything wrong and said it was fairly normal for new versions of software to run slowly on older systems. It¡¯s ¡°normal¡± on Windows. It is abnormal for the Macintosh. Your Mac might run slowly for a few days after upgrading to a new version of the Mac OS, because it¡¯s doing things like re-indexing your hard drive for Spotlight in the background, but that is only very temporary. It¡¯s a myth that new(er) versions of the Mac OS use more RAM and/or slow down your older Mac. Once again, probably because that¡¯s very common on Windows. But each new version of the Mac OS tends to use *less* RAM, due to improved memory management, and they tend to actually run *faster* then earlier versions. The one big exception is if your older Mac has an internal rotating disk hard drive and it gets re-formatted from HFS+ to APFS in the process. That will indeed slow things down precipitously. Mojave and later will do that non-optionally. See: Macintosh Slowdown Solutions __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
Exactly, Bev. One size does not fit all. It requires a case by case determination.
Since sells hardware, Apple does its best to make the new eye-candy as appealing as possible, but not to make many new features backwards compatible, thereby requiring new hardware.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Jan 19, 2025, at 11:08, Bev in TX via groups.io <countryone77@...> wrote:
?
On Jan 19, 2025, at 12:44?PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Yeah, and most of those new things are nice, but just eye-candy, not life critical tasks. So, it you are not rolling in the bucks¡
Everyone has different needs and requirements. Sometimes those include ¡°if it isn¡¯t broke, don¡¯t fix it¡±, but not always. AFAIC, there is no one size fits all.
Those needing to take advantage of Accessibility features would most probably find that they continue to improve over time. That¡¯s one of the reasons why I keep my OS up to date on all of my devices. Some of those only work on Apple silicon Macs (mine is Intel). On the other side of the coin, my husband detests continually having to deal with OS UI changes, so he lags behind. We both do what is needed to accomplish our objectives.
--
Bev in TX
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
On 19 Jan 2025, at 11:03, Randy B. Singer via groups.io wrote:
On Jan 19, 2025, at 10:14 AM, Jim Saklad via groups.io wrote:
High Sierra is 7? years old.
There are things some of us want to do that it cannot do.
I¡¯m already hearing reports that Safari under High Sierra doesn¡¯t always work properly. It¡¯s the same for Brave.
I was definitely experiencing that with Safari under High Sierra, not so much with Brave. I started using Firefox for some websites. It wasn¡¯t entirely satisfactory, but it was the lesser evil. Now that I¡¯m on Sequoia, I¡¯m going back to viewing those sites with Safari.
About a year ago I found that my 2012 Mac mini had slowed down. I¡¯d often get the beachball. I had my Mac tech check the system out. He couldn¡¯t find anything wrong and said it was fairly normal for new versions of software to run slowly on older systems.
As expected, my new M4 Mac mini talks to my iPhone and iPad much better than the old Mac did.
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
On Jan 19, 2025, at 12:44?PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Yeah, and most of those new things are nice, but just eye-candy, not life critical tasks. So, it you are not rolling in the bucks¡ Everyone has different needs and requirements. Sometimes those include ¡°if it isn¡¯t broke, don¡¯t fix it¡±, but not always. AFAIC, there is no one size fits all. Those needing to take advantage of Accessibility features would most probably find that they continue to improve over time. That¡¯s one of the reasons why I keep my OS up to date on all of my devices. Some of those only work on Apple silicon Macs (mine is Intel). On the other side of the coin, my husband detests continually having to deal with OS UI changes, so he lags behind. We both do what is needed to accomplish our objectives. -- Bev in TX
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
On Jan 19, 2025, at 10:14 AM, Jim Saklad via groups.io <jimdoc@...> wrote:
High Sierra is 7? years old.
There are things some of us want to do that it cannot do. I¡¯m already hearing reports that Safari under High Sierra doesn¡¯t always work properly. It¡¯s the same for Brave. I agree with the sentiment that ¡°if it isn¡¯t broke, don¡¯t fix it¡± in that some folks are too quick to update to the latest version of the Mac OS, and they end up fighting some bug that needs to be patched. But if you let your Mac¡¯s OS get more than five or six years out of date, you run the risk of some of your software becoming outdated. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
Brent On my iPhone Xr On Jan 19, 2025, at 10:19, Jim Saklad via groups.io <jimdoc@...> wrote:
?Randy B. Singer wrote:
UPDATE!
David Nanian of Shirt Pocket Software says that SuperDuper! can once again create bootable clone backups under Beta 2 of macOS 15.3. So, one can presume that once the final verison of macOS 15.3 is released, folks will be back in business for creating bootable clones.
However, you can create a bootable clone in any case by first using Apple's OS Installer program to install a copy of the macOS on your external drive, and then using something like SuperDuper! to do data-only clone backups to the drive.
I have been making bootable clones using SuperDuper! for years; I have not tried to do so since Dave Nanian¡¯s warning about macOS 15.2.
However, since I *HAVE* a bootable clone of 15.1, I can boot from it and then update its macOS version to the latest, then reboot to my internal drive, and use SD! to update the data partition. That what makes this what I call a ¡°problem in thinking¡±, not a real problem. You can still get the same results, you just have to take a different path to get there, as both Randy and Jim S have explained work arounds for this temporary glitch. Unfortunately, you may have to think for 2 seconds. Or to look at it another way, they run the headline, ¡°The sky is falling!¡±, to sell more newspapers. Must have been a slow news day. Brent
|
Re: If you're running SuperDuper, don't upgrade to Sequoia 15.2 just yet
On Jan 19, 2025, at 10:14, Jim Saklad via groups.io <jimdoc@...> wrote:
?John Mills wrote:
Yet one more reason all our computers are still running just fine on High Sierra. Why use a 2017 macOS?
Why not a 2002 version?
Mine is running fine on Sequoia, and has been for 4+ months.
High Sierra is 7? years old.
There are things some of us want to do that it cannot do.
--
Jim Saklad
Yeah, and most of those new things are nice, but just eye-candy, not life critical tasks. So, it you are not rolling in the bucks¡
|
todhop
Jim Saklad
Paul
jsm5320432
Brent