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    IOS Long Exposure vs Spectre "Water" shots + Moment Lens

    All shot on an iPhone XR using the stock IOS camera app and the new Spectre App. No further editing made IOS Long Exposure + Moment 60mm Tele Lens Spectre app + Moment 60mm Tele Lens IOS Long Exposure + Moment 18mm wide angle lens Spectre + Moment 18mm wide angle lens After viewing...
  2. flaubert

    Microcode questions

    So, I see some threads here in the forum about updating microcodes, and they quickly gather many posts from folks who are apparently more up to date on the benefits of updating such. I thought that perhaps the rest of us might benefit if those most knowledgeable would be able to enlighten us...
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    MacOS benchmarks before/after Meltdown & Spectre patches

    UPDATED ON 12th February 2018: Feel free to use this thread to add your own discoveries or benchmarsks: Searching Google for Meltdown Spectre performance "Sierra" "SSD" "read" "write" shows this: Mac: Measuring OS X Meltdown Patches Performance...
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    Am I safe on Yosemite with my 2012 Macbook pro?

    Hi I have a 2012 MBP with Yosemite and its worked flawlessly for me for years, which is such a relief. I recently heard about these Spectre and Meltdown security issues and freaked out a bit. I do access important and delicate info online quite often. It doesnt seem there is a patch for...
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    Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Security Updates for Speculative Side Channels

    I know the macOS supplemental update 10.13.2 (17C205) addressed this at the OS level, but NVIDIA GPUs are impacted by Meltdown and Spectre... anyone have a clear indication if the NVIDIA Web Drivers for Mac "fix" this issue, or if additional firmware updates are needed? Since these NVIDIA GPUs...