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Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 With eGPU Support, Business Chat in Messages, and More
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I'm downloading this mostly for the smoke cloud wallpaper!
I know you were joking and of course you could have had it all along with the jpg. I use it on my 3 monitors and on my iPhone. I don’t know why I love it so much. Probably because I just for an iMac Pro. In fact the jpg I as using renders in higher resolution and has a nicer palette imo than the Apple provided smoke cloud on my 5k display.
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The update went smoothly for me -- maybe 20 minutes with one reboot. My MacBook Pro seems to be running fine, but the numbers say this update slows down multi-core use measurably.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Retina Mid 2014)
Intel Core i7-4870HQ 2500 MHz (4 cores)
Geekbench 4 benchmarks - Mac OS 10.13.3
Single core score: 4271
Multi-core score: 14918
Geekbench 4 benchmarks - Mac OS 10.13.4
Single core score: 4309
Multi-core score: 14013
My math could be be wrong, but that looks like a 6% performance hit.
EDIT: Update, my Mac runs about 10° C warmer with fewer apps open. And the new Safari update grabs about twice as much RAM.
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more links:
10.13.4 delta: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1962?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
El Capitan Security Update 2018-002: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1961?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Sierra Security Update 2018-002: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1960?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
And of course this update completely kills external DisplayLink docks.
Ummm..that has nothing to do with my question and the new Safari functionality introduced with this release. You must work there?
That sucks, I was always curious on eGPU but I really don't like doing things that are similar to hacks and unsupported. Either way I'm pretty sure that there will be a hack around the TB1 and TB2 machines (maybe using older kexts or modify current kexts). Now that it's actually supported I may look into using it.
ummmm....it'll continue to function once Apple stops allowing 32-bit apps.
The slowdown might be more significant with other applications like VMs and databases where there are lots of system calls. Geekbench AFAIK only runs some loops in userspace on CPU.
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I use them but not the same way as before where I look through a list of bookmarks. If I want something saved, I bookmark it, then Safari's search finds it automatically. This should've been a feature even in the 90s.
Eh, if it's not ready it's not ready.
I think we've all had enough half-baked iOS and MacOS features lately that were released with tons of bugs and then patched up later.
I've lived without this feature all this time and can surely wait until it's ready to roll out.
It was, however with this update it enables “plug and play” while previous versions required the Mac to be logged out and log back in to enable and disable eGPU. Now you can just plug in/out a eGPU without doing anything else.
Can someone take a picture/screenshot of the warning message that pops up with 32-bit applications?
Safari will not do what you asked. SafariSort will. It will also sort with folders on top. I've used it for years without issues.
Apple stopped including optical drives a long time ago and they don't even have a BluRay drive or app. I think Apple will let it die on the vine and let alternatives take over.
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No slow down detected on my iMac. For what it is worth there has been zero change in my Geekbench scores versus pre update. I run an iMac 5k 18,3 with a core i7 running at 4.2Ghz. My current multi-core score of 19695 is slightly above average.
Apple Time Machine Backups towards the latest generation Apple Time Capsule is still bugged for me? It has been like this with every 10.13.4 BETA thus far and its still the same with the release version. It just can't see my Time Capsule disk using Time Machine on my MacBook Pro 13-inch with Touch Bar.
My fiancee's machine running 10.13.3 can see it and use it without any issues. I'm somewhat hesitant on updating her machine without knowing it its a isolated bug only happening to my machine or if its a 10.13.4 thing.
My fiancee's machine running 10.13.3 can see it and use it without any issues. I'm somewhat hesitant on updating her machine without knowing it its a isolated bug only happening to my machine or if its a 10.13.4 thing.
Does it support DisplayPort MST? Can we daisy chain DisplayPort MST monitors or use MST hubs? MST is part of the DisplayPort 1.2 standard and Apple claims to support DisplayPort.
The release notes refer to Safari having the ability to now sort Bookmarks. It could never do this, did you read the release notes in the Macforums announcement?
My bookmarks are stored in iCloud, I can access them and sort them with Chrome (which shows in Safari) without third party software.
So I guess this isn't possible with the beta just yet.
You have to show the sidebar then you will see the sort options when you right click. Is that what you meant?
Sure, the screenshot of the warning popup is attached. This didn't come up before the update when I deleted messages and I'm deleting messages daily as I'm getting a lot of two factor texts.
