Sorry to say, but your imac isnt 5k, the 5k started since October 2014 and not 213I have a 2013 iMac 5k 27"
A pic with your new imac pro for us ?
Sorry to say, but your imac isnt 5k, the 5k started since October 2014 and not 213I have a 2013 iMac 5k 27"
I think you will like the machine, especially how quiet it is.
Be advised that -- unless disabled -- the T2-based Secure Boot facility will prevent booting from an external device or from the network. E.g, you can't boot from a Carbon Copy backup. This also means you can't do network-based erase/reinstall. The solution is boot into recovery mode with CMD+R and under Utilities > Startup Security Utility, disable the secure boot facility. Without taking this step the only way to re-install macOS is from a Time Machine backup.
The makers of CCC DO Not recommend disabling the Secure Boot utility. Only change the External Boot configuration option that is below it to allow for booting from an external drive...
My stock iMac Pro that I picked up before Christmas came with High Sierra, I wiped it and re-installed (internet recovery) a few times without problems, I didn't change any security/T2 options - was I just lucky or is this really not a problem?
It sounds like you agree with him then. He, like me thinks the T2 is another way for Apple to use it's heavy hand to wall us in, in the name of security. I personally think all this talk about 'security' is fear-mongering in order for Apple to lock down their systems even more.
And you're welcome to think that - I won't say your opinion is invalid. However, I tend to think the talk of Apple's sinister motivations is overblown as well. But the reality is that for my uses and preferences, the T2 provides a very real and very welcome security enhancement that I value tremendously.
https://arstechnica.com/information...-thunderbolt-exploit-implants-to-target-macs/I misread what you said.
If I may ask, what security compromises have you had with your macs? In my 30 years of owning macs I’ve never had someone steal my hard drive and mine it for my information.
https://arstechnica.com/information...-thunderbolt-exploit-implants-to-target-macs/
This is what the T2 chip was specifically designed to protect against. Many Mac users are journalists who are wary of nation states that may confiscate their materials in order to gain intelligence on their sources. Disk encryption is not enough to protect against these kinds of attacks, and it bypassed even firmware passwords.
It's not allegedly possible, it's done. Granted this specific exploit has been patched against (known as Thunderstrike, CVE-2015-5914), but similar attacks have been demonstrated at security conferences. If the CIA can do it, so can a thief, or anyone really.First off, I asked what you personally may have experienced. Referencing some scare tactic story about what may allegedly be possible wasnt my question.
On a side note, If the CIA was at all interested in mining my computer for information, I think I might have a lot more to worry about than what they may find on my hard drive. Once the CIA is spending their limited time and resources investigating little old me, I’d probably be in a pickle regardless.
It's not allegedly possible, it's done. Granted this specific exploit has been patched against (known as Thunderstrike, CVE-2015-5914), but similar attacks have been demonstrated at security conferences. If the CIA can do it, so can a thief, or anyone really.
Your defensive reaction is puzzling. I just showed you a vulnerability in Mac hardware interfaces that prompted Apple to specifically design a hardware level protection mechanism, and you shot it down as a scare tactic? Do you not want Apple to evolve their hardware design with the evolving security landscape? At the same time that they did this, they also made the chip serve as a co-CPU that handles specific tasks, like FaceTime camera processing. This was a huge win for every Mac user that has a T2 chip.
You don't have to be a victim of a burn to appreciate oven mitts. Apple makes their Macs for a wide range of people, and they took responsibility for their hardware security. That's what it's about, responsibility, not fear.I think we just have a different way of lookig at things and its a life philosphy thing, that simple is different between people like you and me.
My take is this: You can find a story in this big world of ours that will scare you about almost anything, from the steak you eat, to the brakes in your car, to the big bad ‘nation state’ coming to get you.
So ... you can go through life finding these things and being afraid of a thing that has less than 1 in a million chance of happening to you, or ... you can just live your life.
I prefer the lattter.
You don't have to be a victim of a burn to appreciate oven mitts. Apple makes their Macs for a wide range of people, and they took responsibility for their hardware security. That's what it's about, responsibility, not fear.
Do we know for a fact that the next iMac will have a T2 chip? Most of the rumors I've read suggest we might not see that until 2020 or later?
I don't need it *now*. My 2013 is still working. I don't want a Mac Mini or Mac Pro because I prefer the all-in-one design of an iMac.
I could definitely wait until April. June is feasible but not ideal. September feels a long way off, and if I wait that long and there is no update, I'll probably be reluctant to buy something in October, given that it would then be highly likely that an update would come shortly after that.
You need to wait couple of more years for that. And if they will release promised MP this year, most likely iMac Pro will be completely abandoned.All the talk of updating iMacs etc - Im curious as to whether we should expect an updated iMac Pro this year, maybe?
All the talk of updating iMacs etc - Im curious as to whether we should expect an updated iMac Pro this year, maybe?
The answer, imo, is maybe ... but if NOT this year, then NEVER.
If they don't update the iMac Pro this year, I think that will mean they intend for the Mac Pro to the be the definitive 'pro' machine and the iMac Pro was a one-off.
Many forget that when pro users were clamoring about the lack of a Mac Pro update back in 2017, Tim Cook hailed the iMac as the next 'pro' machine.
They then released the iMac Pro, and the response from the pro community was tepid.
It was only then that Apple changed course and announced that they would update the Mac Pro. From my perspective, Apple had intended the iMac Pro to the be the definitive, and ONLY 'pro' machine, but because of the response, they suddenly changed course.
So now the question is whether Apple will have two 'pro' machines, when it was clear (to me at least) their roadmap back in 2017 only called for one 'pro' machine - the iMac Pro.
So if I were to guess, I think at this point they'll go with only one 'pro' machine going forward, and that will be the Mac Pro, and the iMac Pro will be a one-off collectors item.
Apple should release an iMac+ with the more powerful features of iMac Pro (better fan system, speakers, high performance GPU etc.), but skip the server grade hardware (EEC ram, Xeon CPU). This way you'll get nearly identical performance, but for a much lower price. Instead Apple can put all the super-duper expensive stuff in their fully fledged Mac Pro machine.
Unfortunately considering Apple these days, this would simply make too much sense, so I doubt it will happen.