Or you put in a new SSD module and run a remote restore to format, install the OS, encrypt the drive, and pair it to the SSD controller, unlike what the person who made up the false “software block” story did.
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Mac Studio Storage Not User-Upgradeable Due to Software Block [Updated]
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It’s much better to own Apple shares rather than Apple products these days…
So you *don’t* want your SSD to be encrypted and protected against attack by people with physical access to the machine?
Ok.
Came to post this. Looks like a YouTuber jumped to conclusions...
So you DON’T think the same encryption process could be applied to a new card upon initial install?
Do ya think the installed SSD comes encrypted from the factory, or do ya think there’s a software based pairing process at initial OS install?
Good god, people.
It absolutely COULD be applied. But the guy in the video didn’t do that. Instead he whined that the card didn’t just automatically work with encryption applied by a different machine on it, and invented the story about a “software block.”
When you put in a new SSD you will need to do a remote install from DFU mode. He didn’t do that.
Lies. There is no gimped software. There is no software block. There are only people who don’t know what they are doing, making up stories.
It can, and Apple provides a tool to do so.
This isn't a laptop, desktops don't need every tiny bit of space like a laptop or phone.
But they do need encrypted SSDs and they do benefit from the encryption keys not being stored on the SSD itself. Which is exactly why it behaves this way, and exactly why you need to do a remote restore to make the drive work, which the guy in the video didn’t do.
If and when I need it, I want my data to be encrypted by industry standards rather than the Apple way. How do you think the rest (and vast majorty) of the industry is copying with encryption?
Thank you for keeping my apple stock profitable.
Apple‘s encryption is “industry standard.” And it’s indisputably better to do hardware encryption rather than software. And it is indisputably better to store the key in a Secure Enclave instead of on the SSD itself, which is what will happen if you use software encryption. (Contrary to your implication, most of the industry is not doing encryption, so I’m not sure what your point is).
Further, there is no downside here - just remotely restore the Mac in DFU mode. If the dude who made the video knew what he was doing, he wouldn’t have had to invent anything about fake software blocks.
…I can’t boot off a bitlocker encrypted hard drive when I swap it from one T15 to another.
What are you talking about with “industry standards”?
MR, this is a sorry excuse for a “news” article. This is taking a YouTuber’s false claims at face value and not even running it by a Help Desk level IT person to verify.
Can we agree that this sort of lockdown and tying hardware to specific hardware should be optional?
I can see the plusses for it, but not in favor of making everything locked down for everyone.
A large of swath of people don't give two licks about encrypting their desktop computer data, as these things never leave many folks houses or offices, etc. On laptops you can easily lose, it's much more understandable.
No matter ones preference, it should be the purchasers (not Apple) deciding on that level of security for their own devices.
(besides - we all know why they're actually locking everything down. It's always just "more money" with Apple now)
This is hardware encryption, period. It makes sense for Apple having the Secure Enclave. Any other hardware encrypted device would have the same behavior.
I see hardware designed to do what it’s designed to do. If I were in the market for tech to *tinker* with, then yea I’d probably choose a different computer. The Studio isn’t designed for tech tinkerers. I don’t understand why this upsets so many people that *clearly* aren’t the very targeted market for the device.
Because many prefer macOS and Apple hardware, but would like to have some down the road upgrade/sidegrade optionality.
It isn't really about "tinkering" necessarily.
Not everyone can budget and pay for all future hardware needs. Likewise they may not even know they want or need more at the time of purchase. Making it more painful is the egregious upgrade pricing Apple insists on charging.
It's just frustrating.
I'm sure you can understand that (at least partly?)
As an aside, I think it was an MBP from 2010 (maybe? can't recall exactly)...but I got years and years more life out of it with an SSD upgrade.
The mini’s storage has been soldered since the intro of the 2018 model. The last Intel iMac, the 2020, has soldered storage under the 4GB and 8GB models, which have slots. The storage is dumb NAND on a removable blade. Apple may very well offer upgrades for the Studio in the future. All this wailing and gnashing of teeth over and over about soldered storage is just exhausting, considering Apple is not going to change their ways. People pining for m.2 slots so they can buy bargain basement POS New Egg Shell Shocker SSD blades and then bitch about them not working aren’t customers Apple needs anyways.
Right, because you upgraded from spinning rust. We just got PCIe 4.0 blades and it’s not like PCIe 3.0 blades are slow. Hell, my 2012 15” MacBook Pro still runs very well with a SATA blade that is only kicking around at ~400MB/s tells me that worrying about getting more life out of a machine with a storage upgrade is not a valid argument anymore. It was when HDDs were the norm, but not when a $999 MacBook Air comes with 3GB/s SSDs. Capacity is easy to approximate, despite all these self professed tech experts trying to make it sound like it’s rocket science. It isn’t. Unless you’re a data hoarder, and then it’s never enough.
Capacitors. They hold a lot of charge. That psu isn’t enclosed. Way too risky for Apple to encourage people to do it.
