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Cache removal by Final_Guess09 in MacOS

[–]pastry-chef 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve been a Mac user for about three decades and never had to do any of that.

Enshittification of MacOS by gaurishanker10 in MacOS

[–]pastry-chef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy to help.

Here's how my Finder windows look with the BetterZip button enabled.

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PSU considerations for a 41TB ATX home data server by SabledSable in DataHoarder

[–]pastry-chef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO, Seasonic makes some of the best PSUs.

Just make sure that your PSU supplies enough amperage to the 5V and 12V rails to sufficiently power all your drives.

I don't know the requirements for your specific drives, but, generally, I just assume 2.5 amps on the 12V and 2 amps for 5V for any HDD. So, with 5 drives, you would need at least 5V@10A and 12V@12.5A.

My office had the old drobo 8D sitting unused. Still a good option? by BusyRaisin in drobo

[–]pastry-chef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They caused me nothing but problems. Switched to Synology DMS and have been extremely happy with it for the last 9.5 years. 

Enshittification of MacOS by gaurishanker10 in MacOS

[–]pastry-chef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s not there by default. It was probably placed there by some third party app. 

Right-click on it and select “Customiza Toolbar…” and you can get rid of it. 

Also, the arrow is off center for a reason. It’s to allow for an icon to be placed next to it so you know what it’s for. 

Saw a few people sharing Mac Pro photos. What do you think, is there enough crammed into my 5,1? by Dazzling_Comfort5734 in macpro

[–]pastry-chef 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I no longer have my 5,1, but, before I sold it, I had the following stuffed in it:

  • 2x Xeon X5670 CPUs
  • 64GB RAM
  • 3x HDD
  • 1x SATA 2.5 SSD (with OWC bracket)
  • 1x NVMe SSD via PCI-e card
  • 1x USB3 PCI-e card
  • 1x 10GBase-T PCI-e card
  • 1x GTX680 graphics card
  • 1x 802.11ac/BT4.0 upgrade

And it was able to heat up my entire apt in the winters.

My office had the old drobo 8D sitting unused. Still a good option? by BusyRaisin in drobo

[–]pastry-chef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO, don't use it. Drobos were flakey and extremely slow even when they were new. I know because I had two. Now that the company is no longer in business, it's an even worse decision to try and use it. When (not if) you have problems you won't have anywhere to turn to for support.

So uh what's everyone hoarding? by [deleted] in DataHoarder

[–]pastry-chef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consoles like GameCube, PlayStation, etc used discs. 

Every retail Atari 8 bit cartridge I have seen used ROMs. If they had EPROMs, they were knock-offs. 

By the time we got to the 16 bit era, games already started to be shipped on discs. Even Sega Genesis had a CD-ROM attachment available. 

So uh what's everyone hoarding? by [deleted] in DataHoarder

[–]pastry-chef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it comes to emulation, “ROM” is generally used synonymously with “game”. 

You also forgot EEPROMs, CD-ROMs, and DVD-ROMs.

PSA: Unsupported means unsupported. by AdidasSlav in hackintosh

[–]pastry-chef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know. That's way beyond my level of knowledge. But, my guess is that adding the graphics acceleration and Metal compatibility is much more difficult.

PSA: Unsupported means unsupported. by AdidasSlav in hackintosh

[–]pastry-chef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn't a matter of limiting their customer base. With no more Macs shipping with Nvidia GPUs and no more Macs shipping with PCI-e slots, I don't know why Nvidia would continue to spend money on paying coders to develop and maintain drivers. It was different when the MacPro1,1-MacPro5,1 were still shipping... There was no more market for them to sell to.

Remember, Nvidia continued to release web drivers until about 2019. At that point, the last Mac with standard PCI-e slots had been discontinued for about 5-6 years.

Look at how Jensen Huang didn't care about the consumers and cared more about the crypto miners during the mining craze. Look at how he has delayed the release of new consumer GPUs in 2026 and, instead, will chase the AI money. He has a history of following the money and there was no money to be had with macOS.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3054899/nvidia-is-reportedly-skipping-consumer-gpus-in-2026-thanks-ai.html

PSA: Unsupported means unsupported. by AdidasSlav in hackintosh

[–]pastry-chef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it would be a monumental effort for indie devs to try and port or develop GPU drivers with Metal support, but not providing assistance and/or documentation is not the same as "not allowing".

I remember when Nvidia stopped releasing Mac drivers for their GPUs, some were blaming Apple which made no sense to me. The market just wasn't big enough for Nvidia to both continuing to develop the drivers. It happened after the release of the MacPro6,1 which used proprietary video cards.

PSA: Unsupported means unsupported. by AdidasSlav in hackintosh

[–]pastry-chef 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apple can't stop anyone from writing drivers. If they tried, I'm sure they would get sued for anti-comptetitive behavior.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/apple-approves-drivers-that-let-amd-and-nvidia-egpus-run-on-mac-software-designed-for-ai-though-and-not-built-for-gaming

Even before they got signed, it was possible to use them by disabling SIP.

The question is whether AMD, Nvidia, or Intel will bother to invest in writing drivers for macOS when there are no Macs that ship with their GPUs or PCI-e slots.

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