Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

My battery shat its pants a couple of years back, I paid for a new battery but Apple swapped out everything else minus the guts for no extra charge. Case, keyboard and screen, a pleasant surprise

Hmmm. Yes. Probably because I'm weird and I use neither iCloud nor Dropbox.

Maybe I should compare costs vs. using iCloud etc.

I'm really liking the macbook air which is pretty similar to performance of mbp

All M-series MacBooks have the SSD chips soldered to the motherboard, so that's not happening.

(Your Intel Mac likely does too unless it's pre-Touchbar)

You can get special drives that sit flush in the SD card slot if you just want some extra storage.

Airs are passively-cooled and do throttle noticeably if you're doing any work which requires sustained load though, so be mindful if your workload involves stuff like rendering AfterEffects projects etc.

I just sandisk SSD’s for working off, I also feel you need min 500gb as programs can’t start to take everything up

yep good point all! Gonna just keep using it. Esp as under butterfly keyboard program Apple replaced the whole motherboard and keyboard last year.

work gave me a 14" M3 MBP today, its nice but I'd want to avoid spending my own money for that sort of stuff.

How do you get digital audio out from the lightning port of an iPhone to an external DAC with a USB-C port? I’ve tried Apple’s Lightning to USB-Cable with Apple’s USB-A to USB-C dongle with no luck. I’ve also tried a third party Lightning to USB-C cable, also with no luck.

Apple’s camera connection dongle and a USB-A to C cable?

Do FiiO do a cable?

Yeah, they do, and it's a Fiio Q11 DAC/Headphone amp I'm using. I think what I need is (and it's what the Fiio cable is advertised as) an OTG cable. I've ordered a generic one off Amazon, will see if that does the trick.

Clearing out some bits that thought I’d offer up here before putting them in the regular for sale thread. All genuine Apple.

As far as I know, everything functions. Some stuff has been sitting in boxes for a while though and I don’t have the relevant bits to test. All prices includes UK postage, PayPal F&F please or cover the fees.

1. 61w USBC power adapter - works - tested this morning - £30
   
2. Lightning Digital AV adapter - not tested - £25
   
3. Thunderbolt to FW800 - not tested - £50 (going rate on eBay is like £100-£120!)
   
4. Lightning to 3.5mm adapter - not tested - £5
   
5. Lightning to USBC - 1 metre - new - £10
   
6. Lightning to USBC - 1 metre - new - £10
   
   

Send me a DM if you are interested, if someone wants the whole lot then call it £100.

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Forks sake, the third party lightning-USB A OTG cable + Fiio supplied USB A - USB C combo doesn't work either to get digital audio out of my iPhone, also.

Apple y u make it so hard to get digital audio out? With my Mac I had to end up installing a third-party app (Lossless Switcher) to get hi-res out.

Edit - Come back to it, and it now does work with my iPhone, but doesn't want to do hi-res (it's turned on in Music settings)

Out of curiosity - why do you want digital signal? From what I've read the default lightning - 3.5mm is properly good.

The almighty Ken Rockwell has a good writeup: https://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/lightning-adapter-audio-quality.htm

It’s ok especially for lossy spotify listening with a pair of bose noise cancelling, I use an audioquest dragonfly red for better headphones both with the phone and at the computer.

I bought a pair of Sennheiser HD560S. The Apple dongle can just about drive them by maxing out the volume. Brought a dac/headphone amp to give a bit more headroom.

I use the Apple dongle on IEMs and lower-impedance headphones (it drives Grado's fine).

Aha. Forgot about that side of things. What about AirPlay to headphone amp, is that a thing?

My MBA just slid off the sofa and hit the floor - bent the screen hinges slightly and deformed the case. Works fine, but super annoying. Can this be fixed or is it a case of live with it until I (get a new job and can afford to) replace it?

I wouldn't chance it trying to bend things back. Doubt you'd get it back to as it was anyway. I'd say leave as is

I hope everyone said Air. No need for a Pro.

Yeah - its great and nippier than the M2 mbp i had

Just have to use it, as a screen and everything to fix it i bet will be fortune going on any other repairs ive had done over the years. In a couple weeks you'll get use to it and still be using it in 5 years.

Target acquired. 10% off sale at big box electrical store means I'm picking up a 14" MBP tomorrow. The saving pays for AppleCare+, a new case and maybe a carton of AF piss. M3 Pro, 12-Core CPU, 18-Core GPU, 18GB Memory, 1TB SSD.

But do I need moar power?

But do I need moar power?

Always

M3 Pro, 12-Core CPU, 18-Core GPU, 18GB Memory, 1TB SSD.

this is what I have from work .. the stuff I use it for I feel zero diff in M1 mac mini that I have and this beast

But do I need moar power?

lol no