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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 17 Sep Benchmark Pinned

M5 Max compile times against M3 Max — 40 real projects, thermals logged

Same Xcode and Rust workloads on both machines, ambient held at 22C, full spreadsheet in the comments. Short version: the gap is much bigger on sustained builds than on the single-run numbers everyone quotes. Cold-start…

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 17 Sep Benchmark

Sustained load: M5 Max against M3 Max, nine build targets

Bars are the median of five runs. Ambient 22C, lid open, mains power.

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M m/MacApps · u/finder_fan · 27 Sep Showcase

Colour managed export preset for Final Cut on Studio Display 2 [Test copy 4-43312]

Took a while to stop the washed-out look on export. Settings in the body.

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 16 Aug Benchmark

M5 Max compile times against M3 Max — 40 real projects, thermals logged [Test copy 31-36508]

Same Xcode and Rust workloads on both machines, ambient held at 22C, full spreadsheet in the comments. Short version: the gap is much bigger on sustained builds than on the single-run numbers everyone quotes. Cold-start…

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 30 Aug Benchmark

Sustained load: M5 Max against M3 Max, nine build targets [Test copy 34-90827]

Bars are the median of five runs. Ambient 22C, lid open, mains power.

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M m/MacBookPro · u/aqua_ui · 16 Sep News

Studio Display 2 firmware fixes the 120 Hz handshake on third-party docks

example.com Open

Six months of 60 Hz on a dock that advertised 120. Finally sorted.

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M m/MacApps · u/finder_fan · 14 Sep Showcase

Colour managed export preset for Final Cut on Studio Display 2

Took a while to stop the washed-out look on export. Settings in the body.

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 31 Jul Benchmark

M5 Max compile times against M3 Max — 40 real projects, thermals logged [Test copy 5-20294]

Same Xcode and Rust workloads on both machines, ambient held at 22C, full spreadsheet in the comments. Short version: the gap is much bigger on sustained builds than on the single-run numbers everyone quotes. Cold-start…

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M m/MacApps · u/aqua_ui · 16 Sep Showcase

My current menu bar, after a year of trimming

Everything here is native and survives an OS upgrade.

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M m/MacApps · u/aqua_ui · 15 Sep Showcase

My current menu bar, after a year of trimming [Test copy 38-85385]

Everything here is native and survives an OS upgrade.

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M m/macOS · u/finder_fan · 19 Sep Help

Time Machine stuck on "Preparing backup" after 27.1 — here is the fix that worked [Test copy 46-46176]

Backup sat at Preparing for nine hours on a clean install. Disk Utility reported no errors and Console showed nothing useful. What fixed it: unmount the drive, delete the `.inProgress` bundle at the root of the backup v…

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 11 Aug Benchmark

Sustained load: M5 Max against M3 Max, nine build targets [Test copy 20-18347]

Bars are the median of five runs. Ambient 22C, lid open, mains power.

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M m/macOS · u/finder_fan · 16 Sep Help Pinned

Time Machine stuck on "Preparing backup" after 27.1 — here is the fix that worked

Backup sat at Preparing for nine hours on a clean install. Disk Utility reported no errors and Console showed nothing useful. What fixed it: unmount the drive, delete the `.inProgress` bundle at the root of the backup v…

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A m/AppleSilicon · u/silicon_dave · 8 Aug Benchmark