Please share your experiences and reviews about NAS ([Network-Attached Storage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage)) below. In particular, rate their compatibility with Macs, OS X, iTunes, Time Machine, AppleTV, and other Apple-specific tools. The goal is for future users to be able to easily find the best Mac-compatible NAS appliance. Rules: - Use a single answer for each NAS (no duplicates, please). - Vote (up or down) on any NAS you have experience with. Also welcome: useful reference links, such as [this one from xlr8yourmac.com](http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/mac_NAS_and_wireless.html) .

I have recently purchased the PlayStation 2 for playing old games. I saw that MacBook Pro M1 has the HDMI port. So, I was just wondering if I can use the AV to HDMI converter in conjunction with the HDMI cable and connect it to my Macbook. Will it work? I mean will it be displayed on the Macbook Pro's screen/display.

I recently came across this beautiful looking device called **USB SuperDrive** while buying something on an e-commerce website. After I searched about this device, I got to know that it's a portable **USB CD/DVD-RW drive** from the year **2008** which can burn & play CDs and DVDs. I got interested to buy it. But I see this product being discontinued by Apple officially. Will it work with the newer **Macbook Pro/Air** series with **Apple Silicon/Intel** processors?

I am going to buy the high end MacBook Pro mid 2012. I want to get an SSD, but the BTO options given by Apple are too pricey in my opinion. Which third party SSD (512 GB) are recommended (for performances and prices)? Edit: at a local shop they told me that changing the drive of an Apple product invalidates warranty. Do you know if it's true?

I'm trying to decide between purchasing an iPhone 13 and an iPhone 14 (for about 100€ more). I know they're relatively similar, although the 14 has 1.5 times the amount of RAM. One thing that is pushing me towards the 14 is that I've read that the 13 "oversharpens" photos, to the point that it's neither accurate nor pleasing. Is this true in your experience? The reports I read were a couple of years old -- has this been fixed in the interim?

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/38555/are-there-third-party-keyboards-that-have-the-apple-layout I found this question but it is not my one. I mean, "**STRICTLY**", Mac layout. The sizes of keys, the paddings between keys, no Num Lock, have Fn, no numbers' area... everything is equal to the Mac keyboards, including MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Apple Wireless Keyboard (but not the USB one). ---- Amendment #1 ---- Sorry for missing this important part. What I'm seeking are **mechanical** ones. I searched "mechanical keyboard Mac layout" and found the question mentioned above but failed in noticing that question was not only talking about mechanical keyboards.

I’m in the enviable position of having a nice wad of cash to spend on a new Mac setup. Since Tensorflow and PyTorch are now both supported by Metal, at least on my 16gb MacBook Air M1 I’m more than tempted by either a basic Mac Studio or a top end 16” MacBook with a minimum of 48Gb Ram and 1Tb SSD with enough left over to add a Mac Studio monitor, mouse and keyboard on top. So what differences in hardware between the two exist that I should bear in mind to choose between the two beyond the obvious of number of cores? Do I lose anything in performance by gaining portability if I choose the MacBook.

Thunderbolt 2 docks have been quite expensive and they will be obsolete once I purchase the new MacBooks with USB-C ports. I currently use a 2014 MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 2 ports, and I want to futureproof my purchase by acquiring a cheaper USB-C dock now. The cheapest Thunderbolt 2 dock costs around $200 while USB-C docks cost around $30. Being able to use a USB-C dock with older Thunderbolt 2 Macbook Pros would not only be cheaper but also allows me to use the same USB-C dock if I decided to upgrade to a future Macbook. For that to work I need a Thunderbolt 2 (male) to USB-C female adaptor, after some searching it doesn't seem to exist. Is there a reason why something like this hasn't been made? Or is the USB-C specification designed such that it is impossible? (hence businesses can still continue to sell expensive Thunderbolt 2 docks...) I will accept an answer that meets the following requirements: * If there is such an adapter please give a link and some form of evidence that these would have 100% compatibility with USB-C docks. * If there is no such adapter please explain: * Is it impossible to produce? * If not, why hasn't a vendor created one yet? I've explained that its a better financial investment than buying a TB2 dock... surely there's a market for those still using TB2 MBPs wanting to upgrade in the next couple of years. Not only docks but it would open a gateway to cheaper alternatives to those hideously expensive TB2 peripherals.

Is there a way to connect my MacBook Pro to two external monitors (either VGA or HDMI; no Thunderbolt) in such a way that the Mac screen serves as a third monitor? What hardware do I need?

My _uncle_ has the following MacBook Pro, it according with _About This Mac_ * MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) * Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 * Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 * Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB Furthermore, in the back of the laptop appears Model No:A1278 I want to know if is possible upgrade to 16 or even with 32 GB of RAM - if yes, what are the correct specs of each memory? It indicate to my uncle to buy the correct pair through Amazon.

Recently, I bought a new monitor to use as an external display. I even asked a question about the compatibility on this forum. Now, I am trying to configure things. Unfortunately, the experience has been a bit annoying so far. Part of the problem seems to be this message from the monitor system : As text to help further research: > The screen is not currently set to the recommended resolution. Configure the PC resolution to 2560x1080/60Hz. (The 2560x1080/60HZ resolution may not be supported on some PCs.) > Current resolution: 1920x1080/60Hz > Recommended resolution 2560x1080/60Hz It is especially frustrating because I only have the options below to configure it: I do have 60Hz. But, I only have 1920x1080. There is no 2560x1080. As a palliative fix, I tried accessing the settings menu on the LG external monitor device. They present two options: (i) Full Wide and (ii) and Original. On Full Wide, things look a bit stretched out, horizontally speaking. See the PrintScreen (not sure it captures the stretched out feeling, hence I will also send a picture from a phone): Alternatively, the monitor also offers another option for Aspect Rate called "Original". On this one, only part of the screen is used. Things do not look stretched out this time: I do not know much about monitors. And I believe I underestimate the challenge of compatibility. If my understanding is correct, it seems to be a pure physics problem. The MacBook Air is a light rectangle (close to a square), but the monitor is way more stretched out horizontally. Hence, this incompatibility. Is my understanding correct? Is there any palliative action I could take for better experience? ;; UPDATE Since it was asked by user @DavidAnderson , I am using an adaptor called *Dell Adapter - USB-C to HDMI/VGA/Ethernet/USB 3.0 DA200* to the USB-C to HDMI.

Anyone know which video cards are available/supported/will work on the Mac Pro (Original) from December 2006 also known as MacPro1,1 in the system profiler?

I have an old MacBook Pro - it is: * MBP 13.3/2.9/2X4GB/750/SD * Model No: A1278 I want to know if is possible upgrade to 16 or even with 32 GB of RAM - if yes, what are the correct specs of each memory? It to buy the correct pair.

About two years ago I updated the original 256gb ssd on the mbp 15" mid 2015. Installed a transcend 855 , 960gb nvme gen 3 x4. In contrast the original have the following specs: Vendor: Apple Product: SSD Controller Physical Interconnect: PCI Link Width: x4 Link Speed: 8.0 GT/s Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported Besides the room space the change brings, I'll say perhaps the computer became a little faster. I haven't done any serious measurements so I don't want to overstate how better it became. However since a few months ago I'm experiencing some failures (one described at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/430739/macos-system-preferences-crash-close) which seems to be telling ssd needs to be replaced. After some google around I found these days we have nvme gen 4 (which seems to be even faster), so I thought may be I could install a 2tb nvme gen 4 on mbp. Is this going to work? Side question: Is it normal to have just about two years of life span on an ssd? I few years ago I noticed ssd on a windows laptop was failing after four years. And I still use a hard disk on a linux laptop which is going over ten years. Edit: To add DriveDx report, wondering if anything can be said about it.

### SYSTEM INFORMATION ###
Report Timestamp                     : June 15, 2022 7:07:17 AM GMT+8
Report Timestamp (ISO 8601 format)   : 2022-06-15T07:07:17

Application Name                     : DriveDx
Application Version                  : 1.11.0.730
Application SubBuild                 : 0
Application Edition                  : Standalone
Application Website                  : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx 
DriveDx Knowledge Base Revision      : 101/101

Computer Name                        : User’s MacBook Pro
Host Name                            : Users-MacBook-Pro
Computer Model                       : MacBookPro11,4

OS Boot Time                         : 2022-06-13T00:51:22
Time Since Boot                      : 2 days 06h 15m 55s
OS Name                              : macOS
OS Version                           : 10.15.7
OS Build                             : 19H1824
OS Kernel Version                    : Darwin 19.6.0

SAT SMART Driver Version             : N/A
ATA Command Support Tolerance        : verypermissive
N of drives in report                : 1



### DRIVE 1 OF 1 ###
Last Checked                         : June 15, 2022 6:49:54 AM GMT+8
Last Checked (ISO 8601 format)       : 2022-06-15T06:49:54

Advanced SMART Status                : OK
Overall Health Rating                : GOOD 100%
SSD Lifetime Left Indicator          : GOOD 99.0%
Issues found                         : 0

Serial Number                        : F01271D5F85170440008
WWN Id                               : 
Volumes                              : macOS
Device Path                          : /dev/disk0
Total Capacity                       : 960.2 GB (960,197,124,096 Bytes)
Model Family                         : Transcend JetDrive 850 SSD
Model                                : TS960GJDM850
Firmware Version                     : R1109
Drive Type                           : SSD

Power On Time                        : 10,573 hours (14 months 20 days 13 hours)
Power Cycles Count                   : 8,203
Current Power Cycle Time             : 54.3 hours



=== DEVICE CAPABILITIES ===
S.M.A.R.T. support enabled           : yes
DriveDx Active Diagnostic Config     : Transcend JetDrive 850 SSDs config [ssd.nvme.transcend.jetdrive.850.01]
Sector Logical Size                  : 4096
Sector Physical Size                 : 4096
Physical Interconnect                : PCI-Express (PCIe)
Logical Protocol                     : NVM-Express (NVMe)
Removable                            : no
Ejectable                            : no
NVMe Revision Supported              : 1.30
PCI Vendor Id                        : 0x126f
Thermal Throttling Supported         : no
Volatile Write Cache Supported       : yes
Maximum Data Transfer Size           : 32 Pages
Log Page Attributes                  : 0xf
Format NVM Attributes                : 0x0
Optional Admin Command Support       : 0x0
Optional NVM Command Support         : 0x5f (Compare, Wr_Unc, DS_Mngmt, Wr_Zero, Save/Sel_Feat, +)
Number of Power States Supported     : 4
Error Log Page Entries               : 255
Keep Alive Support                   : 0
Total NVMe Capacity                  : -
Unallocated NVMe Capacity            : -
Number of NVMe Namespaces            : 1
I/O Path                             : IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PEG0@1/IOPP/SSD0@0/IONVMeController/IONVMeBlockStorageDevice@1




=== CURRENT POWER CYCLE STATISTICS ===
Time since computer startup         : 54 hours
Data Read                           : 94,174,990,336 bytes (94.2 GB)
Data Written                        : 68,472,983,552 bytes (68.5 GB)
Data Read/Write Ratio               : 1.38
Data Read/hour                      : 1.7 GB/hour
Data Write/hour                     : 1.3 GB/hour

Operations (Read)                   : 3,918,754
Read IOPS                           : 1,347
Operations (Write)                  : 4,744,041
Write IOPS                          : 1,630
Operations Read/Write Ratio         : 1
Throughput per operation (Read)     : 24.0 KB/Op
Throughput per operation (Write)    : 14.4 KB/Op

Latency Time (Read)                 : 0 ns
Latency Time (Write)                : 0 ns
Retries (Read)                      : 0
Retries (Write)                     : 0
Errors (Read)                       : 0
Errors (Write)                      : 0


=== PROBLEMS SUMMARY ===
Failed Indicators (life-span / pre-fail)  : 0 (0 / 0)
Failing Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0)
Warnings (life-span / pre-fail)           : 0 (0 / 0)
I/O Error Count                           : 0 (0 / 0)


=== IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID  NAME                                         RAW VALUE                  STATUS
  7 Data Units Written                           38,632,799 (19.8 TB)       100% OK
 14 Media and Data Integrity Errors              0x448A7                    100% OK


=== TEMPERATURE INFORMATION (CELSIUS) ===
Current Temperature                  : 48
Power Cycle Min Temperature          : 48
Power Cycle Max Temperature          : 53
Lifetime Min Temperature             : 48
Lifetime Max Temperature             : 53
Recommended Min Temperature          : 5
Recommended Max Temperature          : 70
Temperature Min Limit                : 5
Temperature Max Limit                : 80


=== DRIVE HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID   | NAME                                        | TYPE      | UPDATE | RAW VALUE                  | VALUE | THRESHOLD | WORST | LAST MODIFIED        | STATUS          
   2   Composite Temperature                         Life-span   online            48 (48 °C)             52          20     52         6/15/22 6:49 AM   40.0%  OK          
   3   Available Spare                               Pre-fail    online               100                100          10    100                       -    100%  OK          
   5   Life Percentage Used                          Life-span   online                1                  99           0     99                       -   99.0%  OK          
   6   Data Units Read                               Life-span   online       46,208,616 (23.7 TB)       100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
   7   Data Units Written                            Life-span   online       38,632,799 (19.8 TB)       100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
   8   Host Read Commands                            Life-span   online          1,432,091,914           100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
   9   Host Write Commands                           Life-span   online           957,390,571            100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
  10   Controller Busy Time                          Life-span   online     25,592 (25,592 minutes)      100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
  11   Power Cycles                                  Life-span   online              8,203               100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
  12   Power On Hours                                Life-span   online      10,573 (10,573 hours)       100           0    100         6/15/22 6:49 AM    100%  OK          
  13   Unsafe Shutdowns                              Life-span   online                46                100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
  14   Media and Data Integrity Errors               Pre-fail    online             0x448A7              100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
  15   Error Information Log Entries                 Pre-fail    online                0                 100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
  16   Warning Composite Temperature Time            Life-span   online          0 (0 minutes)           100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
  17   Critical Composite Temperature Time           Life-span   online          0 (0 minutes)           100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          



=== DRIVE ERROR LOG ===
error log is empty

### SYSTEM INFORMATION ###
Report Timestamp                     : June 15, 2022 7:14:36 AM GMT+8
Report Timestamp (ISO 8601 format)   : 2022-06-15T07:14:36

Application Name                     : DriveDx
Application Version                  : 1.11.0.730
Application SubBuild                 : 0
Application Edition                  : Standalone
Application Website                  : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx 
DriveDx Knowledge Base Revision      : 101/101

Computer Name                        : User’s MacBook Pro
Host Name                            : Users-MacBook-Pro
Computer Model                       : MacBookPro11,4

OS Boot Time                         : 2022-06-13T00:51:22
Time Since Boot                      : 2 days 06h 23m 14s
OS Name                              : macOS
OS Version                           : 10.15.7
OS Build                             : 19H1824
OS Kernel Version                    : Darwin 19.6.0

SAT SMART Driver Version             : N/A
ATA Command Support Tolerance        : verypermissive
N of drives in report                : 1



### DRIVE 1 OF 1 ###
Last Checked                         : June 15, 2022 7:13:22 AM GMT+8
Last Checked (ISO 8601 format)       : 2022-06-15T07:13:22

Advanced SMART Status                : OK
Overall Health Rating                : GOOD 100%
SSD Lifetime Left Indicator          : GOOD 84.0%
Issues found                         : 0

Serial Number                        : S29CNYBGC04380
WWN Id                               : 5 002538 900000000
Volumes                              : Update
Device Path                          : /dev/disk3
Total Capacity                       : 251.0 GB (251,000,193,024 Bytes)
Model Family                         : Apple (Samsung-based) SSDs
Model                                : APPLE SSD SM0256G
Firmware Version                     : BXW1SA0Q
Drive Type                           : SSD

Power On Time                        : 19,301 hours (26 months 24 days 5 hours)
Power Cycles Count                   : 22,646
Current Power Cycle Time             : 54.4 hours



=== DEVICE CAPABILITIES ===
S.M.A.R.T. support enabled           : yes
DriveDx Active Diagnostic Config     : Apple (Samsung-based) g-series SSDs config [ssd.apple.samsung.g]
Sector Logical Size                  : 512
Sector Physical Size                 : 4096
Physical Interconnect                : PCI
Logical Protocol                     : SATA
Removable                            : no
Ejectable                            : no
ATA Version                          : ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4c
SATA Version                         : SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
I/O Path                             : IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PEG1@1,1/IOPP/UPSB@0/IOPP/DSB1@3/IOPP/UPS0@0/IOPP/pci-bridge@0/IOPP/pci144d,a801@0/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice
Attributes Data Structure Revision   : 1
SMART Command Transport (SCT) flags  : 0x0
SCT Status supported                 : no
SCT Feature Control supported        : no
SCT Data Table supported             : no
Error logging capabilities           : 0x1
Self-tests supported                 : yes
Offline Data Collection capabilities : 0x53
Offline Data Collection status       : 0x0
Auto Offline Data Collection flags   : 0x0




=== CURRENT POWER CYCLE STATISTICS ===
Time since computer startup         : 54 hours
Data Read                           : 285,036,032 bytes (285.0 MB)
Data Written                        : 5,525,504 bytes (5.5 MB)
Data Read/Write Ratio               : 51.59
Data Read/hour                      : 5.2 MB/hour
Data Write/hour                     : 101.6 KB/hour

Operations (Read)                   : 34,096
Read IOPS                           : 5,509
Operations (Write)                  : 414
Write IOPS                          : 67
Operations Read/Write Ratio         : 82
Throughput per operation (Read)     : 8.4 KB/Op
Throughput per operation (Write)    : 13.3 KB/Op

Latency Time (Read)                 : 0 ns
Latency Time (Write)                : 0 ns
Retries (Read)                      : 0
Retries (Write)                     : 0
Errors (Read)                       : 0
Errors (Write)                      : 0


=== PROBLEMS SUMMARY ===
Failed Indicators (life-span / pre-fail)  : 0 (0 / 0)
Failing Indicators (life-span / pre-fail) : 0 (0 / 0)
Warnings (life-span / pre-fail)           : 0 (0 / 0)
Recently failed Self-tests (Short / Full) : 0 (0 / 0)
I/O Error Count                           : 0 (0 / 0)


=== IMPORTANT HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID  NAME                                         RAW VALUE                  STATUS
  5 Retired Block Count                          0                          100% OK
173 Wear Leveling Count                          0x11B01E9016A              84.0% OK
175 Host Writes MiB                              28,794,871 (30.2 TB)       99.0% OK
192 Unsafe Shutdown Count                        66                         99.0% OK
197 Current Pending Block Count                  0                          100% OK
199 UDMA CRC Error Count                         0                          100% OK


=== TEMPERATURE INFORMATION (CELSIUS) ===
Current Temperature                  : 34
Power Cycle Min Temperature          : 24
Power Cycle Max Temperature          : 35
Lifetime Min Temperature             : 24
Lifetime Max Temperature             : 35
Recommended Min Temperature          : 5
Recommended Max Temperature          : 65
Temperature Min Limit                : 5
Temperature Max Limit                : 70


=== DRIVE HEALTH INDICATORS ===
ID   | NAME                                        | TYPE      | UPDATE | RAW VALUE                  | VALUE | THRESHOLD | WORST | LAST MODIFIED        | STATUS          
   1   Raw Read Error Rate                           Life-span   online               0x0                200           0    200                       -    100%  OK          
   5   Retired Block Count                           Pre-fail    online                0                 100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
   9   Power On Hours                                Life-span   online              19,301               96           0     96                       -   96.0%  OK          
  12   Power Cycle Count                             Life-span   online              22,646               77           0     77                       -   77.0%  OK          
 169   Total Bad Block Count                         Pre-fail    online          0x1F3054003C0           219          10    219                       -    100%  OK          
 173   Wear Leveling Count                           Life-span   online          0x11B01E9016A           184         100    184                       -   84.0%  OK          
 174   Host Reads MiB                                Life-span   online       28,414,750 (29.8 TB)        99           0     99                       -   99.0%  OK          
 175   Host Writes MiB                               Life-span   online       28,794,871 (30.2 TB)        99           0     99                       -   99.0%  OK          
 192   Unsafe Shutdown Count                         Life-span   online                66                 99           0     99                       -   99.0%  OK          
 194   Temperature (Celsius)                         Life-span   online                34                 66          30     27                       -   51.4%  OK          
 197   Current Pending Block Count                   Life-span   online                0                 100           0    100                       -    100%  OK          
 199   UDMA CRC Error Count                          Life-span   online                0                 200           0    199                       -    100%  OK          



=== DRIVE ERROR LOG ===
error log is empty


=== DRIVE SELF-TEST LOG ===
#   | LIFETIME (H)   | TEST TYPE         | PROGRESS | STATUS                          | LBA of 1st error
1         19301        Short offline         100%     Completed without error              -

I'm looking for a docking station to connect my MacBook Pro to Logitech Webcam with a USB-C cable and a Projector with an HDMI cable. My MacBook Pro is (13-inch, Mid 2012), macOS 10.15.7. I could not find anything compatible with my MacBook pro. Could anyone give me some help with what docking station or adaptor I should get, please?

I know the first thing to do is dry with a towel the majority of the fluid. Next is to turn off the computer. Then flip over the laptop itself and whilst upside down cool dry the keyboard with a hairdryer for a few minutes. Also leave the computer upside down for a day or so. Is there anything I’m missing?

I need to buy a MacBook for iPhone development, but I have budget constraints also. I saw on Apple UK website that they are offering refurbished laptop(s). So is it OK to buy a MacBook (refurbished) by Apple? Here is one of the link of refurbished MacBook Pro .

I like to go code in my backyard but sometimes my macbook gets really really cold. I wrote a python script that basically for loops thousands of times recursively doing multiplication to make the cpu work at full capacity to heat the macbook up quickly. 1. Is this damaging to the computer to put it under such intense stress while cold? 2. Are there better ways to heat up the computer? 3. Is it even bad if the macbook gets too cold?(Canadian temperature...) Specs.

List your favorite accessory (or peripheral) for your Apple hardware. **Rules** - Limit to one accessory per answer. - Add a short description for the accessory. - Add a link to the website in the name of the accessory if possible . - Use **## [accessoryName](link) (price)** for citing the accessory name. - Check for dupes. Only Mac OS X and iOS compatible accessories. Some people don't like these questions. If you are one of them please look the other way. These types of questions have been successful in the past.

I need to write mathematics, but I would like to avoid Latex for quick notes that I wish to send to colleagues. So I would like to have somewhere to write with some sort of pen, in such a way that 1. What I write appears on the display of my computer (please note that I don't have an iPad, just a MacBook) 2. It gets saved on my computer when I finish. These are just quick notes, so no special drawing features are required (on the contrary, the simpler/cheaper the better). What should I consider? Since I own a MacBook, also writing on the built-in trackpad would be fine, but I've heard that the Inklet app slows down the computer in a very nasty way.