The Pixel Project
Comic: Thunderbolt Dismay
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Welcome to this week's edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties' Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in-between. Today: Thunderbolt Dismay
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 3 will look familiar
The future of Thunderbolt is USB-C, and this is a good thing
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Intel has announced Thunderbolt 3 will use the USB-C connector we've already seen on the MacBook. Thunderbolt 3 arrives later this year once computer makers start shipping devices equipped with Intel's "Skylake" microprocessor. Skylake is the successor to Broadwell, the fifth-generation Intel Core processor that saw its debut on the Mac earlier this year. Thunderbolt 3 offers twice the...
USB
Intel's Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB-C standard
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Intel has opted to use the USB-C standard for Thunderbolt 3, further enhancing compatibility for those with PCs and Macs by offering new ways to connect peripherals without investing in multiple converter kits.
Best of Mac
Best Thunderbolt 2 docks for the Mac
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If you have a lot of peripherals to connect to your Mac, and you want high-performance, you should consider a Thunderbolt 2 dock. Using a Thunderbolt 2 dock has practical benefits. For one thing, it simplifies the connection to your Mac down to a single cable. For another, it makes attaching a wide array of devices to your Mac quick and easy. And with twice the bandwidth of the...
Speedy drives
OWC announces speedy Accelsior S expansion card
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OWC announced a new, speedier entry into its Accelsior line of expandable storage cards today—the Accelsior S.
C Sick
Enough with this USB-C brouhaha
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Controversy surrounds Apple's decision to use USB-C in the new MacBook. Is it one interface to rule them all, or is it just another port we'll see on future Macs? Apple's glitzy new MacBook is a pretty amazing piece of engineering and design that polarizes Mac users more than anything I can remember since the last colored MacBook, the black one that came out in 2008. The new MacBook...
I want my Mac TV
How to connect your Mac to the TV
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At some point or another, you're bound to want to send the video on your Mac to your television. There's certainly more than one way to do that, so let's take a look at how you can! First of all, let's answer the obvious question: Why would I want to send Mac video to a TV? There are tons of reasons: You're streaming content only available on your Mac — perhaps a movie you've...
OWC SSD
Retina MacBook Pro gets 1TB SSD upgrade from OWC
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OWC has announced that it is now shipping 1TB solid-state drive upgrades for the first-generation MacBook Pro with Retina display. The Aura 6G SSD actually comes in a bit smaller than 1TB at 960GB, and has peak transfer rates of 555/530 MB/s. You can get the 1TB Aura SSD from OWC for $549. However, OWC is also offering to bundle the Aura with its Envoy external enclosure. The Envoy...
Thunderbolt + USB + FireWire + HDMI + Ethernet + audio
OWC's Thunderbolt 2 Dock shames all other docks
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Easily the most useful aspect of the Thunderbolt connection has been the creation of single-cable docks, and OWC's just-announced Thunderbolt 2 Dock is really upping the ante on the docking game. Utilizing the blazing-fast 20Gbps interface, the OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock sports a plethora of additional connection options, certainly far more than other offerings, all through a single cable...
Speedy drives
OWC introduces new ThunderBay 4 mini drive enclosures
Other World Computing, the makers of Thunderbolt-enabled external drive enclosures, have announced a new product today called the ThunderBay 4 mini. The enclosure comes in two flavors, a standard edition and a RAID 5 edition, and sports a small footprint for increased portability. Key features of the enclosures include: Four 2.5" drive bays, perfect for SSDs Breathtaking...