IPSW Downloads#bridgeOS 10.0 (23P350) has been released for 16 devices https://ipsw.me/10.0
adacostaYou know what I have been thinking about, is how greedy #Apple has become since the 2016 #MacBook Pro's by introducing planned obsolescence and technologies like the touchbar and #BridgeOS under the guise of #security and #privacy. There is no technical limitation in my opinion that prevents Apple from still supporting MacBook Pro's and desktop Mac's as far back as the 2012 models. The sad part is, it could reduce environmental waste; adding services revenue for things like cloud storage.
#bridgeOS 9.6 (22P6083) has been released for 16 devices https://ipsw.me/9.6
Kevin Karhan 
@jbqueru Also I hope for #RISCv to be the #ISA of the future for long-term #OpenSourceHardware and support.
#ARM64 - just like #amd64 - is yet another proprietary ISA and almost all devices with it in terms of #Laptops have #AntiRepairDesign like #Apple's #MacBook|s that self-destroy their #SSD|s which also contains it's #EFI / "#BridgeOS", making machines with fried SSDs 'braindead'โฆ
And yes, #RAM to also fails and making it not fully replaceable and upgradeable is inherently bad and I'm still mad at @frameworkcomputer for their botched #FrameworkDesktop #PC!
- Cuz it's neither necessary nor beneficial for a #Desktop PC, unlike with the #Framework12 where the #SoC used only supports single channel and a single SODIMM so it makes sense for them to take that into account.
The design of Apple's soldered in SSDs is worse than I thought!
๐ https://linustechtips.com/topic/1521523-%E2%80%9Cstarting-at%E2%80%9D-is-the-biggest-lie-in-tech/page/2/#comment-16048101๐ https://beetstech.com/blog/pre...
#bridgeOS 9.5 (22P5072) has been released for 16 devices https://ipsw.me/9.5
#bridgeOS 9.4 (22P4248) has been released for 16 devices https://ipsw.me/9.4
@lamp yes and no.
Yes, #Apple will #EoL the #Intel-based "Cheesegrater" #MacPro by 2029-2030 as per their preannounced platform lifecycle of 10 years.
No, because #Apple's #ARMv8.1-A - based #SoC's are heavily modified in that they require a feckton of custom chips solely for the purpose of #ReducedLifecycle and making repairs harder if not impossible to facilitate...
Unlike their #amd64 / #EM64T - predecessors they don't have a dedicaded #EFI chip with "#BridgeOS" aka. #AEFI aka. #macOS - #Recovery on but use the exact same #Flash chips that are #RAID0 as #SSD, and since those are custom with their own controllers ( based off info from @marcan ) - basically every chip is it's own NVMe but proprietary...
And when (not if) they (inevitably) die (due to exceeding TBW lifecycle or terrible engineering frying them with 12V on a 2,7V rail ), the entire system is braindead.
And that is not by accident but rather intentional...
Mac Studio SSD NOT user-replaceable even though it is modular??
Kevin Karhan 
@oshy both are shit because RAM and SSDs inevitably die over use and time.
Espechally SSDs do with every bit written!!!
And no, since #Apple had the #GalaxyBrainCahir idea to also put the #AEFI (Apple-#EFI & #BridgeOS) on the EXACT SAME FLASH CHIPS) any "#AppleSilicon" / #ARM / #ARM64 #Mac that has it's #SSD die is also #braindead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg
Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the worst way possible
@arcade Did you know that #Apple in their very finite wisdom decided to not put their #AEFI / #BridgeOS on a seperate flash but instead shove it onto proprietary flash chips so if your soldered-in SSD dies - and it will inevitably die over use and time - you can't even make the thing boot off an external drive as it's braindead.
Also good luck trying to crack Apple's #CensorBoot and finding a way to write new #firmware to those chips which you can't buy anywhere legally!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg&t=136s
Also good luck trying to crack Apple's #CensorBoot and finding a way to write new #firmware to those chips which you can't buy anywhere legally!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg&t=136s
Apple's soldered-in SSDs are engineered in the WORST way possible!
@thememesniper and I though soldered-down SSDs made up of proprietary Flash Chips that WILL INEVITABLY FAIL OVER TIME and thurn the device into a brick when it does because the #Apple #AEFI aka. #BridgeOS is also on the EXACT SAME FLASH CHIPS!
So one can't even reuse the device woth a #Linux on a #USB Flashdrive like a Store&Stay - alike dongle that basically ends up flush and doesn't break off easily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg