Show threadJohn MeadowsAug 13, 2023
@ZeKik PS if you have the gear you could try the install on an external USB SSD disk (that is what I did, to avoid accidentally borking the system). So far the performance from the external SSD is pretty good. The only issue I have run into so far is rather touchy WIFI #linux #t2chip #macbook
Eric GirouardJan 28, 2023

MacBook Security Chip Gives the Secondhand Computer Market Hell

https://gizmodo.com/macbook-t2-security-chip-used-macbook-apple-1850030042

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A MacBook Security Chip Is Giving the Secondhand Computer Market Hell

Apple's T2 chip is preventing refurbishers from being able to assign Macbook's to a new user, which means they can't sell them.

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New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being repaired by an independent technician https://boingboing.net/2018/10/04/welcome-bootlickers.html #warongeneralpurposecomputing #adversarialcomputing #righttorepair #neofeudalism #e-waste #t2chip #apple #Post
New Macbooks and Imacs will brick themselves if they think they're being repaired by an independent technician

Last year, Apple outraged independent technicians when they updated the Iphone design to prevent third party repair, adding a “feature” that allowed handsets to detect when their screen…

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