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Syntech USB-C to USB Adapter This simple adapter lets you use a USB 3.1 accessory with one of your M1 MacBook Pro's USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports. The Syntech adapter costs $8.99 on Amazon. The AirPort Disk feature allows users to plug a USB hard drive into the AirPort Extreme for use as a network-attached storage (NAS) device for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows clients. Users may also connect a USB hub and printer.

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Apple's Macintosh systems equipped with the company's T2 processor reportedly have a serious audio bug that may be related to how that chip interacts with the rest of the system.

There have been reports of various audio drop-outs and problems almost since the new systems launched, but that's not automatically surprising given the need for OS updates and software tweaks to support new hardware. The problems — and to be clear, this is separate from the other speaker issues reported with the new Macs, or the Adobe Premiere Pro problem reported earlier in February — are supposedly linked to, or at least exist simultaneously alongside, the T2 chip.

Virtual machine mac windows 10. A bug report on OpenRadar by ricciadamsdocuments the initial issue. The author writes:

I've been having random audio overloads on my new 2018 MacBook Air. After browsing several logs, I noticed that IOAudioEngine::pauseAudioEngine() was called immediately after the ‘timed' process attempted to synchronize the local time to a network time server.

This issue is 100% reproducible and persists across reboots. While audio was playing, I opened up Date & Time preferences and repeatably [sic] toggled the 'Set date and time automatically' check box. System full on mac. Each time I turned this setting on, I saw a log entry for IOAudioEngine::pauseAudioEngine(). These pauses are often long enough to cause an audio overload.

This problem doesn't occur on 2015 or 2017 Macintosh systems — just the 2018 systems equipped with a T2 processor. It may also be related to system power management, as one user reported success disabling it to resolve the problem. But either way, there are periodic audio drop-outs and failures when attempting to perform audio processing over the USB bus using a number of professional tools.

The reason everyone seems to think it's linked to the T2 security processor is because of the behavior in question. Apple's previous Macs, including Macs with the T1 chip, don't seem to have this problem. Peripherals attached to the Thunderbolt bus are at least less likely to evince issues, depending on how the device extends or creates its USB interfaces. Some USB-C devices that implement USB2 are also impacted, and equipment from Native Instruments, RME, Apogee, Yamaha, and MOTU (among potentially others) are collectively affected.

According to Apple, the T2 processor 'is Apple's second-generation, custom silicon for Mac. By redesigning and integrating several controllers found in other Mac computers—such as the System Management Controller, image signal processor, audio controller, and SSD controller—the T2 chip delivers new capabilities to your Mac.' The issue appears to be related to the way the system handles audio when synchronizing the system clock. Bug reports and documentation are available at multiplesitesonline. (Each word is linked to a separate report).

Apple's 2018 Mac refresh cycle, particularly the 2018 MacBook Pro, genuinely appears to be one of the worst refresh cycles the company has ever kicked out the door. Almost as soon as these systems appeared, there were reports slamming their heavy throttling. This was resolved with a UEFI update. But in the months since, we've had reports that the third-generation keyboard on the MBP still can't prevent a single grain of dust from breaking the keyboard. It reduces, but does not solve, this problem. There have been at least two separate problems with audio issues causing actual physical speaker damage. The wires that connect the display to the GPU are prone to breakage, requiring the replacement of some $600 worth of screen rather than a $6 cable. And now, there's yet another audio bug, this time related to a piece of custom silicon that Apple built and designed for itself. The conversation around Apple hardware in 2018 and 2019 has been dominated by problems to a degree that I genuinely don't recall being true in previous years dating back to at least the company's mobile GPU problem with Nvidia a decade or so ago.

Apple, for years, has benefited from the advantage of being a custom hardware designer — namely, that you can slap a shiny badge labeled 'Custom-built' on the equipment you sell. But the downside to building your own equipment is that when things fail, the problem lands squarely on your own doorstep. These audio issues appear mostly or entirely unique to Macs with T2 chips. Assuming that's true, it would mean Apple either didn't perform due diligence on its own equipment or it knew and shipped the hardware broken. Given what it pulled with the iPhone 6 Plus, either is possible. But the end result is that the company that once led with 'It just works' as a motto for its hardware and software is slowly acquiring a very different reputation, particularly with regard to how it treats its professional customers.

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These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line. You don't need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time.

What you need to create a bootable installer

• A USB flash drive or other secondary volume formatted as Mac OS Extended, with at least 14GB of available storage
• A downloaded installer for macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or El Capitan

Download macOS

• Download: macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or macOS High Sierra
  These download to your Applications folder as an app named Install macOS [version name]. If the installer opens after downloading, quit it without continuing installation. To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6. Enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server.
• Download: OS X El Capitan
  This downloads as a disk image named InstallMacOSX.dmg. On a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, named InstallMacOSX.pkg. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or .pkg installer.

Use the 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal

1. Connect the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.
2. Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
3. Type or paste one of the following commands in Terminal. These assume that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using. If it has a different name, replace MyVolume in these commands with the name of your volume.

Big Sur:*

Catalina:*

Mojave:*

High Sierra:*

El Capitan:

* If your Mac is using macOS Sierra or earlier, include the --applicationpath argument and installer path, similar to the way this is done in the command for El Capitan.

After typing the command:

1. Press Return to enter the command.
2. When prompted, type your administrator password and press Return again. Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type your password.
3. When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return. Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased.
4. After the volume is erased, you may see an alert that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume. Click OK to allow the copy to proceed.
5. When Terminal says that it's done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Big Sur. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.
   

Use the bootable installer

Determine whether you're using a Mac with Apple silicon, then follow the appropriate steps:

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1. Plug the bootable installer into a Mac that is connected to the internet and compatible with the version of macOS you're installing.
2. Turn on your Mac and continue to hold the power button until you see the startup options window, which shows your bootable volumes and a gear icon labled Options.
3. Select the volume containing the bootable installer, then click Continue.
4. When the macOS installer opens, follow the onscreen instructions.

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1. Plug the bootable installer into a Mac that is connected to the internet and compatible with the version of macOS you're installing.
2. Press and hold the Option (Alt) ⌥ key immediately after turning on or restarting your Mac.
3. Release the Option key when you see a dark screen showing your bootable volumes.
4. Select the volume containing the bootable installer. Then click the up arrow or press Return.
   If you can't start up from the bootable installer, make sure that the External Boot setting in Startup Security Utility is set to allow booting from external media.
5. Choose your language, if prompted.
6. Select Install macOS (or Install OS X) from the Utilities window, then click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions.

Learn more

For more information about the createinstallmedia command and the arguments that you can use with it, make sure that the macOS installer is in your Applications folder, then enter the appropriate path in Terminal:

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• Big Sur: /Applications/Install macOS Big Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
• Catalina: /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
• Mojave: /Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
• High Sierra: /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
• El Capitan: /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia

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A bootable installer doesn't download macOS from the internet, but it does require an internet connection to get firmware and other information specific to the Mac model.