Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square314fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down128
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minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months ago Those SSD are both hardware and software locked to the mother board. I know they did it with RAM which is bad enough but to do it with SSDs as well. That alone is a reason not to get an Apple device.
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoThey might not specifically software lock the drive, but I do recall somethibg about them enabling disk encryption by default. So you’re data is essentially tied to the system. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/protect-data-on-your-mac-with-filevault-mh11785/mac It is enabled automatically, and unless you actually know to store the key somewhere you’re fucked.
I know they did it with RAM which is bad enough but to do it with SSDs as well. That alone is a reason not to get an Apple device.
They might not specifically software lock the drive, but I do recall somethibg about them enabling disk encryption by default. So you’re data is essentially tied to the system.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/protect-data-on-your-mac-with-filevault-mh11785/mac It is enabled automatically, and unless you actually know to store the key somewhere you’re fucked.