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What about OS reliability for sound generally? Previously – and yeah, this is everything Apple makes:Īpple’s latest Macs have a serious audio glitching bug

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It’s too soon to endorse buying the 2018 models until more test data comes in, but it’s at least safe to say, if you’re using USB audio and you have one of these machines, you should probably update your OS immediately. For now, the only sure solution is to use a Thunderbolt interface or Thunderbolt adapter. Symptoms are reduced but, depending on hardware, possibly not entirely fixed. Sure enough, reader reports suggest this is a partial fix only. There’s also been no official word from Apple or its partners about the source of the issue, though the culprit appears to be Apple’s own custom silicon which now includes the USB controller. The symptoms as reported were specific only to Apple’s own hardware, not any other Mac or PC device, and it’d be more comforting to see this listed as a fix than improved reliability. This particular language is fairly tenuous. I had heard anecdotally over the past week from macOS beta testers that they had seen the issue at least partially resolved after an update. “Improves the reliability of USB audio devices when used with MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini models introduced in 2018” But buried in the release notes is this mention:

MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 Update deals mainly with Apple News+, the (North American-only, for now) Apple subscription service, and Safari and iTunes updates. However, in his experience, using an Edimax USB wireless adapter fixed it.An update to macOS Mojave yesterday promises to “improve reliability” of USB audio on recent Apple hardware, addressing a serious issue many users had flagged. The Mac Observer reader Ned found that unsupported Mac minis updated to macOS High Sierra may lose AirPort functionality. But Apple engineer Craig Federighi says support for Fusion Drives is coming in a future release. This excludes iMacs and Mac Minis that have Fusion Drives. However, there is a caveat: The first version of High Sierra is designed for Macs with all-flash built-in storage.

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If you have an older Mac lying around, it may be worth it to upgrade to macOS High Sierra. Older MacsĪ thread on Reddit has multiple people sharing the old Macs improved by High Sierra.

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And APFS natively supports full disk encryption, as well as file encryption with multiple options. APFS offers better crash protection and avoids metadata corruption. This lets you copy the system at a particular point in time. This lets you create copies of files on the same drive without using additional storage. With APFS, you can clone the operating system. Apple also brought APFS to iPhones and iPads with the release of iOS 10.3. All modern Macs come with solid-state drives, (SSD) and they are a major improvement to the old spinning disc drives (HDD).

APFS is optimized for flash memory and solid-state storage. Apple designed this to replace the aging HFS+ system. The biggest improvement to the Mac is probably the Apple File System (APFS). Better graphics capabilities with Metal 2.Improved Siri, Photos, Safari, Notes, Mail, etc.