How to Choose the Right Synology for Your Computer

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Time machine over the network is really nice in the sense that you can still use spinning desks if they can be somewhere else in your house. Time machine Synology's both TIFFs and your laptops carry on. But like whatever open source package this thing is probably based on, it properly enforces disk quotas for users. It never runs out of space, Mac OS knows how to handle it. And so it actually works really reliably. The one major downside is that it is slow as crap. So if you ever... If you need to restore from it, it's going to take days or even a whole drive recovery. Same since I already have everything set up to do it and hard

Pre-show:
- Blue Man Group
- 🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️
Follow-up:
- EV thoughts from Sam Abuelsamid
- Tesla V4 Superchargers
- iPadOS 17 window management
- An extended aside about social networks, federation, and socialism
- iCloud Keychain 🤝 third-party browsers
  - Ricky’s 🍑💨
  - Chrome Extension
Casey’s no-good, very bad day 😭😬
#askatp:
- Is Time Machine really useful anymore, anyway? (via Dan Provost)
  - Synology Products Compatibility List
- Could a third-party ARM chip end up in a Mac Pro? (via Torb)
- Servers love large CPUs; could Apple use Apple Silicon in servers? (via David Loring)
  - Apple Network Server
  - Xserve
- Could Apple make a hyper-fast “drive” to sorta-kinda expand RAM? (via Patrick Melody)
- Why no dual-socket CPU in the Mac Pro? (via Aryan Aneja)
- Does the Mac Pro really have an “super car” attributes anymore? (via Jan Lehnardt)
- Is the Vision Pro now the “halo car”? (via David Saunders)
Post-show: Marco’s update