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Yes there is but you probably don't like the answer: install Linux on the thing and be done with it. It does not seem to work as well on the ARM-versions but on
by the_third_wave 4y ago
Yes there is but you probably don't like the answer: install Linux on the thing and be done with it. It does not seem to work as well on the ARM-versions but on Intel it flies. You can try to keep on fighting the beast but in the end the beast will win unless you show it the door - its only vulnerability. You get the glitzy hardware without the annoyances of MacOS - Linux may have its own annoyances sometimes but these tend to be less nefarious and more easily solved than the hurdles put up by Apple. Apple is not alone in this or I would have said to install 'Linux or Windows', Microsoft is just as bad when it comes to these shenanigans. An additional benefit is that you'll be able to keep the thing running an up-to-date OS for far longer since (most...?) Linux distributions are not enmeshed in planned obsolescence schemes.
Source: typing this from an older ("late 2009") iMac running Linux
- _V_ 4y agoWell, this is nice but in reality useless. You can run Linux on ancient Apple devices such as 2009 iMac but not really on anything newer. I want to have modern peripherals and experience such as 4k display, USB-C, reasonably fast wifi/bluetooth. I don't really have a need for CD-ROM, firewire and IR port... And believe me, I tried to run Linux on 2018/2019 MBP. Apple really really tries to makes that as painful as possible. Most of the things are behind T2 (including keyboard for example) and since there is virtually no documentation you have to rely on reverse engineering efforts of few talented individuals. Also there are things that just plain don't work such as resuming from sleep (the graphics MUX gets all confused and the driver will not re-configure it for some reason) etc... Basically nice for playing around, not good enough for running as a main device.