Because we all know unnamed brand / model “certified” cables with drives that are also unnamed brand / model could surely not be the problem?
Edit: I did read the entire article. Like others have said here, it doesn’t match with my experience. But because nothing is clearly specified as to what’s used, the article is useless because nobody can compare to see if their setup is the same or different.
Just because it works on an Intel Mac does not mean the cable isn’t the issue! Happy to demonstrate in a live video along with oscilloscope readings to prove it is in fact the cable to blame.
I would like to see this. Mostly to see what kind of an absolute beast of an oscilloscope can keep up with the data rate.
Also I don't understand why people are disagreeing with you. If a cable is not within spec it's absolutely possible for it to work in one circumstance because for example the port is more lenient and completely fail with a port that is more strict.
> Mostly to see what kind of an absolute beast of an oscilloscope can keep up with the data rate.
You can prove a cable faulty without being able to fully observe/measure the entire frequency range at once.
> Also I don't understand why people are disagreeing with you. If a cable is not within spec it absolutely possible for it to work in one circumstance because for example the port is more lenient and completely fail with a port that is more strict.
I’m kinda baffled too. I thought this was common knowledge among the folks on HN, but maybe not?
> Seems like the simplest counterpoint would be to demonstrate a M1 mac transmitting at the full data rate using a different cable.
Which I’d be happy to do assuming I knew the exact specs (brand/model) of the drives OP was using.
If you’d like me to demonstrate that MacOS on Apple Silicon correctly supports USB 3.2 gen 2 devices at 10Gb/s using multiple brands of drives/models, happy to do as well.
Edit: I did read the entire article. Like others have said here, it doesn’t match with my experience. But because nothing is clearly specified as to what’s used, the article is useless because nobody can compare to see if their setup is the same or different.