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Older MacBook Pros had their microphones on the exterior of the laptop, on the left side, so I'd imagine the sound from that would be pretty decent. Newer Macs put it inside the speaker grill, I think, so this wouldn't really work.
Nope, since the first MacBook Pro the dual-microphones have been placed in the grill, with the PowerBooks and iBooks the single microphone was placed in the left side of the display panel in a small hole. The white/black MacBooks, I believe, placed it near the iSight camera.
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Nope, since the first MacBook Pro the dual-microphones have been placed in the grill, with the PowerBooks and iBooks the single microphone was placed in the left side of the display panel in a small hole. The white/black MacBooks, I believe, placed it near the iSight camera.
The MacBook Pro I'm trying this on, a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), has the microphones on the left side next to the microphone jack.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Disp...
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The MacBook Pro I'm trying this on, a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), has the microphones on the left side next to the microphone jack.
The mics are on the left hand side on that model. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Disp...
"All Mac portables with the Apple T2 Security Chip feature a hardware disconnect that ensures that the microphone is disabled whenever the lid is closed." It's interesting, I don't know if other brands do that?
Why you need security chip to ensure that?
anyone who uses eGPUs (w/ Nvidia): whenever I setup my MBP shortly after buying (middle of this year), one of the steps required disabling Secure Boot and another security item via terminal. Is that still the case? Pretty sure my T2 chip is disabled due to this. Not a major loss if it must remain that way, but wasn't sure if it was just mitigating something that is no longer an issue.
> line-speed encrypted storage What does this mean? > The Mac unique ID (UID) and a device group ID (GID) are AES 256-bit keys fused (UID) or compiled (GID) into the Secure Enclave during manufacturing. No software or firmware can read the keys directly Does anyone know the details underlying this?
More information on the GID/UID can be found in the iOS Security Guide: > With the exception of the Apple A8 and earlier SoCs, each Secure Enclave generates its own UID (Unique ID) during the manufacturing process. Because the UID is unique to each device and because it’s generated wholly within the Secure Enclave instead of in a manufacturing system outside of the device, the UID isn’t available for access or storag…
"All Mac portables with the Apple T2 Security Chip feature a hardware disconnect that ensures that the microphone is disabled whenever the lid is closed." It's interesting, I don't know if other brands do that?
I wish we had a physical switch that cut power to the camera and mic... I worked on some old networking equipment a while back that had a physical fail over switch. If you opened the cover you could watch the connection switch, fun stuff. Also very effective.