Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed

Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by jaywalk on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:21PM (#29084344)

Framework's hardware is entirely open source (https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards) so you can buy parts from any third-party that wants to produce them.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by liminalsunset on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:27PM (#29084443)

They have open sourced a development toolkit for making expansion card modules but the motherboard itself is not open source. You can, however get schematics if you are a "repair shop", under NDA, however they define that.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by userbinator on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:39PM (#29086406)

I hope the schematics leak, just like they do for many other laptops.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by GhettoComputers on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:28PM (#29084460)

That just reminds me of Alienware’s open modular GPU cards or the open nanoSD cards from Huawei, both of which are open and nobody wants to make or use in their own products. It’s open but there isn’t any incentive for anyone else to make some niche parts for a single laptop brand.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by varispeed on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:40AM (#29092592)

Entirely? That's just for expansions which are essentially USB-C dongles.

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