Thanks for your reply ! My last unit lasted 9 years so that counts but looking at feedback from recent models it looks like a lot of progress has been made already so I’m not sure if it’s worth it to worry that much

I could totally be misunderstanding the problem or question here,

You understood the question right, simply put MacOS is meant to optimize battery life and use but there’s some alternatives (like those mentioned) that aim to do better.

Think about “Photos” and “Mail”: there’s an option built in but some alternatives exists and they are better for that matter in my opinion.

You can check out: xBrowserSync

I wish, but at 10MB size limit, it won’t do

Yes, that’s a great idea. I’m tempted to do that but my old NAS is hardly keeping up with all the services I’ve deployed on it so far

Sorry I’ve been out of the loop, the encrypted sync isn’t safe anymore? I’m using forks since a while but I rely heavily on sync

Would it be possible to have pictures of the boards you mentioned as well? You got me curious !