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yEnc TZ - a utility program to decode yEnc encoded files, such as are used on usenet newsgroups.

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About yEnc TZ (Version 1.13)

yEnc TZ is a simple, freeware, program that decodes yEnc encoded files.

yEnc TZ is much less useful than it used to be, because the current version of MT-Newswatcher, version 3.4, handles yEncs directly, making this program unnecessary. But yEnc TZ may still be useful if you are using a newsreader with poor yEnc support.

I wrote it because I couldn't find an existing standalone yEnc decoder for Macintosh, and I wasn't about to pay $15 for a piece of shareware just so I could look at yEnc encoded binary files. MT-Newswatcher 3.2 for Mac OS X advertises that it can handle yEnc encoded binary files, but it wants to hand them offto another program to do the decoding. You can tell Newswatcher to use 'yEnc TZ' to decode yEnc files.

There is a new version of MT-Newswatcher, now available, that does yEnc decoding natively, probably making my yEnc TZ completely unnecessary.

Older newsreaders don't know about the yEnc format. With older newsreaders you must save the articles, then, in the Finder, hand the saved articles to yEnc TZ.

yEnc TZ works on newer Mac operating systems (9 and X). For Mac OS 7 and 8, use yEnc TZ Classic. For older, pre-PowerPC, Motorola 68K based Macintoshes, use yEnc TZ 68K.

The call of the unicore mac os. In 7, 8, and 9, you must save articles into files, including encoded text, then as a separate operation, run yEnc TZ.

Both yEnc TZ and yEnc TZ Classic work with files saved with MT-NewsWatcher 3.1.But you have to tell MT-NewsWatcher not to mangle the encoded text (see its 'Saving Files' preferences.)I haven't tested with other newsreaders, but they should work the same way.

By the way, yEnc TZ, yEnc TZ Classic, and yEnc TZ 68K will also decode UUEncoded files, Base64 files, and Palm Doc files (some .pdb or .prc files). I often find that they will decodefiles that Stuffit Expander won't. Another advantage of using yEnc TZ for UUDecoding is that it doesn't truncate the nameto 31 characters, which is useful if you are using PAR parity files which expect the original long name to be used.

This is freeware, C source included. (GNU license)

license agreement:You may use this provided you accept all responsibility for any liability that may result from such use.

David Phillip Oster

yEnc TZ Home Page (this page):

DownloadyEnc TZ for OS X and OS 9.

DownloadyEnc TZ Classic for OS 8 and OS 7.

DownloadyEnc TZ 68K for Motorola 68K based Macintoshes.

Download C Source Code for yEnc TZ, yEnc TZ Classic and yEnc TZ 68K.

April 10, 2004 - 1.13

  • Tony Nelson kindly submitted the following bug fixes,which have been incorporated into this version, both the released binary and the source code.

    CWPro5 doesn't allow // comments when ANSI Strict is set.

    Only quit after timeout if there were no errors.

    Better structure for event loop prevents odd behavior.

    File open write vs. append mode mapping fixed.

    Doesn't overwrite existing files. Uses new name.

    BASE64 and UU handle multipart messages.

    UU doesn't skip last line 2/3 of the time.

    All errors show a message. May still sometimes fail to write all remaining parts?

    yEnc now accepts an escaped SPACE.

    Only removes input file if all parts decoded correctly.

    (October 18, 2005 Jeff Renholts kindly pointed out that version 1.13 never got to my web server. Corrected.)

December 10, 2003 - 1.12

  • Fixed a bug that would cause yEnc TZ to suddenly quit if the application driving itsent it one file after another, before it had completed the previous one, once it got to about200 files.

July 27, 2003 - 1.11

  • Improved decoding of UUEncoded files: ignores embedded header lines. Family farm (itch) mac os.

November 14, 2002 - 1.10

  • Added a new version, yEnc TZ 68K for use by people using older, pre-PowerPC, Motorola 68K based Macintoshes.

October 14, 2002 - 1.10

  • Fixed a bug that occasionally caused yEnc TZ to ignore some articles, when it was being driven by multiple concurrent threads.

October 13, 2002 - 1.09

  • Fixed a bug that occasionally caused yEnc TZ to loop, decoding the same list of files over and over.

  • Added version info to the about box.

  • Encoded yEnc TZ Classic with an older Stuffit (version 5.5) in the hopes that users of older Macs will be able to decode it.

September 29, 2002 - 1.08

  • You can now drop .prc and .pdb Palm Doc format files on yEnc TZ, and get your Palm Doc files decoded to text files.

  • Spaces are now allowed in destination filenames, so .par files will now work better.

  • Under some circumstances, previous versions would put up multiple status dialogs. No more.

September 7, 2002 - 1.07

  • Added a preference to remove the source file if the decode is successful.

  • When decoding multiple files, no longer stops on first warning.

July 6, 2002 - 1.06

  • Added a command to the help menu of both yEnc TZ and yEnc TZ Classic to open the yEnc TZ web page, so you can look at the new FAQ.

June 15, 2002 - 1.05

  • Fixed the Classic version of yEnc TZ to truncate long output file names correctly (preserving the extension).

June 12, 2002 - 1.04

  • Fixed the Classic version of yEnc TZ removing all dependencies on Mac Os 9, by compiling it with an earlieredition of Codewarrior's standard library Temple maze stage3 mac os.

June 11, 2002 - 1.03

  • Fixed dropping a folder of yEnc TZ files on the application.

  • Added a Classic target to the project.

  • Wrote compatibility layer so I can do FSRef style calls from classic.

  • under OS X, you can drop source files on the decoder. (added plist)

  • OS X icon

  • status dialog

  • preferences dialog.

May 15, 2002 - 1.02

  • fixed: decode is failing to merge files.

  • uses FSSRefs instead of FSSpecs for OS X compatibility.

  • writes to source folder.

  • get filetypes from internet config.

  • 1.01: Oops! Carbon.r doesn't add a 'carb' resource. fixed.

May 13, 2002 - 1.00

  • Aqua menu bar.

  • OS X preferences event handler

  • MT-Newswatcher occasionally gives a -600. When I open in auto-quit mode, I nowwait a while after I'm done, and only if I receive no more events, actually quit. If I receive more 'open's, defer the quit and process them.

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  1. What is Turbo Boost on Mac?

    Turbo Boost is a feature available on high end intel processors. When a mac is running tasks that are high on processor demand it can boost frequencies to greater levels which results in better performance. However this can cause the CPU to thermally throttle because of accumulated heat, and quick battery drainage. To counteract these disadvantages Turbo Boost can manage between different levels of frequencies and core counts depending on the tasks at hand. All of this is done automatically without the users input. Mac OS 10.15.5 takes full advantage of these functions.

Turbo Boost Explained

For several years now, since 2008 to be precise, Apple has been producing Mac computers with a remarkable feature called Turbo Boost. This is a trademark Intel technology that serves the purpose of increasing a computer's performance and it may also reduce its power usage. This happens as a result of the processor's ability to shut off those of its cores that are currently not in use. In turn, this increases the so-called clock speed of the cores that are still in operation, i.e. they start working faster. Turbo boost can be found in all Apple lineup products.

Depending on the configurations of the specific computer model, the Turbo Boost will be set to increase the clock speed to different amounts, in respect to the number of cores in operation. And the way to determine how much extra power you will get for the amount of used cores is by looking at the Turbo Ratio.

Each digit in the Turbo Ratio represents a number of cores, descending from left to right. So, for example, if the Turbo Ratio number is set to 6589, 6 represents the increase when there are 4 cores in operation, 5 – when 3 cores are working, 8 – for 2 cores, and 9 is for when there's only 1 core in use.

And the numbers themselves represent increments of 100 MHz by which the power is boosted. Hence, in the above example of a Turbo Ratio of 6589, the clock speed can be increased by a maximum of up to 900 MHz. So If you have a Mac has a clock speed of 1.6 GHz, it may be boosted to a total of up to 1.6 GHz + 900 MHz = 2.5 GHz.

You can check the Turbo Ratio that your system is set to on your computer. And to do this, you will need to head over to Console, after which you will need to open kernel.log (or in case you are using Mountain Lion, that will be system.log). Look up AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement and then find Turbo Ratios to determine yours.

One thing to keep in mind is that, naturally, these clock speed increases are limited by a number of factors. Some of these are thermal and power limits, and if any of these are exceeded, the operating frequency will immediately begin to subside

Mac models with Turbo Boost 2020

MacBook Air Retina

· 1.1GHz dual-core 10th-generation Intel Core i3 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz
CPU Performance Score 5255

· 1.1GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz
CPU Performance Score 8206

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· 1.2GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i7 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
CPU Performance Score (no data)

· Macbook Air Turbo Boost range (3.2GHz – 3.8GHz)

MacBook Pro 13-in.
(two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

· 1.4GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
CPU Performance Score 8182

· 1.7GHz quad‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz –
CPU Performance Score (no useful data)

· Macbook Pro Turbo Boost range (3.9GHz to 4.5GHz)

MacBook Pro 13-in.
(four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

· 2.0GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz
CPU Performance Score 9907

· 2.3GHz quad-core 10th-generation Intel Core i7 processor,
Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz
CPU Performance Score (No data)

· MacBook Pro Turbo Boost range (3.8 GHz – 4.1GHz)

MacBook Pro 16-in.

· 2.6GHz 6-core Intel Core i7

· 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9

Catalina

· 2.4GHz 8-core Intel Core i9

· Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz

Desktops:

iMac 21.5-in.

· 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5

· Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz

iMac 21.5-in. (Retina 4K)

· 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3

· 3.0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5

· 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7

· Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz

iMac 27-in. (Retina 5K)

· 3.0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5

· 3.1GHz 6-core Intel Core i5

· 3.7GHz 6-core Intel Core i5

· 3.6GHz 8-core Intel Core i9

· Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz

iMac Pro

· 3.2GHz 8-core Intel Xeon W

· 3.0GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W

· 2.5GHz 14-core Intel Xeon W

· 2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W

· Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz

Mac mini

· 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3

· 3.0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5

· 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7

· Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz

Mac Pro

· 3.5GHz 8-core Intel Xeon W

· 3.3GHz 12-core Intel Xeon W

· 3.2GHz 16-core Intel Xeon W

· 2.7GHz 24-core Intel Xeon W

· 2.5GHz 28-core Intel Xeon W

· Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz

Intel Processors on Mac Availability

There are several processors that possess the Turbo Boost feature and they are as follows: Core M, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 and Xeon. Obviously, it's a bit of a selection – so how do you know which one is right for you? We will break it down for you, so you are aware of the main differences. You can check our list of all Mac models with there CPU's and pricing list.

Core M.

The Core M was the first-ever Intel chip for laptops that didn't require a fan for cooling. It has been present in the Mac Retina laptops since the model's initial release in 2014, and it is largely responsible for the Retina's sleek design and extremely light weight of just 900g. Its power efficiency also resulted in a 9-hour battery life a fairly good processing speed. However, the Core M is no longer used by Apple today.

Core i3

The Macs that come with Core i3 processors do not offer Turbo Boost. Therefore, the speed listed by the manufacturer is the speed you get. No over-clocking.

Core i5.

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This is the processor you will find in the overwhelming majority of Macs. The very first i5 processor was present in the entry-level iMac and it had a dual-core. These days, however, the i5 is either quad-core or 6-core.

Core i7

The i7 processors was no longer used in modern day Macs up until the year 2020. The new 13 inch mac book pro is equipped with the latest 10th generation model. Namely, the Core i7 boasted features like Hyper Threading and larger cache. And both of these features made for better multitasking and were good for scientific work, as well as high-end gaming.

Core i9

If we compare it to the rest of the processors in this list, the Core i9 is the fancy sports car of the lot. It is very fast and can come with up to 8-cores. The Core i9 first appeared in the 9th generation Coffee Lake refresh and has been the latest craze ever since. However, such high speeds come at a cost, and the cost in this particular case is the shorter battery life.

Xeon

Xeon processors are the heavy artillery of processors in this list. They support more memory than any of the others here, with a good example of this being the 2019 Mac Pro that can come with up to a whopping 1.5TB RAM. These are workstation and server processors and they offer significantly more cores. In fact, Mac Pro models can have up to 28-cores.

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Can I control Turbo Boost on my Mac?

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It is possible to control the Turbo Boost settings of your Mac and there are several reasons why you may want to or even need to do this. For instance, some of the latest Macs do tend to heat up rather quickly. So you may want to disable Turbo Boost to prevent overheating. Another reason you may want to switch off this feature is to decrease power consumption and thus prolong the battery life.

There is an app available that will allow you to disable the Turbo Boost on your computer. It's called Turbo Boost Switcher, and the free version will give you the option to disable the feature manually. And there's also the paid version, which will set you back $10, but comes with a whole range of different extras. For one, unlike in the free version, you won't have to type in your password every time in order to switch off Turbo Boost. And for another, you will also have the chance to set the switcher to start automatically.

Of course, while switching Turbo Boost off will provide you with a longer battery life and a cooler machine, it will certainly take its toll on your Mac's processing speed. Whether or not the sacrifice is worth it will depend on what you use your computer for, and, of course, your personal preferences.

If you generally don't tend to use your computer for more processor-intensive tasks, then you won't really suffer that much from the decreased CPU.





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