Big news! The firmware on M4 and M5 Macs supports USB 3 speeds during DFU restores! This will make a huge difference for restoring multiple Mac systems at the same time. Our Erase and Restore system is based on DFU Restores for Apple Silicon Macs and the time to restore 15 Macs has gone from 35 minutes to less than 10 minutes! That is total time, not per device.
If you are already using DFU Blaster with the Acroname Hub3c, you have everything you need! Make sure you are using USB 3 cables and you will see the increased speed when restoring M4 and M5 Macs. We have tested on the M4 MacBook Air, the M5 MacBook Pro and the M4 Mac mini. All of these devices restored at USB 3 speeds and took about 3 minutes to restore a single Mac!
You can mix and match Macs that restore at USB 2 and USB 3 speeds, and can even mix in USB-C iOS devices as well. We haven’t tested the new Mac Neo, but hopefully that will support the new faster speeds as well. We will have the newest Mac in our lab early next week and will know soon!
Here is a photo of our lab with a mix of Apple Silicon Macs and iPads all restoring at the same time:
