I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 197. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Supplies […]
Category Archive: Macs
Details of what happens when an APFS (Encrypted) volume is mounted, when mounting a Time Machine snapshot, unmounting a volume, and loading a Cryptex.
Have you ever tried running First Aid on an APFS volume and been told it failed with status 65? It’s time for that to be fixed, so we can check and repair disks properly.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Supplies arrive by […]
In Classic Mac OS, icons were determined by hidden databases. Here’s what we had to do periodically to keep them from breaking.
T2 and Apple silicon Macs always encrypt the Data volume in internal storage. So why bother with enabling FileVault? And can you do that on external bootable disks?
Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version […]
A step-by-step account of how Disk Arbitration and APFS mount an external disk, from handling its partitions, to performing trims.
macOS Ventura 13.3, Monterey 12.6.4 and Big Sur 11.7.5 bring firmware updates for all supported Macs
This week’s updates to macOS 13.3, 12.6.4 and 11.7.5 should have updated the firmware of every supported Mac. […]
What should you do if a firmware update goes wrong? Here’s a guide to avoid panic, whether your Mac is Intel, has a T2, or M-series chip, and for Studio Displays.
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