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Category Archive: Macs

Can you game core allocation on Apple silicon?

Some threads are set to run in the background, and get allocated to the E cores. Could you run them in a VM, and effectively promote them to run on P cores instead?

November 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: I told you so!

Nearly 6 months ago, many thought the M2 Pro and Max would come in Macs in the autumn of this year. So why hasn’t Apple released them yet?

November 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 179

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Co-ordinate hues to […]

November 26, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Booting two Apple silicon Macs from one external disk

How can you set up a single external bootable disk to start up two different Apple silicon Macs, maybe one in the office and the other at home?

November 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Changing preferences isn’t so simple

Before you try editing or trashing that preference file, ask whether macOS in the form of cfprefsd isn’t going to undo your work.

November 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

Dealing with a dysfunctional Desktop

When he put files or folders on his Desktop, although they were shown in the Finder’s listing of its contents, they simply vanished.

November 24, 2022 Macs, Technology

Which external disk?

Overall summary of a year’s testing external hard disks and SSDs ranging in cost from $50 to more than $200 per TB. Which is best?

November 23, 2022 Macs, Technology

Booting macOS on Apple silicon: Multiple boot disks

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How Apple silicon Macs create LocalPolicy to allow another boot volume group to be used, the problems that can occur, and how to investigate them.

November 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 178

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 178. Here are my solutions to them. 1: One […]

November 21, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Booting macOS on Apple silicon: LocalPolicy

To understand what might go wrong when trying to boot an Apple silicon Mac from an external disk, start with LocalPolicy: what it is, and how it works.

November 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

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