If there’s one thing we’re learning about APFS, it’s that file sizes are flexible. That means that free […]
Category Archive: Macs
Mac OS X has come a long way in the last 20 years, and APFS has just had its 4th birthday. But has this brought the changes we expected?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Pass me […]
How to bring a Time Machine backup to its knees: get it to back up a sparse file to an HFS+ disk. It’ll take forever and run you out of free space.
If you’re considering getting an M1 Mac, or already have one, this new book is an essential guide and reference.
Given their very different structure, backups on APFS disks shouldn’t require routine maintenance. Checking and repair is performed using Disk Utility.
Until Big Sur started backing up to snapshots on APFS, there was little interest in being able to copy snapshots. Now we realise that we can’t.
iMac17,1 and other Mac models which don’t update their firmware properly can be brought fully up to date. What’s more, Apple Support is now reluctantly sorting this out those who persist with them.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 91. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]
Unlike HFS+ backups, those on APFS volumes look different depending on how you try to access them. What you see in the Finder is an illusion not available to other apps.
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