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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on My Mac: Begging from Apple

We don’t know when Apple decided to introduce Big Sur’s SSV, but even now it hasn’t told users it won’t be releasing standalone updates for 11.0.1 or 11.1.

December 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 78

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I’m the […]

December 19, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Measuring performance of different SSDs using Stibium 1.0b3

A new version using Mach absolute time brings accuracy to a few microseconds, and a Help page. Tests progress well, and continue to make interesting comparisons.

December 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Is it not possible to boot an M1 Mac from an external disk?

It’s a commonplace task: make a bootable external disk for emergency use, containing your diagnostic and repair tools. On a new M1 Mac? Should be simple.

December 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates

Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Comparing SSD performance between T2 and M1 Macs with Stibium

Developing an app to assess the real-world performance of SSDs: initial results from a T2 Mac and an M1 Mac mini are different but there’s no simple answer to which is the faster.

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

How did that update eat so much free disk space?

Have you checked how much free space is on your startup volume after the last update? Do you wonder where it has all gone?

December 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Extensions, Big Sur and M1 Macs

How to use kernel extensions, and their replacement system extensions, on Macs running Big Sur, including M1 Macs.

December 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

What’s changed in Big Sur 11.1?

The macOS 11.1 update is substantial, but by no means as extensive as some of its x.1 predecessors. […]

December 14, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

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