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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 21

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: If you’re looking […]

November 16, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Which startup mode?

Diagnostic, Recovery, Safe, Startup Manager, Verbose, reset SMC/NVRAM, firmware restore, Target Disk/Display, Single-User (SUM) in outline.

November 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Do you need a replaceable SSD?

Why is Apple soldering in the SSDs of so many new Macs? What problems does it produce, and should you avoid them?

November 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine has changed again in Catalina

Time Machine backups made by Catalina are not compatible with earlier versions of macOS such as Mojave. Here’s how they have changed.

November 14, 2019 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 […]

November 13, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why do Macs with T2 chips display a black screen so long?

Why do Macs with T2 chips show a black screen when starting up or updating their firmware, and why so long that it’s scary?

November 13, 2019 Macs, Technology

Preparing for new security rules: how signatures can get stripped

A future version of macOS (?10.16) will check code signatures more thoroughly than at present. Here’s what to do to start preparing for that.

November 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 20

Did you get all three this week?

November 11, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Time Machine and backing up in Catalina

Time Machine has changed in Catalina, but details haven’t been provided. How best to prepare to upgrade, and how to address its problems.

November 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Welcome to the managed environment?

It’s not very often that we see the birth of a whole new subsystem both in macOS and iOS, but RunningBoard is brand new with 10.15 and 13.

November 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

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