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Category Archive: Macs

How does Time Machine make a backup?

Detailed account from the decision to start making an automatic backup to its final reporting and completion, for Ventura 13.2.1 to local storage.

March 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Getting best performance from Thunderbolt on Apple silicon Macs: a practical guide

From choosing cables and hubs to connecting displays, fast SSDs and other devices. Everything you wanted to know about Thunderbolt.

February 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 192

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 192. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brisk […]

February 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Thunderbolt 4 hub performance with 3 SSDs

What happens to read and write speeds of three SSDs connected to the same hub, and working at the same time? Can they exceed the maximum of 3 GB/s?

February 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Complexities of Thunderbolt hubs

If you have more than a couple of Thunderbolt peripherals, should you be thinking of getting a Thunderbolt 4 hub?

February 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 192

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Brisk march for […]

February 25, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

What are those XProtects?

Run Catalina or later and there are two XProtects in the CoreServices folder. But they’re completely different, as this explains.

February 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

How to get the Trash working properly

You’re running bit short of disk space, so put tens of GB of old files into the Trash, then empty it. Why doesn’t the amount of free space increase?

February 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Secure Boot and disaster recovery for Apple silicon Macs

Apple silicon Macs are better-equipped to prevent and deal with disaster. Restoring in DFU mode is extremely unusual, and more powerful than anything you can do with an Intel Mac.

February 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed a surprise update to XProtect (not Remediator) security software, bringing it to version 2166. […]

February 22, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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