Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5331. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
Category Archive: Macs
What do you do if you can’t start your Apple silicon Mac in Recovery? Try Fallback Recovery, as explained in detail here.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 348. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The next […]
Tens of thousands of log entries are made between the start of kernel boot and the unlocking of the Data volume. Where they’re stored has been a mystery. With additional details of log maintenance and retention.
A new app to analyse the size of log entries written by different processes over the last few weeks or months, Logistician. First release version for Sonoma and later.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The next […]
Widely used by apps to serialise their data into files, it’s a popular alternative to XML. You may also come across variants for streaming as JSON Lines, or worse still JSONised XML.
Get more information about background processes from Activity Monitor, the command tool sfltool performing a BTM dump, attributions.plist, and the log.
How to erase just the Data volume, the whole Boot Volume Group, all volume’s in the Mac’s visible container, or the entire internal SSD.
Details of new firmware versions for iMac 2019 models, those with T2 or Apple silicon chips. And how Apple assigns version numbers to iBoot.
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