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Category Archive: Technology

Changing systems from Mojave to Sonoma

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Which single folder in /System/Library contains the most bundles? Why did the number of kernel extensions in macOS soar from 535 to 788 in less than 2 months?

January 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Catching up with Time Machine

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T2M2 is nearly 7 years old, and has already found at least two bugs in Time Machine. Here’s why it’s so hard to get it to work perfectly with each version of macOS.

January 7, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 237

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Dandelion seed head […]

January 6, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Are we making good progress?

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Why did that progress dialog suddenly vanish long before it had even reached 50% of the copying progress?

January 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

M3 CPU cores have become more versatile

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M3 chips widen the gap between Pro and Max variants. They also change relative performance between P and E cores to make M3 CPUs more versatile.

January 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 2.01 handles multiple errors better

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Minor update to version 2 for recent macOS backing up using Time Machine to APFS. This lets you reduce the number of error messages shown.

January 4, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

What should we know about APFS special files?

Knowing a little about sparse and clone files in APFS is dangerous, as it can lead you to draw the wrong conclusions.

January 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to New Year Mac riddles 236

I hope that you enjoyed this New Year’s Mac Riddles, episode 236. Here are my solutions to them. […]

January 2, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

The Time Machine Mechanic (T2M2) version 2 for APFS backups on Sonoma

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For Big Sur and later, specifically tailored to provide full analysis and troubleshooting of hourly Time Machine backups to APFS in Sonoma.

January 2, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Virtualise Linux on Apple silicon with Liviable beta 4

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Adds bridged networking, VM settings files, prevents inadvertent window closure when a VM is running, and more. Tested with 6 distros.

January 1, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

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