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Category Archive: Technology

Time Machine in Sonoma: Back up and restore external volumes

How well can Time Machine back up other volumes, such as those on external drives? Can it restore them when the original disk fails or goes missing?

November 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 229

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 229. Here are my solutions to them. 1: On-camera […]

November 13, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

SilentKnight 2.7 is more tolerant of error

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If you want to install some updates but not all, this version adds two improvements to help you do that without unintentionally downloading what you don’t want.

November 13, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Scary hasty

Sonoma 14.1.1 and Ventura 13.6.2 apparently contained ‘important bug fixes and security updates’, although Apple provides no further details. What is going on?

November 12, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 229

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: On-camera preview shows […]

November 11, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

It’s all about reliability and contingency

Apple silicon Macs are designed and built for reliability. Using old techniques to safeguard from disaster isn’t wise: they need to be reappraised, and contingencies planned accordingly.

November 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

Time Machine in Sonoma: How to restore from a backup

How should you restore a whole volume, or an old version of a document to a different folder? Includes details of backup structure.

November 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect

Apple has overnight released an update to XProtect for all macOS from El Capitan or so, bringing it […]

November 10, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Should you make an emergency disk for an Apple silicon Mac?

Many of us keep an emergency external drive at the ready by our Mac, in case we need to use it to recover from problems. What’s the equivalent for Apple silicon?

November 9, 2023 Macs, Technology

Metamer 1.5 fixes a bug

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Version 1.5 of this metadata editor fixes a bug causing a spurious editor when Autosave is enabled.

November 8, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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