Some suspect Apple of scanning images stored on your Mac. What evidence is there that could be happening?
Category Archive: Technology
The rules of firmware updating explained, and their consequences for each type of Mac. How to refresh firmware on a T2, and how to downgrade it in an Apple silicon Mac.
P cores are conventional in that they can deliver excellent performance at maximum frequency, but with high power use. E cores may take 4 times as long for a task, but use less than a third of the energy.
Today, 4 October, this year’s MacSysAdmin conference has started. Before you book your flight to Sweden, as with […]
A popular insurance when upgrading to a new version of macOS: how to keep your Mac running both Monterey and Ventura. Covers all models including M-series.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 171. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Afterthought […]
An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…
In the past, a second, cloned bootable volume on a separate disk was a great advantage. Cloning has become harder, and Recovery better. What should you do now?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Afterthought of different […]
Copies, clones and backups are three different things. Here their differences are explained with examples from APFS and modern macOS.
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