A great advance in APFS which enables Big Sur’s Sealed System Volume, and backups being made to APFS. Here they’re fully explained.
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A lot of what Time Machine does when making backups to an APFS volume remains a mystery. So far we don’t understand the magic used by Apple.
You don’t have to create a whole new keyboard layout for occasional access to emojis and symbols. Input Methods and Keyboard Layouts explained.
The macOS 11.5.1 update fixes a serious vulnerability, but does it really take 2.2 GB (Intel) or 3.1 GB (M1) to fix what could only have been a few MB at most?
Details options available for rounding floating point numbers, and all the scalar floating point operations. There’s another cheat sheet summary too.
Apple has just released a surprise ‘patch’ update to macOS Big Sur, to bring it to version 11.5.1. […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 109. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Nearby, […]
From the start of voluntary code signing in 2007, defences against malware in macOS have changed dramatically. Here’s an overview of what has happened.
When should we expect macOS 11.6? When will Monterey be released, and when will the next Apple Silicon models be announced? Here are some wild guesses.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Nearby, this conclusion […]
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