Finder refuses to eject a volume because it’s in use, or Disk Utility complains that it can’t unmount a volume. Here’s what to do about it.
Category Archive: Technology
What are the penalties in real-world use for running your code on Icestorm cores, using around 10% of the power used by Firestorms?
A UPS is essential for Macs without internal batteries, to ensure they can shut down in an orderly fashion when mains power is lost. Here’s how to choose one.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 114. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Incomplete […]
Recovering from one regular panic should be straightforward. But what if it’s a boot loop, in which your Mac tries to start up, panics, restarts, in an endless loop? Don’t panic: here are the solutions.
The cores in the M1 and the chip itself are thoroughly Apple designs, and work hand-in-glove with macOS using techniques like out-of-order execution and hints to optimise performance.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Incomplete instruction to […]
On Intel Macs, resetting the SMC was a universal panacea until the T2 came along. What can we do instead with an M1 Mac?
Installing two different versions of macOS within a single container brings flexibility as they share free space, a little economy maybe, and complexity – explained here.
Complete step-by-step instructions for installing a new copy of macOS to an external disk, making it bootable. For Intel and M1 Macs of all flavours.
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