Tired of HFS+? Disenchanted by APFS? Why not copy or back up to a different file system? Here are crocodiles waiting to bite you.
Category Archive: Technology
Portrait mode, which affects video, and two new microphone modes are interesting additions to Monterey for some Macs. Here are full details.
Passing your Mac on to a new owner has got much easier and more reliable in Monterey – so long as it has got a T2 or M1 series chip.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 126. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Select […]
Is Monterey burning your memory away? Here are two reproducible memory leaks which could explain that, plus two more than might.
How to repair a snapshot with an error when it’s one of your backups on a hard disk? Currently this seems impossible, putting all those backups at risk.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Select Khoekhoe for […]
Not long ago, many of us paid for software which tied our Macs up for hours every month or so, defragmenting their hard disks. Why, and why not now?
Don’t waste time trying to discover which files are still open when you want to check or repair an APFS disk and Disk Utility throws an error. Here’s the solution.
When your backups are stored on hard disks, even though they may use APFS, it’s important to check they’re sound. How to do better than Disk Utility.
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