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Category Archive: Technology

T2M2 version 1.18 addresses date changes in Big Sur

Should now be fully compatible with all locales, calendars, and with both 12- and 24-hour clocks.

April 13, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Are external boot disks a thing of the past?

Before Apple added T2 chips to Intel Macs, external boot disks were valuable for many users. How has that fared since?

April 13, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 94

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 94. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The […]

April 12, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Should you back up to APFS or HFS+?

A summary of the known benefits and current limitations of Time Machine backups to APFS, with links to more detailed accounts.

April 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Big Sur’s broken clock

When a “fixed” formatting string proves anything but fixed, then breaks without warning or even mention in a release note.

April 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 94

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: The emergency […]

April 10, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainers: Sparse things

Sparse bundles, sparse files, and sparse matrices explained in a nutshell, and how a sparse bundle could have a band which is a sparse file containing a sparse matrix.

April 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: How efficient are backups?

Does Big Sur’s Time Machine preserve sparse files and clones when backing up to APFS volumes?

April 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Big Sur has changed how macOS formats time

How Apple made changes to Foundation routines which format dates and times which can break their formatting when in 12-hour clock mode.

April 8, 2021 Macs, Technology

Precize now informs you of sparse files and clones

Adds support for reporting whether a file is a sparse file, or has been cloned, in Big Sur.

April 7, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

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