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Category Archive: Technology

Booting an M1 Mac from an external disk: it is possible

If you’ve been unable to create a bootable external disk to use with your M1 Mac, this explains what you need and its limitations and quirks.

December 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 78

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 78. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I’m […]

December 21, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

What stops your Mac running incompatible extensions?

In one of only 3 kernel extension on your Data volume is a list of blocked kernel extensions. What protection from old and broken KEXTs does it provide?

December 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Begging from Apple

We don’t know when Apple decided to introduce Big Sur’s SSV, but even now it hasn’t told users it won’t be releasing standalone updates for 11.0.1 or 11.1.

December 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 78

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

December 19, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Measuring performance of different SSDs using Stibium 1.0b3

A new version using Mach absolute time brings accuracy to a few microseconds, and a Help page. Tests progress well, and continue to make interesting comparisons.

December 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Is it not possible to boot an M1 Mac from an external disk?

It’s a commonplace task: make a bootable external disk for emergency use, containing your diagnostic and repair tools. On a new M1 Mac? Should be simple.

December 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates

Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Comparing SSD performance between T2 and M1 Macs with Stibium

Developing an app to assess the real-world performance of SSDs: initial results from a T2 Mac and an M1 Mac mini are different but there’s no simple answer to which is the faster.

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

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