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Category Archive: Technology

Time Machine to APFS: Backing up

A blow-by-blow account of what happens when Time Machine in Big Sur performs an automated backup to an APFS volume.

March 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to slip ‘unsigned’ apps past Gatekeeper in Big Sur

If you use the Installer app the wrong way, it will open an ad-hoc signed package and quietly install apps which don’t get checked by Gatekeeper.

March 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 90

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 90. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Move […]

March 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Can you trust Numbers with numbers?

Numbers has a lightweight interface and is easy to use. But does it handle numbers as accurately as Excel, or maths environments like Matlab?

March 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Next phase of the Apple Silicon transition

The DTKs have been returned, ending the first phase of the transition to Apple Silicon. What comes next, and what are the top three problems which Apple needs to address?

March 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 90

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

March 13, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Big Sur’s Tower of Babel

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Time to speak Klingon to your Mac. Or, rather, don’t try this at home or you could end up with mixed languages, and Help pages in something else.

March 13, 2021 Language, Macs, Technology

Hyperinflation: comparing update sizes from Mojave to Big Sur

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Total updates required by 10.14 were 21.5 GB in 10 updates; for 10.15, those rose to 32.2 GB in 12 updates. For M1 Macs, Big Sur has already required 22.3 GB in 6 updates, and it hasn’t got to version 11.3 yet.

March 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: Understanding backups

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How each of the three different backup schemes used by Time Machine has worked, and how snapshots can work as backups.

March 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

iCloud Secure Backup comes to macOS

An important feature for many iOS users, this has now appeared in macOS, despite not apparently being exposed to the user. Here’s what I know.

March 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

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