There are problems with backups of Photos Libraries and evicted items in iCloud Drive. Here are full details.
Category Archive: Technology
Are you missing QuickTime Player’s old ability to play MIDI files? Look no further – here’s a free replacement.
Single-user mode to run fsck to check and repair your boot disk became tricky with Fusion Drives. With a T2 chip, it’s not practical in its traditional form.
Extensive listing of places to find key information such as your User UUID/GUID, Ethernet MAC, model identifier, and much more.
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How to check your Mac’s hardware, interpret the results, deal with problems, and tackle tricky intermittent faults.
Snapshots are one of the crown jewels of APFS, and very powerful. Why then has Apple made them almost impossible to use?
Three riddles to tease your mind. Solutions will be posted here on Monday morning.
You’re checking through old files. How can you tell which file type they are when you don’t recognise the extension, or they don’t even have that to help?
Very few apps are able to make APFS snapshots – Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper! Why aren’t they more accessible?
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