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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 279

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 279. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The […]

October 28, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Planning complex Time Machine backups for efficiency

Understand how TM backs up and how snapshots work to minimise the size of local snapshots and backups, and the time they take. How to ensure files in iCloud Drive are backed up properly.

October 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Writing Tools

What does the new Writing Tools feature in Sequoia 15.1 offer? Here are examples of its different types of summary, and a comparison with other types of AI.

October 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 279

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The first […]

October 26, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac firmware

From the Macintosh ROM of Classic days, to Open Firmware in Power Macs, and on to (U)EFI with Intel, and ending up with LLB and iBoot in Apple silicon Macs.

October 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

macOS Sequoia 15.1 next week

Sequoia 15.1 is imminent, and comes with Writing Tools. Most other AI features wait for 15.2, now in beta, and expected in early December. Don’t underestimate Writing Tools, though.

October 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

How Macs boot securely, or can’t

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How Intel Macs without a T2 chip boot, and how Secure Boot works in those with T2 or Apple silicon chips. How the latter can still enjoy Secure Boot when starting up from an external disk.

October 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

Is that authentication request genuine or fake?

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Authentication dialogs differ on Macs with Touch ID support, although they can still use a traditional format. Here are different versions of the dialog and explanations.

October 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Boot volume layout and structure in macOS Sequoia

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How the immutable system of the SSV, the firmlinked Data volume, and cryptexes ‘grafted’ into the directory tree combine to form the boot volume group of Intel and Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15.

October 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 278

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 278. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Platform […]

October 21, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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