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APFS

Can you still use AFP sharing?

Can you still share files using the AFP protocol, or must you contend with SMB and its bugs? And what about shared storage for Time Machine backups?

December 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The arithmetic of backing up

In the market for replacement backup storage? It’s a gamble, and you probably won’t know whether you made the right choice for the next year or more.

December 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Help revised

The Mac is now in a documentation crisis. Documentation debt is leaving many Mac users floundering around in the dark.

December 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to encrypt files and folders in APFS

What if you don’t want whole disk encryption? If your Mac doesn’t have T2, or if you’re using an external drive, encryption is still performed in software. Here’s a good solution.

November 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Time Machine travels

Changes in Time Machine reflect continuing development of this Mac-only feature, backtracking on using FSEvents, and making backups more complete.

November 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Safe Booting in Catalina has changed

Disk integrity checks appear to have been dropped from Safe Boot. OpenDirectory databases are rebuilt. With a full listing of all blocked extensions.

November 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Starting up in Catalina: sequence and waypoints in the log

Some important similarities, such as the entry marking the beginning of startup, but plenty of changes in APFS and security entries.

November 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the Catalina 10.15.1 update?

Apple’s release notes for Catalina 10.15.1 are quite detailed, at last, and specify improvements and fixes to support […]

October 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Should you enable defragmentation on APFS hard drives?

You’re stuck using hard disks with High Sierra or later. Could enabling defragmentation on them overcome the performance problems of APFS?

October 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Does Safe Mode check and repair disks?

Start up in Safe Mode: should it start by checking and repairing your boot disk, or should you do that separately in Recovery Mode?

October 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

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