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Explainer: secure boot and boot security

How boot security has changed in the M1 Mac. What it allows you to do, and how it restores flexibility and versatility of external boot disks.

May 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

Cores shouldn’t all be the same: M1 Macs do better

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How the M1’s asymmetric cores can run background tasks more efficiently, or deliver high performance, according to Quality of Service.

May 14, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Booting an M1 Mac: external disks and local boot policy

How an M1 Mac can start up from an external bootable disk, and how that can fail. All about boot security policy, and how that’s applied.

May 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to boot an M1 Mac into an older version of Big Sur

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How changing a volume’s boot policy can let you boot in older macOS, and update, if you wish. For anyone who uses external bootable disks with an M1 Mac.

May 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Would you regret an M1 iMac?

How ready are M1 Macs now for general use? There are still problems with docks, external boot disks, and using one external boot disk with multiple Macs.

May 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

External bootable disks work better with M1 Macs in Big Sur 11.3

Big Sur 11.3 progresses support of external bootable disks by M1 Macs, but can still appear flawed and […]

May 3, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When will macOS updates hurt less?

Those who are cautious and like to wait before updating are in a quandary: it is better to risk updating now, or your Mac falling victim to malware?

May 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

How macOS launches an iOS app

From LaunchServices and an initial security check by MIS, to FuseBoard and FrontBoard handling the app’s scenes, all you need to know about how an M1 Mac runs iOS apps.

April 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Looking for the killer app

The M1’s honeymoon is over. Speed is great, but users are asking what else the M1 offers. Catalyst and the M1 iPad Pro could prove crucial to the answers.

April 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

Can you trust floating-point arithmetic on Apple Silicon?

M1 Macs may be as fast as greased lightning, but how good is their numerical accuracy? Can it match that of Intel processors?

April 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

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