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Can you create an external bootable disk by cloning an M1 Mac?

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Cloning has been a popular way of creating external bootable disks. Now that CCC 6 can make full clones of disks for M1 Macs, is it a solution?

May 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Feeling fast, the psychology of computer performance

We commonly suffer failures of the psychology of Mac performance, when system background tasks overwhelm the processor and bring the interface to a grinding halt

May 23, 2021 Macs, Technology

M1 Secure Boot, morphine and self-destruction

One command in Terminal which instantly disables any support, and why you can’t (yet) boot your M1 Mac in Linux.

May 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

Adding more Thunderbolt ports using a Kensington SD5700T Dual 4K Dock

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It has been years coming, but I’ve finally got a Thunderbolt hub/dock which lets me connect more TB3 disks. Was it worth the wait and cost?

May 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Dealing with a kernel panic during M1 startup

My M1 Mac mini was stuck trying to start up. Its power light was on, but there was no video output, and to all intents it was dead.

May 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Getting more from Activity Monitor: CPU

What you can learn about the processes running on your Mac, its processor cores, even the files which an app has open.

May 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS

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By segregating macOS background tasks on Efficiency cores, M1 Macs can run user apps unfettered on their Performance cores. And that feels really fast.

May 17, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Changing updating habits

In Big Sur, Apple is trying to change our update habits, getting us all to update early, and run only the latest release of macOS. Its campaign uses installer behaviour, mass psychology, and boot security.

May 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

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

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