How to use kernel extensions, and their replacement system extensions, on Macs running Big Sur, including M1 Macs.
Apple silicon
A lot safer than racing through the English countryside in the dead of night, and perfectly legal. So why can’t we get a clear answer to how well an SSD performs?
How fast is the internal SSD? Benchmarks range from around 2.7 GB/s up to nearly 20 GB/s. Which are right? Some new figures, in need of more measurements.
When does an M1 Mac validate its Sealed System Volume? Who designed its display interface? How soon does Find My Mac launch? So many answers found in the log.
When I’ve finished using an app, I usually quit it, only to open it again later. Can macOS manage apps any better than I can, or is it just becoming more like iOS?
SilentKnight was producing some results in a mixture of English and Dutch. Its environment settings needed correction. When that didn’t fix it, I looked deeper to find language-unfriendly design in a command tool.
How to connect your M1 Mac in Target Disk mode, avoiding an endless restart loop, and how fast to expect it to perform. Plus more on benchmarks.
Some apps nap, others enter the realm of the undead: they’ve gone, but are being kept in suspended animation. And Rosetta can keep them that way for a long time.
For all Macs running Big Sur, these now report whether its new System volume is correctly sealed, and about Platform Security for M1 Macs.
How can you tell whether your Mac’s shiny new Sealed System Volume is properly sealed? You could easily be misled into thinking it isn’t.
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