When should you migrate to your new Mac, and how to do it? Migration Assistant explored and explained in detail.
Big Sur
Which upgrades and updates are releasing on 25 October, and which features you should expect in Monterey, according to model.
So you want to try a 3rd party password manager, but use Safari as your browser. How do you import its stash of passwords, or keep an independent record of them?
Why did Apple release three public betas in a week – macOS 12.0, 11.6.1 and Catalina Security Update 2021-007?
Can you migrate your old backups from HFS+ to APFS format? What can slow your backups down? Can you still use AFP, and what about restoring the system?
How can you ensure the App Store offers you all the updates which it has available? Here’s a simple method which works around its limitations.
A detailed walk through the log shows Safari 15 checking Safe Browsing, phishing sites using ML, and performing trust evaluation of certificates.
How to recover a deleted app or document without having to restore from your Time Machine backup. Simple steps and no use of Terminal.
An exploration of how Time Machine backs up to APFS, using Mints to make log access quick, simple, and easy to understand. And notes on changes in Monterey.
Before Catalina, each macOS update wrote a full transcript of all it installed to a BoM file, which you can inspect. That stopped, without any substitute.
The Eclectic Light Company 