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Startup tones, EFI, and fixing failed firmware updates

A guide to different tones sounded at startup, how to cope with EFI ROM update problems, and MacBook Pro 2016 issues.

April 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Compromised, or conned?

Hackers claim 300 million compromised iCloud accounts, and Wikileaks claims details of techniques being used by CIA to spy on Mac and iOS users. Fact or fake?

March 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Persistence: EFI, SMC and NVRAM (formerly PRAM)

These store key information for your Mac. Resetting the SMC and NVRAM is no panacea, but can transform an apparently dying Mac.

August 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Reviving the hopeless Mac: what to try before visiting the Genius Bar

What to do when your Mac won’t start up, and is acting dead, or at least mortally wounded.

December 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

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