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Diagnosing an abnormal startup: what that screen means

You press the Power button, but don’t see the normal login window. How to interpret your Mac’s different screens, and what to do about them.

October 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

RunningBoard: a new subsystem in Catalina to detect errors

RunningBoard is new to macOS 10.15 and iOS 13. It’s very active in the log, and can cause apps to crash sometimes. So what does it do?

November 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple’s Notary Service can’t compete with a supermarket restroom

Even basic store facilities like restrooms contact details of who to contact when there’s a problem. Not so with Apple’s Notary Service. It just gives you spurious errors instead.

November 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing a Mac which can’t complete booting

What to do when your Mac won’t boot into the Desktop and Finder – another summary diagram for diagnosis and suggested solutions.

September 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

What to do when your Magic Trackpad 2 fails

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Although they’re normally very reliable, they do sometimes go wrong. Here’s how to get your trackpad working properly again.

October 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Monitoring SSD wear and ageing

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Two free tools to check how long your SSD, including those in Fusion Drives, is likely to last.

June 7, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

How long will the SSD (in my Fusion Drive) last?

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How long will the SSD in your Mac last before it fails? Some seem to be going to an early grave. Is yours?

June 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Drive safely: testing hard drives the hard way

Few users can report the results of testing over 61,000 hard drives for three months. Backblaze just has.

May 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

My network connection is not unplugged: a KEXT, a MAC, and an almost dead Mac

Sunday morning nightmare: how a missing component of OS X brought my iMac to its knees.

February 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

From a broken Promise to an even bigger Promise

A second hard drive failure in my Promise Pegasus RAID system forces some choices.

February 10, 2016 Macs, Technology

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