A detailed examination of what happens during the first few minutes after starting your Mac up. Vital for anyone trying to diagnose problems in that period.
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Waypoints to help you navigate through Sierra’s log entries when putting a Mac to sleep, and when waking up from sleep.
The release of Sierra seems to have gone smoothly. Was it really a major release, though? What does it get wrong? What about third party support?
Detailed listing of the kernel extensions which are blocked automatically by El Capitan’s XProtect system.
For 3 successive releases of El Capitan over a 4 month period, some Macs keep freezing. No operating system should ever collapse like that.
Explaining the basic sequence of log entries for a Mac waking from sleep, and making a Time Machine backup.
How to understand Console’s log entries for a normal shutdown, and a normal startup.
An outline of how apps run, to help you fix their problems, and decide whether more memory would help.
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