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Can you trust floating-point arithmetic on Apple Silicon?

M1 Macs may be as fast as greased lightning, but how good is their numerical accuracy? Can it match that of Intel processors?

April 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

How macOS manages iOS apps: RunningBoard comes of age

iOS and iPadOS apps run on M1 Macs in an environment managed by RunningBoard, FrontBoard, FuseBoard, and several assistants.

April 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

iOS apps are translocated when run in macOS

App translocation was introduced to stop malicious software exploiting relative file paths. So how come every time an iOS/iPadOS app is run, it’s translocated?

April 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Are external boot disks a thing of the past?

Before Apple added T2 chips to Intel Macs, external boot disks were valuable for many users. How has that fared since?

April 13, 2021 Macs, Technology

Essential reading for M1 Mac users

If you’re considering getting an M1 Mac, or already have one, this new book is an essential guide and reference.

March 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

How big should the memory and SSD be in your next M1 Mac?

With Intel Macs, we’ve often bought as little RAM and storage as is essential, and enhanced or upgraded using third-party products. Does this work with Apple Silicon models?

March 26, 2021 General

Last Week on My Mac: Next phase of the Apple Silicon transition

The DTKs have been returned, ending the first phase of the transition to Apple Silicon. What comes next, and what are the top three problems which Apple needs to address?

March 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

Why is firmware so troubled?

The last five years have seen great changes in Mac firmware security. As Intel Macs are replaced by Apple Silicon models, firmware may at last be simpler and more secure at last.

March 8, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Going forward with backups

What tells me that macOS isn’t about to be swallowed up into iOS? Look at what’s happened with Time Machine in Big Sur, which has undergone as much development as it did prior to release in 2007.

March 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Running custom storage benchmarks using Stibium

How to measure read speed on storage using 1600 files totalling over 320 GB, enabling comparison between internal and external SSDs.

March 5, 2021 Macs, Technology

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