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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 1

Here are the answers – and are always open to alternatives.

July 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Does replacing internal storage cause EFI updating problems?

When you replace the internal disk fitted by Apple, some Macs seem to stop installing EFI firmware updates. Is there anything to be done?

July 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 1

Three riddles to solve this weekend. They’re more fun than a couple of thousand turgid words about the innards of macOS.

June 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch Mid 2015 battery recall

Apple has announced a battery recall programme for some MacBook Pro 15-inch models which were sold mainly between […]

June 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Should you leave your Mac running all the time?

What are the benefits to leaving your Mac running all the time? And the costs? Which should you choose to do?

May 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Language wars

is Swift somehow superior to Objective-C? Or is it a second-class language for macOS? Do those questions have any meaning at all?

May 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple Intel and ARM systems: performance comparisons

How have Intel Macs and the SoCs in Apple’s iPads and iPhones improved in performance since 2014? Which has the cost-performance advantage?

April 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Macs may need ARM processors to survive

Why change the processors used in Macs, when all that will do is cause loads of compatibility problems? Some thoughts on how important this could be.

April 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing diagnostics and Apple Hardware Test

What should you do when you try to restart in Diagnostics Mode and can’t? And how to check and restore a Recovery partition.

March 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The importance of document repair

Have you lost any precious files lately? Old movies of your kids when they were young, perhaps. Wouldn’t it be good to be able to recover them?

March 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

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