Looking in more detail at newer tricks used by APFS on the data of files: sparse files, which can squeeze vast empty files almost to nothing; file clones; and compression, opening up in Big Sur.
macOS 10.15
CTS now schedules many important services, including syncing Calendar, Contacts, Messages, running weekly firmware checks with eficheck, and more.
Where does macOS store a list of revoked certificates, and how does it keep them up to date? The answer isn’t perhaps what you expect.
Apple says that if you run First Aid on a disk, each of its volumes is checked too. Is that really true?
Whether it’s a full macOS update, or a small Security Update, it can go wrong. Here’s a systematic guide to the solutions you can try to restore normal function.
One was just a bit wonky, the other has made a mess of many who installed the update. So what went wrong?
Imagine for a moment two or three carefully chosen older Intel Macs bundled with a non-upgradable but maintained version of macOS Mojave.
Following a survey of 37 iMac17,1 systems, there’s no evidence problems are caused by hardware. It’s most likely to be a bug in the firmware installer.
Today’s update to bring macOS Catalina to version 10.15.7 came as something of a surprise, particularly as all […]
Apple has just released a surprise update to macOS 10.15 Catalina, bringing it to version 10.15.7. At around […]
