It’s a commonplace task: make a bootable external disk for emergency use, containing your diagnostic and repair tools. On a new M1 Mac? Should be simple.
macOS 11
Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the […]
Developing an app to assess the real-world performance of SSDs: initial results from a T2 Mac and an M1 Mac mini are different but there’s no simple answer to which is the faster.
Have you checked how much free space is on your startup volume after the last update? Do you wonder where it has all gone?
How to use kernel extensions, and their replacement system extensions, on Macs running Big Sur, including M1 Macs.
The macOS 11.1 update is substantial, but by no means as extensive as some of its x.1 predecessors. […]
Apple has just released Big Sur version 11.1, together with security updates for Catalina and Mojave, which are […]
Details of data files for MRT, XProtect, Gatekeeper and other security features in Big Sur. Covers both Intel and M1 Macs.
How can you compress and decompress small files faster? In AppleArchive, just send more of them for processing at the same time.
Preview now offers a tool to redact content from PDF documents. It’s simple to use, but is it safe, or could it lead to disclosure of sensitive information?
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