Big Sur and Monterey allow kernel extensions with limitations, particularly on M1 models. Full details, including how to control them.
macOS 11
We’ve recently discovered a macOS service for ‘trials’ which runs ‘experiments’. Why hasn’t Apple told us, and explained its implications for our privacy?
Is a process named triald stealing lots of CPU? Or maybe ~/Library/Trial is huge, or filling your backups? Maybe it’s all just one of Apple’s Experiments.
How macOS updaters have changed over the last decade, and why they’re far more reliable, but you can’t download a standalone updater any more.
Apple has just released the update to macOS Monterey version 12.3, the security update to Big Sur 11.6.5, […]
Apple has today released two security updates, bringing Big Sur to version 11.6.4, and Catalina Security Update 2022-002. […]
Going from 11.0 to 11.6 required over 50 GB of updates for an M1 Mac. Has Monterey tamed the beast, and reduced them? And which Macs will be supported by macOS 13?
Apple has just released updates to Monterey and Big Sur, bringing them to 12.2 and 11.6.3 respectively, and […]
From killing a process, through a regular restart, to Recovery and a bootable external recovery disk, all you need to know about fixing your Mac in macOS 11 and 12.
Since Catalina, reports of Time Machine backups slowing to a crawl have become common, but the reasons are unclear. It’s time for Apple to inform us.
The Eclectic Light Company 