For the last 39 years, PostScript has been at the heart of the Mac, bringing desktop publishing, fonts, and the LaserWriter and other printers. It has been removed from Sonoma.
macOS 14
It’s exactly 5 years since Apple released Mojave, with its many major changes. macOS 14 should bring fewer shocks to the system than 10.14 did.
First-hand experiences of each macOS upgrade from El Capitan in 2015 to Ventura last year set the standard against which the release of Sonoma will be judged.
How much free disk space could you recover if your Mac is short of space and you need more to upgrade to Sonoma? Should you try flushing its caches in Safe mode?
How inode numbers can give important insights into the structure of the conjoined System and Data volumes, and help you navigate them.
Should you just try to upgrade in the hope that your Mac’s storage has sufficient free space? What can you do to free up a bit more if needed?
On 26 September, when Apple releases Sonoma, be careful what you click on in Software Update or SilentKnight, or the result might be unexpected. Here’s why.
We even used to use it to defrag free space on a disk: clone the volume to another disk, and clone it back again. Why is cloning becoming so hard now?
With the release of macOS 14 less than 2 weeks away, just what is it offering to make it worthwhile upgrading? Some personal thoughts.
Avoid using encrypted sparse bundles for the moment, as you can’t change their password. Apple Encrypted Archives aren’t ready for normal use either.
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