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.
macOS 14
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.
Apple released its first update to its new behavioural security protection in XProtect Behaviour Service on 8 August, and again on 1 September. Here are the details.
When Sonoma is released in the next month or two, Apple will be able to release RSRs for two versions of macOS. What will it do?
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