First decide what you want to ‘clean’: the Data or System volume, or firmware? Then consider the methods of choice to perform that. Explained for Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
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You’re sometimes advised to shut your Mac down, wait a while, and start it up again, instead of restarting it. Are they different, and if so when should you use them?
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 344. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Iron, copper, […]
Distinguish between panics, freezes, app crashes, and unresponsive apps, as they have different causes, are investigated differently, and have different solutions.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Iron, copper, […]
This takes just a few seconds, and can fix problems that otherwise would require a restart. All depends on which processes need to be restarted.
Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5326. As usual, it doesn’t release […]
Apps supplied through the App Store aren’t signed by their developer, but by Apple. Many now have certificates that have expired. When will they stop running?
In a quest to reduce the number of processes running in macOS Tahoe, consider the example of Time Machine backups, which can easily be replaced by 3rd party alternatives.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 343. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In between […]
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