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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 290

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 290. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Quiet […]

January 13, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

How to run more than one version of macOS on one Mac

Which versions of macOS can you ‘dual boot’, should you install them all on the internal SSD, or is a bootable external disk better, and when would you need to virtualise?

January 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 290

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Quiet kip […]

January 11, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

FileVault and volume encryption explained

How FileVault and APFS Encrypted are enabled and managed differently, and details of how they work internally. Concentrates on T2 and Apple silicon Macs, but also covers older Intel models.

January 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Why all the snapshots?

How snapshots are created from a volume in around 0.01 second, why they will grow in size over time, how they can only be of complete volumes, and can’t be edited.

January 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 289

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 289. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The […]

January 6, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: How Apple silicon came so quickly

It’s September 2016. Apple has just released the iPhone 7, with its first big.LITTLE CPU cores, then 4 days later macOS 10.12 Sierra. How does it transition from there to release the M1 in four years?

January 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 289

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The most […]

January 4, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS has become more private

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Frameworks provide much of the macOS API. Over the last 5 years, the percentage of Private Frameworks has risen from 76% to 84%. Why is macOS becoming more private?

January 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

How macOS has grown 2019-2024

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How the number of bundles in /System/Library has risen from Mojave to Sequoia, and why the last 5 years have been so different from the previous 20.

January 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

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