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Mints can now reveal your Mac’s logic board ID

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This new version helps iMac17,1 owners discover the logic board ID, to help investigate their problems updating firmware.

September 23, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mints now provides two more tools

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One new tool to list capacities on mounted volumes, the other to deliver detailed information on keychains.

September 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mints now tells you the (Mach absolute) time

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New version of Mints tells you the scaling factors required to convert raw Mach absolute time values to nanoseconds, which change on Apple Silicon Macs.

September 15, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

T2M2 version 1.15 analyses APFS backups in Big Sur and is a Universal App

Performs special analysis of Big Sur backups to APFS, and runs native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 6, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mints now uses a faster algorithm for checking Universal Binaries

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No longer relies on the tool lipo, but inspects Universal Binary information, which is quicker. A Universal App.

July 29, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine 17: Using utilities to solve problems

The most common problems with Time Machine backups, and how to tackle them using free tools.

July 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Mints can now check folders for Universal Apps

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A new tool for Mints checks executables for ARM64 code, and lists the Universal Binaries it finds in folders. And it fixes log colours.

July 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine 16: Reading a normal backup in Catalina using Mints

A detailed walk through the log extract delivered simply by Mints, showing steps in a normal Catalina backup.

July 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Do you want to explore or diagnose a problem? Try Mints

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New approach to reading logs which enables you to follow conversations between sub-systems and services you’re interested in without messing with predicates.

July 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

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