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How Monterey changes Apple Silicon Recovery

Soon M1 Macs will be able to boot from two major versions of macOS, and with new models coming, users are going to have more complex systems. How will Recovery cope?

September 23, 2021 Macs, Technology

Why you shouldn’t delete one of a Volume Group in macOS 11 or later

Why deleting either the System or Data volume, but not the whole Volume Group, could get your Mac into trouble in macOS 11 or 12.

September 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: the macOS update problem

Apple seemed reluctant to provide a full installer and IPSW image for 11.6. How does that affect those staying with Big Sur for the next year of security updates?

September 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explainer: the Recovery Partition

Introduced in Mac OS X 10.7, it remained an HFS+ partition until High Sierra. With Mojave, it became an APFS volume, except for M1 Macs.

September 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: When we’re almost twelve

Apple’s release season opens on Tuesday. But what’s happening with Monterey – is it going to be complete and ready, or full of beta-features?

September 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

T2M2 version 1.19 is now available

Intended to be the last version to support macOS 10.12 to 12, and backing up to HFS+ volumes, this contains small improvements particularly for Monterey.

September 9, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

What doesn’t Time Machine back up?

Lists the Standard Exclusions set by the system, explains custom ‘sticky’ exclusions, how iCloud Drive is handled, and oddities with Photos libraries.

September 8, 2021 Macs, Technology

Where’s my Data volume? Navigating boot volumes in macOS 10.15, 11 & 12

The split startup volumes in Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey can be disorientating. Here’s how to find your way in the Finder and Terminal.

September 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

New versions of LockRattler and SystHist are now available

LockRattler 4.31 and SystHist 1.15 prepare for the release of Monterey, and include minor fixes for earlier versions of macOS as well.

September 3, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Which firmware should your Mac be using? (version 6)

This article lists the firmware versions of Macs which have been successfully updated to run macOS 12.7.6. Apple […]

September 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

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