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Introducing your new M1 Mac

First update it to 11.0.1. Here are details of the problems which can arise and how to solve them, from unenrolling from betas to using Configurator to Revive an M1 Mac.

November 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

How clean re-installs change in Catalina (updated)

When you go to perform a clean re-install of Catalina, what should you do? Which volume(s) to erase or delete, and how to fix problems?

December 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Support articles for Catalina, and macOS download links

Links to official Apple support articles, and important 3rd party pages. How to run Aperture in 10.15, where to get old versions of macOS, and much more.

October 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Does Safe Mode check and repair disks?

Start up in Safe Mode: should it start by checking and repairing your boot disk, or should you do that separately in Recovery Mode?

October 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which Recovery Mode?

Don’t just hold Command-R and hope that you’ll install the right version of macOS. Here’s structured decision-making to save you time.

September 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Important changes to Recovery mode

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There are now three different Recovery modes. This explains which to use, and provides a flowchart to help you work out how best to reinstall in them.

May 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Reinstalling macOS changed with 10.12.4

Over a month after the release of macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Apple quietly let slip the news that it […]

May 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Encryption : a solution or more problems?

How to use encryption to protect sensitive data on your laptop or removable storage media.

November 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Lights on, no disk mounting

The drive light is green, the disk can be heard spinning, but it does not mount. Is it dead?

August 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Dead shared photo drive

Is there anything else I can try to salvage a dead external hard drive, and how should I replace it?

June 25, 2015 Macs, Technology

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