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Recovery mode problems and how to solve them

If there’s a problem, you may try Recovery mode. What do you do when that proves to be a problem? Solutions for Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

January 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

What can you do with Time Machine backups on APFS?

When Time Machine makes its backups to APFS storage, just what can and can’t you do? How can you prevent large temporary files from stealing space on storage?

July 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Firmware and Recovery upgrades and downgrades on different Macs

What would happen to a Mac’s firmware if you installed Monterey beta to its internal or external disk? Could that be reversed?

June 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to make macOS betas and upgrades safer

Whether it’s a beta of macOS 12, 11.5, or even a release upgrade, installing it is a risk. Here’s how to mitigate disaster by rolling back to a previous release.

June 4, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to roll your M1 Mac back to Big Sur 11.1

macOS updates sometimes don’t work out right. What can you do to revert to the previous release? Did I hear you mention snapshots?

February 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

What to do when a T2 Mac suffers a problem updating its firmware

If there’s one thing you don’t want to happen with any Mac with a T2 chip it’s a […]

April 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine in Catalina 10.15.3 has serious bugs

When making a first full backup of less than 2 GB takes 86 minutes, and you then can’t restore from it anyway.

February 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

Pervasive effects of the Catalina 10.15.3 update

Catches and issues with the 10.15.3 update – and good news on two important bugs which it fixed.

February 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

What’s this new AppleInternal folder then?

When restoring a Catalina system from Time Machine backups, this ‘new’ folder may appear. What should you do with it?

January 31, 2020 Macs, Technology

Are we ready for Time Machine 2.0 yet?

What do we want? Time Machine backing up to APFS storage. When do we want it? Well, not quite yet.

August 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

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