When should you put your Mac into DFU mode, hook it up to another Mac running Configurator, and revive or restore it?
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What should you do if a firmware update goes wrong? Here’s a guide to avoid panic, whether your Mac is Intel, has a T2, or M-series chip, and for Studio Displays.
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.
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?
What would happen to a Mac’s firmware if you installed Monterey beta to its internal or external disk? Could that be reversed?
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.
macOS updates sometimes don’t work out right. What can you do to revert to the previous release? Did I hear you mention snapshots?
If there’s one thing you don’t want to happen with any Mac with a T2 chip it’s a […]
When making a first full backup of less than 2 GB takes 86 minutes, and you then can’t restore from it anyway.
Catches and issues with the 10.15.3 update – and good news on two important bugs which it fixed.
The Eclectic Light Company 