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Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 4 Test, tweak, Time Machine

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More work to be done before your migration is fully complete: check your workflows, key security settings, disk health, licensing, backups.

December 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Welcome to your new Mac: living with the T2 chip

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So you’ve just got your new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini – or iMac Pro – with its T2 chip. How does that change things? Practical advice and solutions.

November 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing a Mac which can’t complete booting

What to do when your Mac won’t boot into the Desktop and Finder – another summary diagram for diagnosis and suggested solutions.

September 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Booting the Mac: loading boot.efi and Secure Boot

The Mac has completed its self-test routines, and now prepares to load the EFI firmware or ‘boot loader’. Where it finds it, what it needs, and how Secure Boot changes this.

August 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

Before boot.efi: the Mac’s initial self-test routines

What happens in your Mac when you press the Power button? Before it loads the EFI firmware, it goes through self-testing, and initialising key chips.

August 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

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