macOS 11.4 brought major changes to the way M1 Macs handle external bootable disks. This explains how this works during the boot process.
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Soon after Apple started delivering M1 Macs, users found that they couldn’t boot them from external disks. Six months later, this has largely been fixed. What went wrong?
Overnight, Apple has pushed two updates, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
For some, inability to clone to the internal SSD of an M1 Mac seems disastrous. In reality, it could achieve little, and there are better solutions.
What are a new kernel extension and a private framework doing in macOS 11.4? Here are some details, and suggestions for further research.
The Big Sur update to 11.4 is significantly smaller than that to 11.3, and its lists of changes […]
Apple has just released the update to bring Big Sur to version 11.4. This appears more modest in […]
In Big Sur, Apple is trying to change our update habits, getting us all to update early, and run only the latest release of macOS. Its campaign uses installer behaviour, mass psychology, and boot security.
How boot security has changed in the M1 Mac. What it allows you to do, and how it restores flexibility and versatility of external boot disks.
Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
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