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Will Big Sur support the cloning of System volumes?

Looking at what’s involved in updating Big Sur’s new Sealed System Volume shows what’s necessary for successful cloning.

September 14, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 13: Backups and versions

Time Machine seems to be the only backup system which also backs up the Versioning database on each volume. Is that useful though?

February 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Prepare your Mac for service

What to do, when you can, before taking or sending your Mac in for service or repair. What about FileVault? And Activation Lock?

December 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Time Machine and backing up in Catalina

Time Machine has changed in Catalina, but details haven’t been provided. How best to prepare to upgrade, and how to address its problems.

November 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Checking for broken Aliases using Alifix

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It’s worth refreshing all your Finder Aliases before copying or cloning a volume to update their link info. Here’s a free tool to do that and more: Alifix.

January 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Prepare your Mac for service/repair, and restore it later

Don’t just throw it in a box and send it off: what happens if its internal storage is replaced or wiped? What about protecting sensitive files? Does a T2 chip make this difficult?

December 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 3 Manual migration

What if you can’t or don’t want to use Migration Assistant to move your files from your old to a new Mac? Here it can get more complicated. Tips and solutions to help.

December 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is APFS fully supported yet?

Does APFS currently support hard disks, Fusion Drives, and other forms of storage beyond SSDs? The devil is in the detail.

February 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Third party support for CoreStorage: disk repair and other utilities

Do third-party disk tools work with Fusion Drives, or are you stuck with just Disk Utility?

December 29, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: ‘Custom access’ to old folders

How did some of my old disks and folders get to have ‘custom access’, and how can I fix that?

August 22, 2015 Macs, Technology
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