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Having problems with USB 2.0 audio devices and a T2 Mac?

I’ve heard of a wide range of audio problems with Macs. Among the most common occur in Bluetooth […]

February 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 8 The problem of updating firmware

Setting up a new or repurposed Mac may involve updating its firmware – EFI, SMC, and T2 chip if necessary. You can’t do that using imaging, but must run an Apple system installer or updater.

February 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 7 Choices diagrammed

A table showing the main choices when using System Migration, and more detail on how the process works.

January 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last year’s hardware, next year’s promises

Wondering what happened to the iMac 2018 and the replacement for the 5 year-old Mac Pro? We should see them in 2019, inevitably with T2 chips.

December 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 6 Fitting a quart into a pint pot

With Apple’s SSD prices so high, you may for the first time have less internal storage in your new Mac than your old one. Tips to help you cope.

December 27, 2018 Macs, Technology

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 5 Examples

Three workthroughs considering options and issues in migrating to a new Mac, with info on late migration, macOS upgrading, and Thunderbolt adaptors.

December 26, 2018 Macs, Technology

Cleaning up sensitive files: How to sanitise storage

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Can you trust Disk Utility to securely erase hard drives and SSDs? How to prepare your Mac’s internal storage before selling it, so you don’t give your bank details away with it. And much more.

December 17, 2018 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: 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

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

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