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Last Week on My Mac: Looking back from the future

Two watersheds that could occur in macOS 15: that it only supports Macs with Apple chips including an Arm processor, and that it opens access to older versions of macOS on Apple silicon.

June 2, 2024 Macs, Technology

Will your encrypted data be safe in future?

How will quantum cryptography and the ease with which it should break current methods of encryption, affect the security of data on my Mac?

May 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

How secure is Secure Erase (EACAS)?

Could old images be retained on a device or your Mac after you had securely erased it using Erase Assistant?

May 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

How FileVault passwords work, and are they now vulnerable?

Recent oddities with FileVault Recovery Keys, and a new exploit GoFetch, raise concerns over how secure FileVault protection is.

April 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

What makes a disk bootable?

Simply having a boot volume group with a System snapshot in it won’t get your Mac to start up from that disk, particularly if it’s an Apple silicon model. Some details.

March 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solving login password problems

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What do you do when your Mac refuses to log you in because it thinks your password is incorrect? Don’t rush or panic, but follow these steps.

February 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Autumn firmware updates

No updates for Intel Macs without T2 chips, apart from the iMac19,1, and there only in Sonoma. T2 and Apple silicon models are more confusing, though.

October 3, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Which firmware should your Mac be using? (version 8)

This article lists the firmware versions of Macs that have been successfully upgraded to run macOS 14.8.5 Sonoma. […]

October 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

How the Secure Enclave protects your Mac

First added to Macs in the T1 chip, the Secure Enclave makes it far harder for an attacker to gain access to secrets like the FileVault encryption key.

August 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

How to recover files from a near-dead Mac

Although your Mac may be unable to boot into macOS, it might be able to start up in Recovery, or offer its internal SSD in Target Disk Mode.

August 18, 2023 Macs, Technology

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