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The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2, version 1.2

Should fix a bug in which T2M2 reports an error message rather than completing an analysis of Time Machine backups.

October 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to speed up Time Machine backups

You may still have plenty of space on your backup volume, but if it has millions of files and hard links from years of backups, it will be very slow. Here’s how to fix that.

October 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: How not to release a macOS upgrade

The High Sierra upgrade did not go well for many users. Here are some of the reasons why macOS 10.13 is currently a lemon.

October 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Making a Sierra – High Sierra dual-boot system, if you must

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More trials and tribulations with the High Sierra upgrade. Is it possible to make a dual-boot system? And is it wise?

September 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Time Machine Mechanic 1.1b: new version should run on High Sierra too

Time Machine diagnostics now available for Sierra, and (in beta) for High Sierra.

September 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra, Sierra’s dispatching bug, and iTunes 12.7

The latest version of iTunes is a blow to those with several iOS devices, as it no longer lets you sync new apps and updates to them. Apple’s solution, though, could bring even worse problems.

September 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Watching macOS file systems: FSEvents and volume journals

Explains how Time Machine knows what to back up, why it performs deep event scans, and how that system is different from HFS+ journaling.

September 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

How iCloud Drive can break Time Machine backups

A strange problem with backups that start, but fail to complete successfully, apparently because of duplicate filenames. T2M2 to the rescue, bringing some important lessons.

September 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

When should you upgrade to High Sierra? (Updated)

Should you be an early adopter, eagerly waiting for the release of macOS 10.13? Or would you do better to wait a while? Here are some important factors to consider.

September 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Looking in the log: predicates, filters, regex, and find

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Different search and filter tools have different purposes – as demonstrated by exploring the log using Consolation 3. Regex at work!

August 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

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