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Can you avoid a forced upgrade to Sonoma?

Can your Mac be protected from a forced upgrade to Sonoma by disabling the upgrade notification? What are the risks now?

February 12, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Nelson’s blind eye, lost property and macOS

We excel at ignoring and forgetting. While Apple is very keen to get us to upgrade macOS, it’s less concerned that its security protection is up to date and running as expected. Here’s my answer: Skint.

January 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Avoiding unintended upgrades to macOS

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If you can’t upgrade it to Sonoma, how can you ensure your production Mac doesn’t get upgraded unintentionally?

January 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

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 14.8.2 Sonoma. […]

October 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Do you use iCloud Drive? Are you intending to upgrade to Sonoma?

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If you have files in iCloud Drive that have been evicted from your local storage, and have Optimise Mac Storage turned off, Sonoma may bring a big surprise.

September 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS 14 Sonoma

Apple has released the next major version of macOS, Sonoma. As expected, this is offered through Software Update […]

September 26, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Welcome to the Year of Sonoma

Your calendar for the coming year, including the scheduled minor updates to macOS 14 Sonoma, and likely announcement of M3 Macs. From the crystal ball and tea leaves.

September 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

macOS upgrades since El Capitan

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First-hand experiences of each macOS upgrade from El Capitan in 2015 to Ventura last year set the standard against which the release of Sonoma will be judged.

September 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Will flushing caches free up disk space?

How much free disk space could you recover if your Mac is short of space and you need more to upgrade to Sonoma? Should you try flushing its caches in Safe mode?

September 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Freeing space to upgrade to Sonoma

Should you just try to upgrade in the hope that your Mac’s storage has sufficient free space? What can you do to free up a bit more if needed?

September 19, 2023 Macs, Technology

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