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August 29, 2019 Mac

Have You Tried Deleting An APFS Volume?

By now I think some people are getting the hang of the new APFS Mac file system. It really is quite intelligent once you get used to it.

August 29, 2019 Mac

HomeKit Home Automation

Home automation has become a big deal these days. It seems like every company under the sun is getting into the Home Automation arena, including Apple.

August 28, 2019 Mac

Do I Need Antivirus Software?

This article investigates the issue, makes Antivirus App suggestions and covers some ways to know if you have malware on your Mac.

August 28, 2019 Mac

Creating Mail App Signatures

One thing that can be handy in any Email App is creating Signatures. To add a nice touch to a Signature you can include a logo.

August 27, 2019 Mac

Showing All Devices In Disk Utility

The Disk Utility App in the Mac OS, while not as robust as in prior days, is still fairly useful. One of the Default settings of the newer versions of the Disk Utility App is to not show all the partitions (Device, Container, Volume) of a drive.

August 27, 2019 Mac

How To Restore Items From External Drive In Time Machine

However, if you have Time Machine backing up other external hard drives in addition to your main hard drive, you have to access those backups in a different manner.

August 26, 2019 Mac

Mojave Supplemental Update 10.14.6

Apple just released another Supplemental Update to macOS Mojave 10.14.6. It is about 1.25 GB and takes about 20 minutes to install. I have installed it with no problems.