Is it time to upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur? I’ll write more about that soon. However, there is one general concern that has caused us to hesitate to recommend upgrading. That’s the complexity of ...

To improve system security your M1 Mac won't boot if the internal solid state drive (SSD) completely dies. While there's been very little information released by Apple on their SSD architecture -- I'm ...

Mac utility app SuperDuper! will no longer always fail to make a bootable backup because of a bug in macOS Sequoia — but Apple's fix doesn't remove all problems. Nanian thought the change might have ...

Whether it's a MacBook Pro that's always out on the road with you, or a Mac Studio that gets left in an office, your Mac holds critical data and you've got to back it up. Apple works very hard to make ...

CMS Peripherals noted that the Mac OS X-bootable version of its FireWire-based ABSplus backup system is now shipping. The new version of the ABSplus was previewed at Macworld Conference & Expo in New ...

Bombich Software recently updated Carbon Copy Cloner to version 6, and its founder, Mike Bombich, posted a blog entry explaining some of the intricacies involved with updating cloning software for Big ...

BootPicker: Better Dual-Boot Options for Mac Computerworld looks at BootPicker, a utility that can mitigate the security risk of allowing startup drive selection " One of the problems with deploying a ...

I harbor no nostalgia for Mac OS 9. Aside from a couple of old games, I never even think about using OS 9 anymore. With one exception...I long for OS 9's simplicity in creating bootable drives and ...

Macware has introduced MacTuneUp, a new utility to help Mac users clean up, optimize and back up their Macs. It costs $29.99. MacTuneUp can discover and fix problems, restore hard disk space, and ...