Tag: macos
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How to quickly reset a MacBook Air
I needed to reset my MacBook Air, this wasn’t going to anyone else so didn’t worry about a complete data format like I would do if I was selling it. I didn’t even realise this but in macOS (I’m on Ventura) you can now erase all content and settings just like you do on an…
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What’s in my macOS Dock?
Starting to mess around with YouTube shorts as a way to learn some new skills and not worry too much about production value. Here’s what’s in my macOS dock.
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I’ve got my Safari tabs back
I’ve caved in and installed the macOS Monterey Beta, for one reason – an updated Safari with the old style tabs I’m not one to get on Apple’s back about this one, if you don’t try something how do you know if it’ll work. I’m glad to see they listened to the feedback from the…
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How to remove the macOS Monterey Beta from an M1 MacBook Air
I’ve been playing with the macOS Monterey Beta for a couple of weeks and when my Photo library stopped syncing with it I decided to go back to Big Sur. This is a little more complicated with an M1 Mac and you can’t use the same method as you would with an Intel Mac. In…
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What Macs will run macOS Monterey?
I’m liking the changes to macOS, I’ll have my thoughts up this week but here’s what you need to run it.
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What will we see in macOS at WWDC 2021?
I’m finishing up my thoughts on WWDC with macOS. The last update was a big one with sweeping UI changes and some bold choices making some of macOS look like it’s almost ready for a touch screen. On the whole I enjoy using macOS Big Sur and for me this I want a bug fix…
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If you own a 12 inch MacBook don’t update to macOS Big Sur 11.3
I don’t typically write these sorts of posts but I wanted to put out this public service announcement to anyone that like me owns a 2015/6 12″ MacBook. It’s been running fine (broken keyboard aside…) but the latest version of macOS Big Sur, 11.3 has made it unusable for me. As soon as the update…
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My macOS setup
Whilst using my MacBook this morning I realised that I had never actually shared my macOS setup, only every my iOS one. I’m not sure if many will find this interesting but I thought I’d share my Mac workflow. So, my desktop is pretty clean just quick access to my drive. I use a lot…
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A quick take on macOS Big Sur
I’ve been using my MacBook a lot more over the last few months and to be honest I resisted Big Sur for a while but when the machine was running really slowly I thought, what have I got to lose. After using it for a good few weeks now I wanted to share a few…
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Appreciating the 2016 12″ MacBook
Seems an odd thing to post as someone that has predominantly lived on iOS but in the last few months with my job searching, interviews and working with agencies I’ve been using macOS a lot more and I’ve really grown to appreciate the 12″ MacBook that I have and I’m glad I kept it around.…
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My 12” MacBook runs faster on Big Sur
In a previous post I said that in beta I found that my base 12″ MacBook with 8GB wasn’t up to the task of running macOS Big Sur. Well in my current job hunting I found that I couldn’t run a couple apps that I wanted to so I took the plunge. I’m pleased to…
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Can you run macOS Big Sur on the 12” MacBook?
So I updated to Big Sur on the 8GB 2016 12″ MacBook to test the final public release performance and whilst it does run a bit faster than the beta I’d not recommend it. It looks fantastic but there is a lot of lag in the experience on this little machine and I’ll be reverting…
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What’s new in Big Sur?
Source: Apple Big Sur launches to the public today, here’s the Apple page on what’s new. Personally I’d hold off for the next patch before installing and if you have 8GB RAM I’d carefully consider giving it a miss for now. I’m testing it again on a 12″ MacBook and it’s not that great in…
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Can you run macOS Big Sur with 8GB RAM?
I’m currently running with two different MAC setups in our house a late 2015 5k iMac and a 2016 MacBook, both have 8GB RAM. I’ve also been doing a lot with photos lately and been running into memory limitations and slow performance using the app to manage a large library (>30,000 photos). This already had…
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