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 updateContinue reading “If you own a 12 inch MacBook don’t update to macOS Big Sur 11.3”
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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 lotContinue reading “My macOS setup”
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 fewContinue reading “A quick take on macOS Big Sur”
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.Continue reading “Appreciating the 2016 12″ MacBook”
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 toContinue reading “My 12” MacBook runs faster on Big Sur”
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 revertingContinue reading “Can you run macOS Big Sur on the 12” MacBook?”
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 inContinue reading “What’s new in Big Sur?”
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 hadContinue reading “Can you run macOS Big Sur with 8GB RAM?”
Creating macOS wallpapers in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Matt’s done an amazing job here with recreating the macOS wallpapers using MS Flight Simulator. Check it out.
Should you upgrade to macOS Big Sur on a MacBook 12”?
I’ve been testing Big Sur on my 2016 MacBook 12″ (8GB Ram, 1.1 M3) for a month or so now and even though I know it’s a beta I don’t think performance is going to get much better on this model. At this point I can’t recommend upgrading to Big Sur if you are runningContinue reading “Should you upgrade to macOS Big Sur on a MacBook 12”?”