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Disk Utility, in all of its incarnations, has always had a restore function, a way to copy a disk volume or image file to another volume, creating an exact copy. We often think of this as cloning a drive, so you have an exact copy for backup or archiving purposes. The advantages of cloning are many, but the one that...
When you're troubleshooting a Wi-Fi network, it's often helpful to know whether or not a particular device is "visible" from your Wi-Fi router, what the signal strength is at that device, and so on. The macOS AirPort Utility (found in...
(Image courtesy of Manything) When it's time to get a new iPhone, there are a lot of options for what to do with the old model. You can trade it in to Apple or your mobile carrier (sometimes this is...
Last week we kicked off our Introduction to the Mac's Terminal App with a quick look at using and customizing Terminal, using the Bash shell to run a few commands; in our example, we used Terminal to modify the Mac's...
Our Macs are remarkably reliable and are evolving to be even more reliable as moving parts like fans and hard disk drives are replaced with passive cooling systems and solid state drives. But there are still members of the Mac...
In last week's article, I discussed how iCloud Photo Library works to synchronize all of your photos and videos on all of your devices -- Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Windows PCs and so on -- so that regardless of the...
