Using the Disk Utility in macOS, you can create a blank disk image for storage. A disk image (.dmg file) is a file that looks and acts like a mountable device or volume. In other words, it’s a file that...
The Activity Monitor app can be used to troubleshoot your Mac, as well as evaluate how well your Mac is performing overall or with specific running processes (apps). In Using Activity Monitor Part 2, we’ll take a look at using this utility to explore your Mac's energy use, disk performance, and network performance.
My recent experience with water damage to my new 16-inch MacBook Pro reinforced two practices that I've followed for many years; making a bootable backup and creating a bootable macOS install drive. While I was able to reload my MacBook...
The utility folder is chock full of handy apps that perform a wide spectrum of tasks, from monitoring the performance of your Mac to giving your Mac a voice. In this first of a two-part article, we're going to look...
Apple's T2 Security Chip. Image via WikiBlog.info Apple's newest Macs have a new Apple-designed chip in them -- the T2 Security Chip -- that integrates several other controllers on Macs (System Management Controller, image signal processor, audio controller and SSD controller)...
Once a popular option in the early days of the Mac, RAM disks, which were used to speed up the performance of a Mac, have fallen by the wayside. Conceptually, RAM disks are a simple idea: a chunk of RAM...
It's autumn again; the leaves are starting to fall, a new version of macOS has just shipped, and the team at DiskMaker has just released the newest version of DiskMaker X. What's so exciting about that? DiskMaker X 8 is a...
Macs are more popular than ever, thanks to a “halo effect” from buyers of iPhones and iPads who decide to make the switch from Windows to macOS. Like all computers, Macs tend to slow down a bit after a few...
Like clockwork, Apple updates macOS on an annual basis. Shortly after the release of a new version of macOS, we can expect a new version of a venerable Mac utility for creating bootable install disks: DiskMaker X. On Wednesday, DiskMaker...
