When is macOS Big Sur EOL, meaning there will be no more security fixes?

I have a relatively new MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), which works wonderfully and is in daily use. I was shocked to discover that macOS Monterey is not supported on my relatively new machine (macOS Monterey is compatible with these…

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Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1. When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying: An Error Occurred Whi…

The next iPhone SE: ‘Plus’ model to bring ‘same LCD’ with 5G

In 2020, after a four-year wait, Apple finally updated the iPhone SE to… the iPhone SE. Hanging on to the same name is a little confusing—Apple differentiates the new model when necessary by calling it the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, but most people e…

Apple releases iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1 with several critical security updates

If you haven’t yet chosen to update to iOS 15, you should probably take a trip into your Settings today to update your iPhone anyway. Apple has just released iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1, which include important security updates in several key compo…

Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1. When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying: An Error Occurred Whi…

What is the ~/Applications directory for?

I was asked by tech support to run the command ls -l ~/Applications and found the directory (/Users//Applications) to be empty. All my applications seem to actually be in /Applications. I'm not very familiar with the Mac file-system; is…

How to Install macOS Updates without Installing MacOS Monterey?

Wondering how you can install updates to existing macOS installations, like macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina, without jumping ahead and installing MacOS Monterey? While MacOS Monterey is available to download now for anyone who wants to install it, …

Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1. When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying: An Error Occurred Whi…

How much memory/cpu is mds_stores consuming for you?

I'm trying to figure out if the spotlight process "mds_stores" is consuming more resources than it should be. I've turned spotlight on and off and reindexed everything but it's still regularly using between 40 and 80% of the CPU on my l…

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iOS 14.8.1 and iPadOS 14.8.1 have been released with security updates for iPhone and iPad. Yes, this is a separate release track than iOS 15/iPadOS 15. The updates are intended for users who are not yet on iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 releases, the latest o…

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Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1. When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying: An Error Occurred Whi…

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I have run into the issue where no matter what files/applications I delete I cannot actually free up any disk space on my Early 2014 Macbook Air with 128GB of SSD storage. The most recent exercise was to delete Xcode ~10GB. Before the…

There’s a super easy way to clean-install macOS Monterey

For most people, upgrading to the newest version of macOS is a painless process—click the update button and wait. But for those of us who want to start fresh by wiping our Macs clean as if they were coming off the assembly line, it’s a little tricki…

Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1, When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying "An Error Occurred Whi…

After updating to Monterey, Firefox fonts are broken

I've just updated my mac to Monterey and after that I found out that font is just different that it used to be before the update - the tab title is quite small and fonts on websites are both different and missized: It seems the FF opt…

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Anybody facing issues in upgrading macOS Monterey on OWC Aura Pro x2

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1, When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying "An Error Occurred Whi…

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