M1 Mac Troubleshooting, Quick Tips, and More — Mac Geek Gab 864
M1 Macs have only been available for a few months, but y’all are buying them up like crazy. Of course, troubleshooting them is a bit different than familiar Intel models, and Dave and John talk through some of that while answering your questions. Quick Tips help to make this episode accessible for all, in addition to some non-platform-specific questions about troubleshooting in general. Listen in as your two favorite geeks help share the knowledge, and perhaps you’ll learn five new things, too!
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Show Notes
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 864 for Monday, April 5, 2021
- Quick Tips
- 00:02:11 Alex-QT-Set a custom Finder Highlight Color*
- 00:04:33 QT-Change Mail’s Color-quoted text*
- 00:07:03 Matt-QT-Hover for Drag and Drop from Preview in Big Sur*
- 00:08:41 Patrick-QT-Set your M1 Mac's security mode*
- 00:10:25 Simon-QT-Boot M1 Macs with Thunderbolt instead of USB
- 00:11:30 QT-Make Sure your Backups are usable
- 00:13:58 Steve-QT-OWC's Guide to M1 Startup Modes
- 00:15:44 1Password vs. Safari vs. Rosetta Mode
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- Your Tips, Follow-ups, and Questions
- 00:26:33 Kevin-FileVault Turned Off, Why?*
- 00:32:35 Brian-862-Bricked M1 Macs
- 00:34:10 Dave’s new M1 Mac is coming
- 00:37:39 Rodney-Multiple Ethernet Connections, Time Machine Backup
- 00:43:06 Joe-When is a drive failing?
- 00:47:14 JFB=Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020
- 00:50:41 Robert-Archival Storage and Shelf Life of an SSD
- 00:56:07 Gary-CSF-Polar Backup 5TB*
- 00:58:33 CSF-Scannr to scan bar codes on your drivers’ license
- 00:59:40 Dennis-Why is Synology Making Hard Drives?
- 01:02:12 Explaining Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)*
- 01:06:48 Darryl-Quick Look Email Search Fix (maybe?)
- 01:09:58 MGG 864 Outtro
IHO, the information Howard Oakley provides on M1 Mac https://eclecticlight.co/m1-macs should be bookmarked on every M1 owner’s web browser!
I’ve spent time reading Howard’s linked articles under the Recovery and Startup modes section https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/28/startup-modes-for-m1-macs/ and until CCC (or other clone tool) is able to create a “true SSD cloned startup drive” and all else fails, the Recovery Mode or Fallback Recovery Mode looks like the best path to fixing a hard broke M1 OS.
With Big Sur and beyond, the most important thing that must be backed up is the Data Volume!
I guess my underlining question is the what happens using the Recovery Mode or Fallback Recovery Mode on your Photos data if it was last used on a newer OS? I HOPE I never have to find out 😳
@nicevillesteve Great point!
Where are disk utilities for ARM-based Apple Silicon Macs like the ones with M1 chip?
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