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That Which is Nifty: DaisyDisk 4.25

In the world of disk optimization and disk cleaners for the Mac, the field has become pretty crowded. It’s easy enough to get people interested in clawing back dozens of gigabytes of hard drive space, and while a great selling point, there are currently applications out there on the market that promise to do everything […]

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Mac users can now play The Sims 4 for free via EA’s Origin client

Eight years after its launch, The Sims 4 is now available to play for free on the Mac provided you use EA’s free Origin program to access it. Electronic Arts recently announced that The Sims 4 base game is available for all players to download on Mac, for free, via Origin starting October 18. Origin […]

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German data recovery company warns of possible hard drive failures in Apple Time Capsule units

As much as you may love your old Apple Time Capsule, it may be time to back up its data and move on to a different drive. Per German data recovery company Datenrettung Berlin, Apple’s Time Capsule, which was discontinued in 2018, could pose a risk to users, as a flaw in the Seagate drive inside […]

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Some M1 Mac users report alarming warnings as to their solid state drive usage/potential life span

This could be a bit of a warning sign for some M1 Mac users. A number of M1 Mac owners have begun to highlight hard drive health reports that could potentially indicate life span issues for the solid state drives within their machines. iMore offered the following comments: The issue of ‘TBW’, or total bytes […]

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Craig Federighi confirms that Apple will add Apple File System support for Fusion Drives

This is a bit of good news, even if it lacks a specific date as to when it will be implemented. Following up on news that the first version of macOS High Sierra limited the Apple File System to Macs featuring all-flash built-in storage and excluded iMacs and Mac mini machines that feature Fusion Drives, […]