Tag Archives: macOS

macOS 11 (Big Sur) bricks older MacBooks

Posted on 2020-11-16 by guenni

[German]This is not good news for Apple and especially Apple device owners. After Apple has released its macOS 11 (Big Sur), owners of older Macs (especially MacBook Pros) who have been bricked with the update will get in touch. Advertising

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Parallels Standard no longer supports Windows 10 Betas

Posted on 2020-09-17 by guenni

[German]Bad news for Mac users who use Parallels virtualization software in macOS to test Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Parallels Standard no longer supports Windows 10 Insider Previews in the Beta Channel because the manufacturer has secretly removed a required … Continue reading →

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Support for Office services ends in October 2020 for older versions

Posted on 2020-08-06 by guenni

[German]A short reminder for administrators and users who use Microsoft Office. Support for various Office services in older Office versions will end in October 2020. And for macOS, support for Microsoft Office 2016 will end. Advertising

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macOS Catalina ‘BAD MAGIC! iBoot panic header’ Bug

Posted on 2020-01-22 by guenni

[German]Currently, Apple users suffer from a bug in macOS Catalina, which appears during a new installation. Those affected end up in a hanging boot process because macOS Catalina is not found. The log files contain the entry "BAD MAGIC! (flag … Continue reading →

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Prognosis: Mass migration from Windows to macOS

Posted on 2020-01-20 by guenni

[German]Exciting prognosis, which has just fallen into my hands. Dean Hager, CEO of the software provider Jamf, has given some forecasts for innovations in 2020. One is that we will see a mass migration from Windows to macOS. I found … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Apple confirms macOS Catalina issues on MacBook Pro

Posted on 2019-10-10 by guenni

Apple has confirmed serious issues with the just released macOS (Catalina) on MacBook Pros, that affects Media Creatives. iTunes has been split into 3 parts – and some media tools are now broken. Advertising

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Fix for issues on Windows share from macOS

Posted on 2019-08-13 by guenni

[German]Since Microsoft released update KB4503276 of June 2019, users of macOS have had problems accessing shares on Windows machines (clients and servers). SMB1 and LTLM are causing problems. Apple has now published a KB article on this topic. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1903: Upgrade fails on some Apple Macs

Posted on 2019-07-03 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 May 2019 update does not install on Macs that were introduced before 2012. The same applies to newer Apple Macs that have older versions of Apple's Boot Camp software or Windows Support software drivers installed. Advertising

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Security updates for macOS, iOS, Safari etc.

Posted on 2018-06-04 by guenni

Little information from last Friday. Apple has released security updates for its operating systems iOS and macOS, as well as various products such as the Safari browser, effective June 1, 2018. These updates are intended to close security gaps in … Continue reading →

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Apple provides fix for Meltdown/Spectre for macOS

Posted on 2018-01-23 by guenni

Apple has released Meltdown and Spectre fixes for several  versions of mac OS. These includes macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra, mac OS 10.11 El Capitan and macOS 10.12 Sierra. Here are the release notes for macOS High Sierra 10.13.3/ Siera and … Continue reading →

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