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Running Simulators Inside Claude Code for Mac→

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Claude Code’s Mac desktop app has added Apple simulator support, and although it’s billed as “iOS Simulator Support,” it actually works with any iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, or watchOS simulator you have installed. The process of setting up a simulator is simple. A new button with an iPhone icon appears when you open an existing project.

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27-minute workshop on how to actually do prompts for Claude.

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The Ultimate AI Workflow Guide: Which Model To Use For Which Work

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Most people ask:

“Which AI model is the best?”

That’s usually the wrong question.

In 2026, the smarter question is:

Which AI model should I use for this exact task?

Because no single AI dominates everything.

Claude is strong in some areas. ChatGPT shines in others. Gemini solves different problems. DeepSeek can outperform on cost-focused technical work. Grok is useful in certain real-time workflows.

If you’re using one AI for every task, you may be slowing yourself down.

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Today I'm taking a break from my habit of incorporating XR into my weekly writing, as I normally do through at least some portion of the writing process, whether it's taking notes or banging out a rough draft.

Technically my wife's upgrade from her 2020 Samsung Galaxy Book, I jumped at the chance to play with the new gadget in the house. I got everything transferred over for her using Apple's Migration Assistant, and then promptly set myself up as a separate admin user. I spent the first day figuring out keyboard shortcuts and customizing macOS to my liking, having not touched the platform since my high school computer lab.

Historically, I've been about as far removed from the Apple ecosystem as any Windows gamer or Android tinkerer. Yet since its announcement, I've still found myself enamored with MacBook Neo along with the rest of the tech world. It's caused me to reflect on Apple - a company known the world over, and yet alien to many outside its ecosystem - in a new light, and imagine its post-Apple Vision Pro role in the XR industry.

It might seem ridiculous to say a $3.83 trillion company is "having a moment" right now, but considering the overwhelming reception to their new entry-level MacBook Neo, starting at $600 (or $500 with the education discount), they certainly are.

Coming off their 50th anniversary, Apple's seemingly cracked into a market that's often eluded them: entry-level computers, challenging Google Chromebook's dominance in K-12 education, and presenting a great value proposition for the average computer user the next time they consider an upgrade.

Given the effects of tariffs on the U.S. economy, general cost of living increases, and AI data centers constraining hardware supply, MacBook Neo's timing is economically impeccable. Perhaps more importantly, it also coincides with what seems like growing resentment toward its competitors.

In the wider tech industry, as well as the product and service categories with which Apple's traditionally associated, their biggest competitors are Microsoft and Google.

Microsoft seems incapable of not stepping on rakes as they push controversial, poorly branded AI features. They've long endured criticism for their data practices and the difficulty of disabling telemetry settings on Windows. While any actual migration from Windows has yet to bear out in significant numbers (in fact, Windows 11 hit 1 billion users in January - even if many were essentially evicted from Windows 10), sentiment has rarely looked worse toward the ubiquitous personal computing OS.

Meanwhile, even though Google Chromebooks dominate the education space, they're hardly known for their quality and are often criticized as "e-waste." On mobile, recent Android changes like developer verification, Pixel-exclusive features, and sideloading hindrances have all raised criticisms that Google is reining in the open ecosystem that drew in many users over iOS in the first place.

Paired with Google's data-harvesting practices, it could lead even the avid Android user to have second thoughts about their mobile OS of choice. In fact, we've seen growing interest in the Android-based GrapheneOS as an alternative to mainline Android. Ironically developed for Pixel phones first, GrapheneOS Foundation recently announced a partnership with Motorola to bring Graphene phones to market beginning in 2027.

Of course, Apple has drawn plenty of criticism in its 50-year history. Most notably, over its "walled garden" philosophy to the Apple ecosystem. However, EU regulations have cracked those walls, forcing alternative app stores, accessory and messaging interoperability, and browser choice - though mainly for EU customers, for now.

It would be reductive to say these companies are on equal footing at this point, but the gulf has never been narrower. To the average consumer, it may be difficult to discern any practical differences beyond logos and design aesthetics.

While moral binaries rarely hold up to scrutiny, especially in the tech world, recent events at least amount to a lot of positive sentiment for Apple, and growing resentment toward Microsoft and Google - or, y'know, good guy vs. bad guys.

While Apple will carry on trading blows with its long-time competitors in more established industries, it's in XR where Apple has the greatest opportunity to contrast with its main competitor.

But for all the success Meta's AI glasses have garnered and the millions of headsets they've sold, it's hard to find many genuine "fans" of Meta. They partake in the Horizon ecosystem in spite of Meta, not because of them.

Currently, Meta is facing a child safety lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court over the claimed addictive qualities of its social media algorithms and app designs. At one point, the judge had to threaten Meta employees with contempt of court for donning Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Recording devices are prohibited in California courtrooms without prior approval.

Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg increasingly seems to envision a future where your digital life is comprised of AI users as much as human ones, if not more so.

Just this week, Meta acquired Moltbook, a Reddit-style social media platform populated by AI agents ... or, at least, that was the idea, though multiple reports have outlined the ways in which the platform was manipulated and seeded by human users.

But just because the hardware is booming doesn't mean we have to accept all its pitfalls.

While not all of these developments currently bleed into Meta's XR products, it is worrying to see where Meta is directing its attention. Data, engagement and advertising are Meta's bread and butter. Whether these AI applications are for the betterment of society or its members appears to be a lesser concern.

That's seemingly gone hand-in-hand with their walled garden philosophy, but Apple diehards will argue that's a worthwhile tradeoff for usability and security. Apple's competitors may still maintain some degree more openness than Apple, but they also seem content, even giddy to slide further and further into technocratic villainy.

With growing negative press over AI glasses, Apple will be in prime position to distinguish its own 2027 AI glasses from Meta's using clear communication on privacy. Similar to Apple pioneering built-in parental controls on mobile, they could lead the way on a similar spirit of top-down limitations and user controls conducive to a more copacetic infusion of this technology into wider society.

While Apple's current plans are only for AI glasses and they previously shelved their smaller form factor Apple Vision Pro follow-up, that doesn't mean they won't return to the MR category.

When they do, not only will they have an opportunity to continue innovating and reinforcing the quality standard they set with Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, they can act as a sorely needed philosophical contrast in a space dominated by crass and cynical profit motives and an apparent ethical ambivalence to the intersection between technology and humanity.

To be clear, this article isn't meant to advocate for Apple as the be-all, end-all of XR hardware manufacturers. The point is balance.

Apple's vertical integration, custom silicon and fine tuning of manufacturing economics have enabled them to deliver a premium $600-$700 laptop that has the tech world buzzing. It's reignited a long-dormant personal interest in a desktop platform I'd consigned to school computer labs, owing to the lack of affordable Macs for home adoption during my childhood. It's breathed life into a tech category that's long bored me, and loosened entrenched personal computing divides by sectors and household finances.

After 50 years, Apple's still finding inroads with new customers, and its corporate ethos feels like a breath of fresh air in a space dominated by pessimistic headlines about AI, privacy and surveillance.

I wouldn't expect Apple to be able to deliver MacBook Neo-level unit economics for an XR product anytime soon, but they're only a piece of the puzzle for a healthy XR ecosystem with options fitting different needs and interests. Where they may meet some customers based on usability, security and quality, they may miss others based on openness and customization. For that, Steam Frame may be an appealing alternative, with its Linux-based SteamOS and full desktop mode. Hopefully we'll continue to see more third-party headsets like Bigscreen Beyond and Lynx R2, and open-source projects like XRUIOS and XenevaOS.

It's easy to resign ourselves to a morally ambivalent, technocratic future. It's far more challenging, and all the more important, to choose intentionality in our technology choices, striving to shift public sentiment. Potentially, this could stress Meta on multiple fronts, forcing them to make concessions and helping them to become the kind of company whose thousands of brilliant employees and incredible R&D can be used for humanity's benefit - not just our economic exploitation.

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Apple's latest version of macOS, 10.15 Catalina, looks a lot like earlier versions of the operating system, but is vastly different under the hood. The biggest change is that Apple ripped out all the code that, in earlier versions, made it possible to run older 32-bit apps in Apple's 64-bit operating system. Apple warned us years ago that this change was coming, and there's no doubt that an all-64-bit OS like Catalina is more efficient than an OS that runs both 32-bit and 64-bit code. Still, for many users, Catalina blocks apps that they've relied on for years. Here, we show you how to run 32-bit apps on an OS that isn't designed for them.

Before you update to Catalina, find out whether you're using any 32-bit apps that you can't do without. The easiest way to do this is to click the Apple icon in the upper left, then About this Mac, then System Report, and scroll down to Software/Applications. Your Mac will take a while to gather information about your apps and then displays a list of all the apps on your machine. Find the column headed "64-bit (Intel)" and click on the column heading. All your 64-bit apps will show a Yes in this column. All the 32-bit apps will show a No. You may be surprised by how many 32-bit apps you have. Study this list, and if you find 32-bit apps that you need, you'll have to find a 64-bit update or replacement-or you can implement the workarounds below.

The 32-bit apps you find on your machine are typically of two kinds: older Mac apps that have been abandoned by their developers (or that developers are slow to update) and apps based on the Wine software project that lets Macs and Linux computers run Windows software. ( Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator," but, effectively, it emulates Windows features so that Macs and Linux boxes can run some, but not all, Windows applications.)

If you need to run a 32-bit app, Apple unofficially recommends either that you keep an old Mac on hand that runs a pre-Catalina version of the OS or that you partition your current Mac so that it can start up with an older macOS version as well as Catalina. Both methods work, but both seem to me inconvenient and time consuming. There are, however, better alternatives.

The easiest method is this (but keep in mind that it costs money): Buy a copy of Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion if you don't already own one. These prorgrams are designed mostly for running Windows on a Mac, but you can also use them to create a virtual machine that runs macOS in a window on your Mac desktop. Parallels is easiest to use, but VMware Fusion isn't far behind.

The steps are different depending on whether you're still running macOS Mojave or have already upgraded to Catalina. Let's start with the steps to take if you're still running Mojave. Each step corresponds to a screen in the slideshow.

1. Launch Parallels Desktop

From the File menu, choose New... to open the Installation Assistant panel. In the Free Systems section, scroll to the right and click Install macOS 10.14.6 Using the Recovery Partition. (It may show a different version number on your system.) If you've upgraded to Mojave from an earlier OS version, you may see options to install that earlier version. Choose whichever version you feel most comfortable with.

2. Create a New Virtual Machine

The next page in the Assistant is headed macOS 10.14.6. Click the Install button. Parallels launches the macOS installer and creates a new virtual machine. When it's done, you see a screen asking you which language to use to interact with your virtual Mac. Choose your preferred language and continue.

3. Prep the macOS Mojave Installation

The macOS Recovery Environment now opens in the virtual machine. (This is the screen that every Mac displays when you hold down Cmd-R at startup.) In the macOS Utilities menu, click Reinstall macOS. The next screen will offer to install macOS Mojave. Click Continue. On the license agreement screen, click Accept, and then click the Accept button in the pop-up menu.

4. Install macOS Mojave on the Virtual Disk

Don't be terrified by the next screen, which offers to install Mojave on a hard disk named Macintosh HD. This is not your Mac's hard disk, but a virtual hard disk in the virtual machine that Parallels created. Click Macintosh HD and then Continue. Now wait while Mojave installs itself on the virtual disk. This may take more than a half hour.

5. Set Up macOS Mojave

The virtual Mojave will display the same setup screens that the Mac normally displays when you install an OS.

6. Complete the macOS Mojave Installation

When the installation is complete, you'll see the default Mojave desktop. From your actual Mac's top menu (not the topline menu within the virtual machine) choose Actions, then Install Parallels Tools.

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7. Install Parallels Tools

Follow the prompts to install the Parallels Tools in your virtual Mojave machine, and then restart the virtual machine.

8. Transfer Your 32-Bit Apps

Drag your 32-bit applications from your real Mac into the virtual Mojave system. Double-click them to run them. If you're running Mojave and not an earlier version, you'll see the familiar pop-up warning that your 32-bit is not optimized for macOS and will need to be updated. Ignore the warning.

9. Upgrade the OS

Now you can upgrade to Catalina. When the upgrade is complete, start Parallels Desktop and your virtual Mojave machine. (In this screenshot, Mojave is running at night, so it's showing the nighttime desktop image, but it's the same virtual machine shown in earlier screens. Here, I'm running a 32-bit app that won't run in Catalina itself.

10. Wrap It Up

With a 32-bit app running, go to the Parallels top menu and choose View/Enter Coherence. The 32-bit app appears in its own window on your Mac desktop, and a second top-line menu (the menu for the virtual Mac) appears beneath the top-line menu of your main macOS installation. As you can see in this window, my Mac is running Catalina, but a 32-bit app is running in a window that looks like any other app window. The virtual machine's dock is visible at the foot of the screen, but it's easy to turn that off from the virtual machine's System Preferences.

You can now explore the Parallels options for fine control over your apps and use the System Preferences app in the virtual Mojave to make one or more 32-bit apps start up automatically when the virtual machine is launched. (Go the Users & Groups preference pane, then the Login Items tab.)

Another Catalina Option

But what if you've already upgraded to Catalina, or you have a new mac that runs only Catalina, and you can't install Mojave into Parallels with your Mac's recovery partition. All is not lost. You'll need to download the Mojave installer from the Mac App Store and use it to install Mojave in Parallels.

Now that Catalina is released, Apple doesn't display an option to download Mojave from the App Store, but it's still on Apple's servers. If you search deeply enough on Apple's web site, you can find the web address that opens the App Store page where you can download the Mojave installer. I did the search so that you don't have to. Simply visit this Mojave page, and the App Store will offer the Mojave installer for downloading. Or, if you prefer to download and install the previous operating system, visit the High Sierra page.

Choose the cloud icon to download the installer. Your Mac will ask if you really want to download it; confirm that you do, and wait until it gets downloaded to your Applications folder. Don't run it! Instead, start Parallels Desktop, use the File/New... menu to open the Installation Assistant. Click on the center icon, "Install Windows or other OS from a DVD or image file." The next screen may show the Install macOS Mojave installer; if it doesn't, drag the Installer into the window and follow the prompts to create and use a Mojave virtual machine, as in steps 4 through 10 above.

If you have VMware Fusion, you'll need to use the same procedure whether or not you've updated to Catalina. Start Fusion, click New... on the menu to open the "Select the Installation Method." You'll see an option to "Install macOS from the recovery partition." Don't be tempted to use it, because it will tell you that it couldn't find any recovery partitions, even if you know perfectly well that a recovery partition is there. I've asked VMware about this bug, and maybe it will get fixed in a future version.

So, instead of using the Recovery Partition, you'll need to download a Mojave or High Sierra installer, as described above, and drag it into the Select the Installation Window. Follow the prompts to install a virtual machine. When the new virtual system starts up, use the Virtual Machine/Install VMware Tools menu to install the VMware Tools. After restarting the virtual machine, drag your 32-bit apps into it and run them in the same way you can run them in Parallels. VMware uses the name Unity for the same option that Parallels calls Coherence; it runs an app in a virtual machine in a way that looks as if the program is running in a window of your main macOS installation.

You Can Run Wine-Based Apps, Too

What if you're using a Wine-based app to run a Windows game or app? In almost every case, the Wine-based app won't run in Catalina. The easiest solution is to install Windows in Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion and run the app in Windows. This costs money-you have to pay for a copy of Windows-and can be slow and complicated, but it's the only solution right now. The most prominent vendor of Wine-based software, CodeWeavers, plans to release a Catalina-compatible version, but the job isn't easy and it isn't clear when the new version will arrive.

There's one exception to the rule that Wine-based apps won't run in Catalina: If, and only if, you're running 64-bit Wine, and if, and only if, your Windows app is a 64-bit app and one that's simple enough to run under Wine, then Wine can run it in a window under Catalina. The most effective way I've found to accomplish this is to use the brilliant Wineskin Winery app-an open-source project by a programmer who uses the name doh123-in the form of its unofficial update by a programmer who uses the name Gcenx. (The original Wineskin Winery won't run under Catalina.) If there's enough interest in this subject, then we'll post a how-to guide here, but there are probably too few 64-bit Windows apps that are usable under Wine to make it worth your while. Interested readers can search for "Unofficial Wineskin update" to get started, but be prepared to bang your head on the table a few times until you figure it out.

Apple hasn't made it easy to run 32-bit apps under Catalina, but it's still possible. If you've found other ways to make it happen, please let us know in the comment section below.

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Smartphones are loaded with sensors and components that power the surface-level features you use every day. Some of them you might know about - like the ambient light sensor used to handle automatic brightness or the gyroscope required for auto-rotate. Others, such as the barometer that handles elevation readings, are less familiar to the average user. They're all working behind the scenes to facilitate your smartphone experience.

Apps can use these specialized sensors to provide their own tailor-made experiences. The famous "iBeer" app, downloaded over 90 million times, used the accelerometer and gyroscope to simulate drinking from a cup. Now, metal detector apps are widely available on the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store, but are they similar gimmicks or actually useful?

There are tons of sensors you don't know about

It's true - your iOS or Android phone can detect metal objects with varying degrees of accuracy if it has a specific sensor called a magnetometer. You might be wondering why a smartphone needs a magnetometer, and there's a simple reason. It powers the digital compass on a variety of phones by detecting the planet's magnetic field. Based on the readings, your phone can find north and south and detect the device's relative position. This is how your phone knows what direction you're facing when navigating in Apple Maps or Google Maps, for example.

In smartphones, magnetometers measure the strength of Earth's magnetic field along the X, Y, and Z axes. Although the planet's magnetic field changes over long periods, in the very short term, its strength remains stable. As such, when certain types of magnetic devices come in proximity to your phone, the magnetometer's readings spike relative to the planet's baseline. These spikes confirm that a piece of metal is indeed very close to your smartphone.

For most practical applications, this is an unintended consequence of how magnetometers work, and it actually causes interference that disrupts the accuracy of a digital compass or navigation app on your smartphone. However, there are dedicated apps that use a phone's magnetometer specifically for this use case. These apps detect a response from a magnetic material, and when they receive an intense reading, they may vibrate or spike accordingly.

A smartphone with a magnetometer can detect metal, although it is technically not a metal detector. I know that sounds pedantic and overly technical, but metal detectors are decisively proactive devices. They send waves or pulses in a given direction, looking for shifts and current dissipation. If a metal detector sends a pulse into the ground, and it weakens or decays, this change is due to a metal object lying underneath.

Magnetometers take the opposite approach. Instead of sending out signals and waiting for changes or shifts, they detect anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field. Because the planet has a baseline magnetic field, magnetometers are not very good at detecting small objects and can't detect non-ferrous metals. Instead, they excel at detecting large, ferrous (containing iron) metals.

For example, in the photo above, you see my phone's magnetometer spiking at extreme levels when near a desktop speaker - that's because speakers and headphones are powered in part by large magnets. I also used metal detector apps to pick up magnetic readings from my mirrorless camera and other large devices. A small metal pen, however, is much harder to track and detect.

Physics Toolbox is the best sensor playground

It's an amazing way to play around with your phone's sensors

I tried a handful of "metal detector" apps to see how well they worked, including Metal Detector, Smart Metal Detector, and Metal Detector - Metal Finder. None of them are outstanding, mostly for the reasons I've pointed out above. Unless your phone is very close to a large magnet, the chances of these apps returning a conclusive reading are low. Instead, the Physics Toolbox app is hands-down the best way to play around with your smartphone's hidden sensors - including the magnetometer.

Physics Toolbox is free and available on both iOS and Android, and what sets it apart is how the app presents data. All the other apps I tested simply measured magnetic strength with a number, and that's a problem when trying to detect small metal objects. By comparison, Physics Toolbox creates a graph displaying the magnetic strength across the X axis, Y axis, Z axis, and total field over time.

Visualizing these changes makes it easier for the untrained to detect small changes in magnetic force. You might not know that reading a few numbers higher is a sign your phone is near something magnetic, but you can see the visual spike on the graph. As a result, Physics Toolbox gives you the best chance of detecting metal with your smartphone. Is it practical or useful? Probably not. It's still a neat trick worth trying out with your smartphone, though.

Physics Toolbox is a data recording app that uses your smartphone's sensors to display scientific information for analysis. It can showcase sensor data, record it, and export it as a CSV file for advanced users. It's available as a testing playground for curious users or a robust option for researchers and teachers.

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With WWDC 2025 now over, many Apple fans were disappointed by the lack of newer Apple Intelligence features. Even though Cupertino is bringing some new AI functionalities to the platform, the most anticipated one is still a mystery.

This is why Apple executives have addressed in a few interviews why the new Siri hasn't shipped yet. While it was initially expected to arrive with iOS 18.4, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman now reports that Apple aims for an iOS 26.4 release.

While this might be even more disappointing for users (especially since OpenAI and other competitors keep evolving their AI models faster than ever), there's a possibility to take advantage of Apple Intelligence as a real AI chatbot (and I'm not talking about powering it with ChatGPT).

This is still only available as part of the new features coming with iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, which are in the early days of beta testing.

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There's an Apple Intelligence chatbot hiding in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe

As noted by my good friend and MacWorld reporter Filipe Espósito on Threads, it's possible to run your own Apple Intelligence chatbot if you have the iOS 26 or macOS Tahoe beta installed on your devices.

The Apple Intelligence chatbot can be powered by Apple's AI features in the new Shortcuts app. As explained by Espósito, you can choose between the on-device model, which isn't as powerful, or the Private Cloud Compute option, which runs online and works pretty well as a chatbot.

You can learn more in Espósito's Threads post.

Here's how I created mine:

With the Shortcuts app on iOS 26 or macOS Tahoe, choose the "Get text from Input" option.

Then select "Use Private Cloud Compute model" with Text.

Finally, Apple Intelligence needs to "Show Response."

While Apple's AI chatbot doesn't have the same strong personality as other AI bots, it's pretty good for information. I asked what the best way to get from Paris to London during the summer was, and what the best portable power bank I could get was, and I got decent responses.

When I asked how updated Apple's models were, the company sent me a support page with its Intelligence features. Also, this shortcut doesn't allow you to see past queries or even view the previous message if you interact with it again.

Wrap up

If you really want to see how an Apple Intelligence chatbot works right now, the new Shortcuts app gives you the best preview yet.

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How to clone a macOS boot drive & make a bootable backup with the SuperDuper! app

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With many of us storing extremely personal documents, photos, and other types of information on our computers these days, it can be detrimental when a storage drive fails, or when a computer needs to be replaced, and we have no viable data backup.
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Apple's first-party Time Machine feature can be helpful because it makes system snapshots that we can restore to our working drive, but when your main operating system storage drive fails, those snapshots can be useless to you in the moment as you won't have a bootable operating system to boot from to apply those snapshots to.

That's where the powerful SuperDuper! application for macOS comes into play, as it can create a bootable clone of your existing operating system and all your files so that when your main operating system storage fails, you can boot from the cloned drive and continue to use your computer.

In today's tutorial, we'll show you how to clone your macOS boot drive using the free SuperDuper! application.

What you need to know

SuperDuper! is different from Time Machine in that it creates a bootable clone of your Mac's boot drive - the drive you install your macOS operating system on. Time Machine, on the other hand, creates time scaled snapshots that your Mac's existing boot drive can be restored to - effectively sending your machine back in time to a working state.

When your Mac's internal storage drive fails, you won't be able to boot into macOS anymore. In this case, Time Machine snapshots are worthless because you can't send your operating system back to a working state if the drive your operating system is installed on isn't functioning. Likewise, you can't boot from Time Machine snapshots. This is where SuperDuper! shines, as it can make a fully bootable backup disk of your boot drive on another internal or external storage drive that you can boot from when your internal drive fails.

There are potential pros and cons to each Time Machine and SuperDuper! - for example, Time Machine backups are likely to be more up to date, as it's designed to create high-frequency snapshots that you can effortlessly restore to and have a moderate number of recent changes available in case the need for an immediate backup arises.

SuperDuper!, on the other hand, may provide an outdated backup depending on how frequently you clone your storage drive, meaning that should the need arise to use your cloned backup, it could be significantly outdated by the time that moment comes, and it may not be up to date with all the files that you were just working on yesterday.

It's a good idea to use some combination of Time Machine and SuperDuper!, which would require two separate drives. SuperDuper! clones your boot drive, while Time Machine creates up-to-date snapshots. You can then use Time Machine to update your cloned boot drive in the event of total internal storage drive failure to have an up-to-date system again, even if the setup is only temporary while you send your machine in for repairs or attempt replacement of the failed internal drive yourself (with the latter being harder on modern Macs with soldered storage chips).

That's not only extremely useful in a pinch - it's an essential component of a comprehensive system backup that you can use right in the thick of things when an unforeseen disaster strikes.

How to clone a macOS boot drive with SuperDuper!

To make a clone of your Mac's boot drive with SuperDuper!, simply follow the steps that we've outlined below:

1) Download and install SuperDuper! from the utility's official website. The URL has been provided below:

https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Note: SuperDuper! needs Full Disk Access permission to be able to clone to your drive. We'll enable that permission in the next step.
2) Navigate to  → System Settings... in your Mac's menu bar:

3) Navigate to Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access in the System Settings window:

3) Click the "+" button and choose the SuperDuper! app to add it to the list. Then, turn it on:
Note: Now that SuperDuper! has Full Disk Access permissions, you can proceed with the boot drive cloning process.
4) Launch the SuperDuper! app from your Mac's Applications folder:

5) Click the Copy drop down combo box and select the Macintosh HD volume to make it the source of your cloning:

6) Click the to drop down combo box and select your preferred spare drive to write the clone to:
Note: We will be using a SanDisk Pro-G40 Thunderbolt 3 external SSD for this tutorial, as it's a blazing-fast external option. You can use any internal or external drive you want, as long as the storage space is sufficient for the drive you're cloning. The storage space on the drive you want to write the cloned contents to must be equal or more than the drive you're trying to clone.
7) Click the Copy Now... button to proceed with the cloning process:

8) Enter your Mac's password when prompted, then click the OK button:

9) SuperDuper! will now warn you that you're about to erase the contents of your new drive to write the cloned Macintosh HD contents to. Click the Copy button to proceed:

10) If prompted to register SuperDuper!, just click the Later button to bypass this prompt and move forward:
Note: You can purchase the full version for $27.95 with additional perks, but this isn't required for a simple drive cloning. These features are free to use.
11) SuperDuper! will begin the driver cloning process:
Note: This can take several minutes, depending on the speed of the drive and the size of the drive you're cloning. Our SanDisk Pro-G40 Thunderbolt 3 external drive took approximately 1-3 minutes to clone our entire Macintosh HD drive.
12) When complete, all the bars turn green and you can click the OK button to finish:

Congratulations, you have successfully created a bootable drive clone of your Macintosh HD volume that you can use if your internal storage drive ever kicks the bucket.

Conclusion

While Time Machine backups are important for having up-to-date snapshots of your system, including the latest file changes, newest documents, and more, a Time Machine backup alone is not enough to protect you when your Mac's internal storage drive dies.

You should combine the Time Machine backup with a true clone of your Macintosh HD volume that you can make with the SuperDuper! application, which you can actually boot from if your Mac's internal storage drive fails. You can then update your cloned drive with the latest snapshots of your Time Machine backup, letting you pick up where you left off until repairs are completed.

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Export your mesh or model as a .fbx to take advantage of all of Studio's 3D import features.

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1. ⁠Prepare your devices: You'll need another Mac (2016 or newer) with USB-C ports and a USB-C to USB-C cable, as well as Apple Configurator 2 (a free app from the App Store).

2. ⁠Boot the locked iMac into DFU mode: Turn off the locked iMac. Press and hold the power button for 1 second. While continuing to hold the power button, press and hold these four keys simultaneously: Left Control, Left Option, and Right Shift. Continue holding all four keys for about 8 seconds. Release all keys once the DFU window appears in Apple Configurator 2 on the other Mac.

3. ⁠Connect the iMac: Connect the locked iMac to the other Mac using the USB-C cable, ensuring the cable is plugged into the left-most port closest to you on the locked iMac.

4. ⁠Use Apple Configurator 2: In Apple Configurator 2, select the locked iMac. Choose "Restore" or "Revive" (if available). Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

5. ⁠Complete the reset: The process will erase the T2 chip's firmware and restore it to factory settings, effectively removing any firmware lock. Important Notes: Data Loss: This process will erase all data on the internal SSD, so make sure you have a backup if you need to preserve any information. DFU Mode: Getting into DFU mode can be tricky, so be patient and try a few times if needed. Firmware Recovery: If the restore process fails, you may need to contact Apple Support for assistance

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Cellular carriers limit the number of devices you own logged into the same iCloud account that can place voice calls to the regular phone network via Wi-Fi. You might encounter this error as: "Wi-Fi Calling: You have registered the maximum number of devices for this service."

Sometimes, it's legitimate: You have more devices than permitted, even though this number isn't publicized or displayed in the iPhone interface. Many carriers have a five-device total in addition to your iPhone. However, others see it when they aren't using Wi-Fi Calling or below the limit.

Here's how many users have figured out how to solve the problem.

Start with the basics

Wi-Fi Calling is Apple's implementation of a clever idea that extends voice-network calling. When you place a phone call to a number using your iPhone, it typically occurs by your phone using its connection to a nearby cellular tower, which patches it into the public switched telephone network (PSTN, if you like abbreviations).

Apple lets you set your iPhone so that your other devices connected to the same iCloud account can place cellular calls via your iPhone as long as they are both nearby (within Bluetooth range to detect proximity) and connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Those details are to ensure quality.

Wi-Fi Calling takes that a step further. With this feature enabled, your iPhone and other devices skip the cellular link and use Wi-Fi to connect over the Internet to the carrier's calling hub and, from there, out to the PSTN to complete the call. The advantage of Wi-Fi Calling is that your other devices don't need to be near your iPhone to place a call.

You can enable Wi-Fi Calling in Settings > Cellular > Wi-Fi Calling. First, turn on Wi-Fi Calling on This iPhone. Then enable Add Wi-Fi Calling For Other Devices. (If the feature doesn't appear in Settings > Cellular under your carrier's section, check whether your provider offers the feature. If it does, call your carrier to see if they can fix the problem.)

Solving the limit warning

You can try to solve the problem causing the "maximum number of devices" error by changing the state of Wi-Fi Calling. It seems that each device registers with the carrier's network, and carriers' systems don't always update immediately. Here's what to try:

At limit or below: If you have more than five devices and tried to connect another one, even if you previously reduced the total to under five, or if you're clearly below the limit, try disabling Wi-Fi Calling for 48 to 72 hours, re-enabling it, and adding that new device again.

Below limit: If you are well below the limit and receive the Wi-Fi Calling warning for no reason, enable Wi-Fi Calling briefly, maybe for minutes to hours. Then, disable it. Does the warning disappear?

If the above toggling doesn't work, you will need to get on a call with your carrier and attempt to get them to solve the problem on their end.
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Hosting your own Ai models at home in 5 minutes | Jon L. Aasenden

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating your Own AI Server: How To Build a Private AI Chatbot at Home

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating your Own AI Server: How To Build a Private AI Chatbot at Home

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating your Own AI Server: How To Build a Private AI Chatbot at Home

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Transform your home computer into a powerful AI server with 10 easy steps. Follow along as we build a local, private chatbot with unlimited customization, ready for all your AI needs.

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How to reset the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC on any Mac

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How to reset the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC on any Mac

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If you’re experiencing weird glitches with your Mac, doing a reset of your MacBook or desktop Mac could help. Here’s how to reset the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC on either an Intel or M-Series Mac.

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How To Make Wi-Fi Faster On iPhone - iOS Hacker

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If you are experiencing slow Wi-Fi speeds on your iPhone and want to improve its performance, then there are a few things that you can do

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How To Make Wi-Fi Faster On iPhone - iOS Hacker

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How to use external drives to avoid Apple's steep storage costs

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How to use external drives to avoid Apple’s steep storage costs

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It is easily possible to double the cost of a new M4 Mac mini by buying Apple storage — but if you know what you’re doing, you can buy external drives, and save hundreds of dollars by working off those. Here’s how.

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If all you want is a simple, reliable email client, Apple's Mail app is superb choice. And over the years, it's only gotten better. But until now, it's had this one weird quirk that has users running to third-party clients like Gmail or Outlook.

It has to do with how the Archive feature works. When you archive an email that you're reading, the Mail app automatically opens the next email in your inbox. Now, that's great if you're just going through newsletters. But when this happens, the next email is marked as read automatically, something you might not want to do in every case (like if the sender is using a tracking service, or if you were saving that email to read later).

It's a small thing, but it takes some agency away from you, and that makes it quite annoying to deal with. Luckily, Apple seems to have finally realized this, and in iOS 18.4, which is currently in Developer beta, the company has provided a hidden settings option to change this behavior. Why Apple just doesn't just make the fix the default, and why this has to be an obscure settings item, is beyond me.

Either way, if you're running iOS 18.4 use the Mail app regularly, go to the Settings app. Then, go to the Mail section and choose Delete or Move Message Action. Here, switch to the Don't Select a Message option.

Boom. You're all set. Now, when you're reading a message in the Mail app and delete, archive, or move it, the app won't automatically open the next message, and instead you'll go back to the Inbox view. What a revolution!

Speaking of the Inbox, if your device is running Apple Intelligence, you might have noticed that the Mail app looks a bit different now. It has a bunch of categories up top, and AI summaries, and even Priority emails that never manage to highlight the actually important messages. If you don't like all or some of these AI features, I have some good news-you can turn that all off. Follow this guide to disable all the new AI features in the iPhone mail app and go back to how things used to be. Of course, except for the old archive thing. Because, for once, this change is actually useful.

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Finally, There's a Fix for Apple Mail's Weird Archiving Behavior

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A new hidden feature in the Apple Mail app changes the way you archive emails. Before, archiving an email automatically brought you the next one. Many users found this really annoying. Now, there's an option to go back to the Inbox instead.

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Finally, There's a Fix for Apple Mail's Weird Archiving Behavior