How to Securely Erase a Mac’s SSD or Hard Drive

MacTalk September 2022 How to Securely Erase a Mac’s SSD or Hard Drive Over on TidBITS Talk, user Lucas043 posed a question that prompted a fascinating discussion. Lucas043 has a Samsung Portable T7 SSD being used for backup. The SSD has intermittent access problems...

GraphicConverter 11 Rescues Ancient QuickTake 150 Photos

MacTalk September 2022 GraphicConverter 11 Rescues Ancient QuickTake 150 Photos Apple is now known for the cameras in the iPhone, but the first Apple camera was the QuickTake 100, released in 1994. It wasn’t the first digital camera, but Time magazine called it “the...

Continuity Camera Turns an iPhone Into a Mac Webcam

MacTalk September 2022 Continuity Camera Turns an iPhone Into a Mac Webcam As someone with relatives on multiple continents and a day job I will do entirely from home for the foreseeable future, I engage in a lot of video conferencing. It’s often an unsatisfying...