Year: 2023

How to make a Bootable MacOS Sonoma Emergency Installer Drive

Dan Uff September 19, 2023 0

Most of the time, MacOS works like a charm. But, like with all things, something could go wrong that wouldn't allow you to boot into your Mac. This could be several reasons. But at the time, you just want to get back in to save any valuable data that maybe on the drive.

Fortunately, Apple allows a user to make a bootable emergency installer drive that would allow someone to reinstall the operating system via a USB drive. Making this drive is somewhat easy to do and could save someone hours of heartache and work.

Here's what you'll need:

A free USB Port that's directly on the Mac.
An USB drive (16GB minimum)

Here's what to do:

Download the MacOS Sonoma installer from the Mac App Store.
Connect the USB Drive directly to the Mac.
Open Disk Utility from [Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility].
Over on the right side, select the USB drive.
Select Erase.
When it's finished, quit Disk Utility.
Go in to Terminal [Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal].
Type the following (see fig. A).
Hit return to execute the command, and then enter the administrator password as required by sudo, you won’t see the password typed in Terminal so just enter it and hit the Return key
The macOS Sonoma beta boot installer drive will be created, you can watch the Terminal for progress, when finished you will see a message in Terminal stating ‘Install media now available at “/Volumes/Install macOS Sonoma beta”‘
To safely remove the USB drive, drag the desktop icon to the Trash.
Now you can remove the drive.

Fig A.:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sonoma.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --nointeraction

That's it. Good luck!

How to update an Apple Watch to WatchOS 10

Dan Uff September 18, 2023 0

Today's the day! The public, non-beta version of WatchOS 10 will be available today.

Here's how to update:

Put the watch on the charger.
On the iPhone, go to the Watch app.
Select GENERAL and then SOFTWARE UPDATE.
If the update is available, it'll show up.
Select "Install Now."
The update should begin downloading.
The update should take anywhere from 30 - 45 minutes.
DO NOT REMOVE THE WATCH DURING THE UPDATE.
That's it.

To see what's new, click here.

iPhone 15 preorders up 10-12% over iPhone 14 – Wedbush

CompuScoop Staff September 18, 2023 0

WedBush says that its own analysis shows iPhone 15 pre-orders up at least 10% year-on-year, and that the most expensive model in the lineup is doing even better.

The mix is heavily skewed towards iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max with Pro Max exceptionally strong in the US, China, India, and parts of Europe. This is a clear positive for Apple with ASPs set to be a major tailwind for Cupertino in this iPhone 15 cycle with our expectation of an ASP in the ~$925 range and up roughly $100 over the last 12-15 months given heavy Pro mix model shifts…

Delivery/shipment times now have moved to late October to early November for various models of iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max with the iPhone 15 set to go on sale in Apple Stores/retail on Friday, Sept 22. iPhone 15 Max looks like a clear standout on this cycle.

Analyst Daniel Ives says that lengthening upgrade cycles, now hitting four years for iPhones, mean that as many as 250M iPhone owners globally are in the right window for a new iPhone.

Via: 9to5Mac.com

How to update your iOS device to iOS 17

Dan Uff September 18, 2023 0

Today's the day! The update should be available anytime after 1pm Eastern.

Here's how:

From the device's main screen, select SETTINGS.
Then select GENERAL and then SOFTWARE UPDATE.
It will then search for the iOS 17 update.
You'll then have a choice to update immediately or during the overnight hours.
That's it.