Cheap upgrade option for your Intel Mac with a Silicon machine

If you have an old iMac you would have had a bluetooth keyboard and mouse with the device. All you need is a replacement machine (Mac mini is the cheapest option) and a screen. I would go for a 4K monitor/ TV as long as it has HDMI or a converter to connect to HDMI that would be fine. Your old Mac keyboard and mouse will work fine with the latest macOS so why buy additional hardware if there is no need.

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VPN Issues with Watchguards connection on L2TP

If your on a Mac and VPN to a watchguard due to the ongoing issue with IKEv2 connections for Macs running Sonoma and above kicking the user off at 24 or 48 minutes depending on the configuration within the Watchguard the workarounds are limited. For some the easy option is if the hardware is staying put you can move from IKEv2 to L2TP.

There has been a few issues with the Watchguard allowing connections through the firewall. Fortunately there is an easy fix on the mac’s with the issue.

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Uninstall Sophos Endpoint on Mac

To uninstall Sophos your first point would be to see if you locate Remove Sophos Endpoint. This can be either run from launchpad or type it in spotlight. When you run that app it should then go away and uninstall the programme. It would be best to reboot the machine once the exercise is complete. I have found it does sometimes error out or fails but on a reboot this will tell you if you have managed to uninstall it. Help file link.

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Compatible Mac Hardware macOS

Here is a comprehensive list of Apple Hardware that works with which Mac Operating System release. Please remember macOS is not backward compatible so a machine made later than an Operating System wont boot. From Catalina 10.15 the Operating System architecture changed to macOS (64 bit) Mojave and below is running on 32 bit.

  • MacBook Pro (M1, 2020 or newer)
  • MacBook Pro (2019 or newer)
  • MacBook Air (M1 or newer)
  • Mac mini (M1, 2020 or newer)
  • Mac mini (2023 or newer)
  • iMac (24-inch, M1 2021 or newer)
  • iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
  • Mac Pro (2019 or newer)
  • Mac Studio (2022 or newer)
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