OWC Thunderbolt Dock for macOS Big Sur

The new OWC Thunderbolt Dock (not to be confused with the Thunderbolt 3 dock), can power your laptop with 90W. But it only works with macOS Big Sur!

macOS Big Sur no longer has Target Disk Mode

I haven’t used macOS Big Sur yet and likely won’t for a few months, but already I’m learning a lot from Arstechnica’s full-on review of the OS. The new OS from Apple no longer has Target Disk Mode which was a very convenient way to mount an entire computer as an external drive to another computer for incredibly fast file transfer. It is instead replaced with Mac Sharing Mode which only works over SMB network protocol resulting in less than ideal transfer speeds. I can imagine cloning to be vastly different on this OS.

LuLu protects your Mac for free by blocking outgoing connections

LuLu, an app from some of the best hackers and security professionals in the world, to help you protect your data and your computer.

Downlink replaces your desktop wallpaper with satellite imagery

Downlink is a macOS app that shows you satellite imagery of the earth in 20-minute increments as your desktop wallpaper. It’s similar to Satellite Eyes but on a more zoomed out level. Great for general weather imagery of a region. You can even customize a region to show on your desktop.

The standalone Screengrab app in macOS Mojave

Wow. I had no idea. If you open the app directly from the Utilities folder, you can change a bunch of settings without going into Terminal (like where the images are saved and disabling the small thumbnail before the screengrab is saved).

There's a Mission Control view for Finder tabs in macOS Mojave

WOW! This is the best trick in macOS Mojave that nobody has told me about!