Apple’s macOS 26 Tahoe no longer offers the historic Security Options button in Disk Utility, effectively dropping the GUI‑based secure erase feature for spinning‑disk hard drives. The official user guide still references the option, creating confusion for users who need to meet data‑sanitization standards. To perform a secure wipe, users must now resort to Terminal’s diskutil secureErase command, selecting from single‑pass to multi‑pass algorithms. The process can be time‑intensive, especially on large‑capacity drives, highlighting a gap between legacy hardware needs and modern macOS design.
Jeff Geerling details how to pair Frigate NVR software with Hailo‑8 or Hailo‑8L AI coprocessors on a Raspberry Pi 5 or CM5. He outlines driver installation, Frigate configuration, and a PCIe driver tweak to resolve a max_desc_page_size error. After the fix, the...