Originally two separate services in Mac OS X Server, for Software Updates and later Content, it reached client versions of macOS in High Sierra in 2017.
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Gravediggers, Christ as a gardener, itinerant foresters, road workers, snow-clearers, a vegetable gardener plagued by moles, and sandcastles on the beach.
An enhancement to Recovery intended to fix Macs that don’t start up correctly. Also available in Recovery mode.
Themes of exhausted mothers with sick children, the tired out seamstress and her descent into prostitution, the failure of law enforcement, and documenting those living in Skagen.
What you can learn from browsing the log, and why it’s so important in diagnosis and troubleshooting, research into macOS, and measuring performance. With a worked example.
Citizens of the Dutch Republic joined organisations such as guilds for different occupational groups, civic militia, and the administration of charity. And they loved to be painted in group portraits.
When can you expect to see the next updates to macOS Tahoe, and security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma? Here’s a tentative calendar, and how to spot them in advance.
Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5316. As usual, it doesn’t […]
Painting onto dry plaster using ‘secco’ isn’t durable, so ‘buon fresco’ was devised to apply paint to wet plaster instead. The technique is complex, painstaking, and resulted in the death of some of its exponents.
An introduction to the Unified log used on Macs and Apple’s devices. Its goals, how logs are stored and maintained, their content, privacy protection, and tools available to access them.
The Eclectic Light Company 