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Five months later and the Clock app still has an obvious bug

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Revisits a bug in the Timers feature in the Clock app in Tahoe 26.1. This led to the feature failing to load or work. How has it changed in 26.4.1?

April 17, 2026 Macs, Technology

DFU mode

How Intel Macs with T2 chips, and Apple silicon Macs can be rescued from the apparently dead by connecting them to another Mac in DFU mode.

April 16, 2026 Macs, Technology

Privacy: Which folders are protected in Tahoe?

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Seven different locations examined to see how privacy protection is applied to them, including control over writing files, and listing folder contents. Some surprises too, and a new version of Insent.

April 15, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Dual-boot an Apple silicon Mac in Sequoia or Tahoe

If you want to dual-boot between Sequoia and Tahoe, for example, there are four main options, including external bootable disks and VMs. These tips help you choose which is most suitable..

April 14, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 355

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 355. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Covid, smallpox, […]

April 13, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

CPU core frequencies updated for all current Apple silicon Macs

Complete listing of all frequency steps for M1-M5 chips in each variant, for E, P and S cores, and for the A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo. Is the M5 P type more like an older E or P core?

April 13, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Root cause analysis and ClickFix

ClickFix attacks are attracting considerable engineering effort at detection, and warning users when they could be running into danger. But what is being done to prevent users from being prey to them?

April 12, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 355

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Covid, smallpox, […]

April 11, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: sandboxes

One of the requirements of App Store apps is that they run in a sandbox. What does mean, and how does it affect the app? And why does privacy protection also use a sandbox?

April 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Why you can’t trust Privacy & Security

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How to gain access to the contents of privacy-protected folders even though Privacy & Security settings say that access is denied.

April 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

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