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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 262

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

June 29, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A short history of Mac OS extensions

Extensions or INITs in Classic Mac OS required Conflict Catcher for their management. But they remain a vulnerability, and can’t be used with full boot security any more.

June 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

What do XProtect BehaviourService and Bastion rules do?

Introduced in macOS Ventura, these monitor for potentially malicious behaviours, according to 12 Bastion rules. Detections are recorded in its local database and reported to Apple as security intelligence.

June 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Making Apple silicon faster: 3 Multitasking

How Swift supports cooperative multitasking using async/await. How to call asynchronous code from within synchronous code, and does it also multithread code in parallel?

June 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

How file systems can change in Sequoia with FSKit

Apparently Sequoia includes user space file system support, as now used for the MSDOS file system in macOS. Is it ready to use yet?

June 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac system fonts

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Chicago, Charcoal, Lucida Grande, Helvetica Neue, and San Francisco or SF Pro – a visual journey through 40 years.

June 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 261

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 261. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From […]

June 24, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Firmware matters

All about Mac firmware, from PowerPC Open Firmware to Apple silicon’s LLB and iBoot, and what the rules are for updating firmware.

June 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Something for the weekend?

This weekend we’re in the Lake District. Wouldn’t it have been simpler if, rather than preparing a notebook, all I needed was a VM with all my apps pre-installed and ready to go?

June 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 261

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

June 22, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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