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Category Archive: Macs

Apple silicon: 1 Cores, clusters and performance

A gentle introduction to the new architecture, from how macOS allocates threads to core types, overflow, variable frequency, ending in huge differences in power.

February 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Working together, not apart

If you want to work on the same document across different Apple platforms, then the option providing most restrictive access to saved versions is iCloud Drive.

February 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 243

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

February 17, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Explore floating-point number formats in Mints 1.17

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New version fixes a bug, and adds a new window to explore floating-point number formats, as demonstrated here. And a surprise from Apple.

February 17, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

How you still can’t share document versions in iCloud

If you use apps like Pages and Numbers, and others using macOS versions, those versions can’t be shared across iCloud. Over 13 years, Apple still hasn’t got that working as you’d expect.

February 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

How to reinstall the current version of macOS or downgrade it

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Recovery reinstall, using an Installer app, or a bootable installer, or with an Apple silicon Mac in DFU mode? What the choices are, and how best to do it.

February 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Skint version 1.03 fixes bugs that could give false negatives

Fixes a bug that could in some circumstances incorrectly report that everything is OK, when it isn’t. Recommended for all, Monterey and later only.

February 14, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Share your Mac’s display and control

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AirPlay, SharePlay, Universal Control, VNC, Target Display and Target Disk: which does what, and how do you enable and use them?

February 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]

February 12, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 242

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 242. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Plane […]

February 12, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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