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Category Archive: Macs

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

A brief history of Disk Utility and First Aid

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Originally two separate apps, they were brought together in Mac OS X, and have survived largely unscathed to Sequoia. Here are some highs and lows to remember.

June 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

How macOS keeps an eye on UPS and wireless devices

Using a combination of iohid and BatteryCenter, macOS checks attached UPS and wireless keyboards, mice and trackpads ever 2-5 seconds.

June 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Making Apple silicon faster: 2 Multithreading

The general rule for allocating threads to P and E cores according to their QoS, with fine controls such as Game Mode, and frequency control.

June 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

Does Sequoia’s Password app change keychains?

Differences between file-based keychains including the login keychain, and Data Protection keychain. How the Passwords app in Sequoia caters for the latter.

June 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

Hot on the heels of the slightly earlier update to XProtect, Apple has just released an update to […]

June 18, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

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, […]

June 18, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Making Apple silicon faster: 1 Threads and tasks

Understanding terms, including process, thread and task. How the assigned Quality of Service, or QoS, is used to determine how threads are allocated to cores.

June 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 260

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 260. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Apple’s […]

June 17, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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