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Category Archive: Macs

Is there a problem in Sonoma’s universalaccessd?

Have noticed brief periods of high CPU for universalaccessd in Sonoma? Do you know what com.apple.axserver is and why it can’t be found? Can you help with this puzzle?

March 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Serious bug in Sonoma 14.4 will destroy saved versions in iCloud Drive

Do you use saved versions in documents? If a file is evicted by you or macOS, then all saved versions will now be removed, and lost forever. How to work around this serious bug.

March 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 247

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 247. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A […]

March 18, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

How iCloud Drive works in macOS Sonoma

Step by step through moving to iCloud Drive, eviction to a dataless file, materialisation of local data, editing and syncing with iCloud Drive.

March 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Solo or CoreDuet?

How do the SMC and CoreDuet manage the systems in your Mac, and should you fiddle with them?

March 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 247

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

March 16, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

What makes a disk bootable?

Simply having a boot volume group with a System snapshot in it won’t get your Mac to start up from that disk, particularly if it’s an Apple silicon model. Some details.

March 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple silicon: 6 Security

Secure Boot and its 5 stages, the SSV, support for external bootable disks, the SEP, Recovery, and lightweight virtualisation.

March 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Ovid’s myths of macOS: password entry dialogs and the death of Semele

Killed by Jupiter’s thunderbolts when she insisted he proved his identity, this myth is a reminder that making something more secure isn’t always a good answer.

March 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Desktop & Documents Folders in iCloud Drive

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Ever been tempted to turn on this feature, or maybe you use it already? Do you know how it works, and whether it preserves your files fully?

March 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

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