I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 249. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brown […]
Category Archive: Macs
Sometimes Apple silicon Macs refuse to boot from a bootable system. How to use bputil to check LocalPolicy and work out what’s gone wrong.
How one of the serious bugs in macOS Sonoma 14.4 came about, why it was so serious, and how Apple released a fix in 7 days of it being reported.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Brown beverage […]
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Signs of thermal strain in a Mac, including what kernel_task is doing, how to encourage heat dissipation and reduce it production.
You’ve just updated to 14.4 or 14.4.1 and are prompted to set up a new Recovery Key for FileVault. What do you do next, and how should you check the key?
Introduced in iOS 10.3 on 27 March 2017, then in macOS 10.13 six months later. It ups and downs, and where it still has further to go.
Apple has just released the now-regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan […]
With the heat of summer drawing near, it’s time to consider keeping our Macs and their peripherals cool. Covers thermal paste, heat sinks, fans and more.
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