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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 240

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 240. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Before […]

January 29, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Skint will keep a quiet eye on your Mac’s key settings

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Checks 8 key settings and functions essential for your Mac’s security and well-being, from whether SIP is enabled to XProtect. Runs automatically every hour, or as a single-shot.

January 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Nelson’s blind eye, lost property and macOS

We excel at ignoring and forgetting. While Apple is very keen to get us to upgrade macOS, it’s less concerned that its security protection is up to date and running as expected. Here’s my answer: Skint.

January 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 240

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

January 27, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Preserving the evidence: what to do when something serious goes wrong

Safeguard your Mac, take screenshots, capture the logs in a logarchive or with sysdiagnose, make a written record, then repair and recovery.

January 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

Are your text secrets safe in a PDF or image?

Does macOS use Live Text to extract and index recognisable text in images? Is that a good or bad thing if it did? What about PDFs?

January 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

Avoiding unintended upgrades to macOS

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If you can’t upgrade it to Sonoma, how can you ensure your production Mac doesn’t get upgraded unintentionally?

January 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Serious bugs fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.3

Sparse bundle passwords, shared folders in macOS VMs, and security updates for VMs, are all important fixes. But none for the Finder.

January 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

T2M2 should now work better with macOS 11-13 and daily backups

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You can disable its checks of scheduling, and it better analyses Speed in Big Sur, and backups in macOS 11-14.

January 23, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

What has changed in Sonoma 14.3?

The update to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.3 isn’t large, although it has some compelling security content […]

January 22, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

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