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Category Archive: Macs

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

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, […]

January 22, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.3, and security updates for Ventura and Monterey

Apple has just released the update to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.3, and security updates for Ventura […]

January 22, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 239

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 239. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In […]

January 22, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Why does virtualisation run some code far slower on Apple silicon?

In a wide range of in-core tests, CPU performance in VMs is close to that of code running native on the host, and M3 VMs are faster than M1 native. With one significant exception.

January 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Secrets of Apple silicon

When running on M3 hosts, macOS VMs lack support for some of the instruction set, and Accelerate commands may be much slower. Why?

January 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 239

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

January 20, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

The revenge of Unicode

Text can be searched by eavesdroppers and crawlers to discover its content and extract it for other purposes. How to make their task more difficult using Unicode.

January 20, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Exploring sysctl’s secrets with a new version of Mints

New version helps you check which features are available in your Mac’s CPU, and more, linking to a page here with detailed information.

January 19, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

What changed CPU performance from the Macintosh 128K to the M3?

How have the CPUs in our Macs become faster since the Macintosh 128K was launched by Steve Jobs forty years ago?

January 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

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