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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on My Mac: Backup simplicity

The most frequent error written to the log during my backups concerns a rogue RTFD that went recursive on me 4 years ago, and has come back to haunt me.

November 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 228

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: First person seed […]

November 4, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Are Finder Tags useful metadata?

The most accessible of any metadata in the Finder and apps, Finder tags can be ideal for classifying files and folders into no more than 7 categories. Here’s how they work.

November 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Metamer 1.4 adds autosave and more

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Fixes one bug, and adds two new features. Can now autosave, to help you make workflows quicker and more reliable.

November 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

M3 Macs: there’s more to performance than counting cores

A look at some of the factors determining the performance of new M3 chips compared to the M1 and M2 versions, and how not to compare them.

November 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Time Machine in Sonoma: Automatic backups

Detailed account and explanation of the sequence of phases during an automatic backup in Sonoma 14.0 and 14.1, with tear-out chart.

November 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

Time Machine in Sonoma: how we got here

First released 16 years ago, it was destined for Time Capsules, and relied on hard links in HFS+. It soon used APFS snapshots, and now uses them as the basis for its backups.

November 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Making metadata more accessible: Metamer 1.3

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Version 1.3 adds drag and drop onto a document window, and a Scratchpad to store keywords that you use often. For 10.14.6 and later.

October 31, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Old articles up to Big Sur: a listing

For older articles about previous versions of OS X, see this article macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple […]

October 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 227

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 227. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Valley […]

October 30, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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