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Category Archive: Macs

Red menu bar in Sonoma

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Occasionally, switching apps in Sonoma’s Stage Manager sets the whole menu bar to red, and loses menus on its left. What’s the cause?

November 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Viable, ViableS and Vimy updates to fix a bug

These fix a bug when restoring a VM window that has been minimised to the Dock.

November 23, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Another Finder memory leak in Sonoma

With one leak in the Finder’s Gallery view, it’s time for another, in Icon view. This is an old leak, that has affected older versions of macOS too, but still hasn’t been fixed.

November 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

What has changed in CPU cores in M3 chips?

Little seems to have changed in CPU cores in M3 chips, if you read reviews. Dig a bit deeper and there are major changes, as explained here.

November 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

iCloud Drive in Sonoma: FileProvider and eviction

iCloud Drive in Sonoma has changed beyond all recognition, and is now closely integrated with the FileProvider API. This has important effects, including how you can diagnose problems with the log.

November 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 230

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 230. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Prepares […]

November 20, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Finder memory leak in macOS Sonoma 14.1.1

Select groups of many JPEG images in Finder’s gallery view, and the Finder’s memory grows steadily until you’re forced to relaunch it.

November 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Over the Rainbow

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My MacBook Pro 16-inch is on its way. Why is it coming with an M3 Pro and not an M3 Max?

November 19, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 230

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Prepares a play […]

November 18, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Are we running out of panaceas?

We used to reset the Desktop, the SMC, and NVRAM, install the Combo updater, or perform a clean install. Now there’s only Safe mode left.

November 18, 2023 Macs, Technology

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