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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 227

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

October 28, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Where is my file’s metadata?

Why are some file metadata embedded in their main data, and others stored separately as extended attributes? How can I tell them apart?

October 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

How Sonoma 14.1 could stop your camera working

Do you have a third-party camera using its own plug-in? Sonoma 14.1 could disable it. Here’s what to do to keep your camera working, perhaps even better than before.

October 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version […]

October 26, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How good is GPU access for Apple silicon virtual machines?

Apple claims that its macOS VMs can run Metal and deliver “great graphics performance”. How could you assess that, and are they really that good?

October 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the macOS Sonoma 14.1 update?

Full details, including a warning about older camera support. If you know what an Apple T6041 MCC is, this might provide a tantalising clue.

October 25, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released Sonoma 14.1 update, and security updates to Ventura and Monterey

Apple has just released the first update to macOS Sonoma, taking it to version 14.1, as well as […]

October 25, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS Sonoma has changed iCloud Drive radically

The small stub files used as placeholders for files evicted to iCloud Drive have vanished. Could that be why some Macs had to download the whole contents of their iCloud Drive?

October 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

Where Safari hides and bundled apps crash

Look for Safari in /System/Applications and it’s not there any more. And an inactive boot volume group has no bundled apps in its main Applications folder.

October 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 226

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 226. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Conversions […]

October 23, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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