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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on My Mac: Is APFS running into trouble?

Two problems undermine Disk Utility’s First Aid: it persisting bug in failing to unmount volumes to check and repair, and its default omission of containers. And errors in APFS seem to be on the rise.

October 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 225

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Stacks inspired by […]

October 14, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

LaunchServices problems and Ventura

Using lsregister to clean up the Open With menu only works temporarily, and it’s populated by apps found anywhere local to your Mac. That’s not good for VMs sharing the Applications folder.

October 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

Are TextEdit and QuickLook still getting Dark Mode wrong?

User content shouldn’t have its colours changed according to the appearance mode. So why do TextEdit and QuickLook thumbnails change custom text colours?

October 13, 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 12, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reversing Spotlight search with a second beta of Spotcord

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Second beta adds support for all metadata keys, has an extensive Help book, and saves results in a text file. Discover the keywords you can search for.

October 12, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

LaunchServices problems in Sonoma 14.0

Odd problems with Sonoma: every old app now listed in the Open With popup menu in the Finder, and lsregister that reports errors, and gets System Settings into trouble.

October 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

How to check and repair storage in Disk Utility

How to use First Aid in Disk Utility to check and repair APFS storage, whether it’s part of your boot disk, or general storage.

October 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 224

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 224. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Last […]

October 9, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

What can macOS Sonoma find in my images?

Does Sonoma analyse and classify your images? What content does it obtain from them? How to discover what search terms it recognises? And could this be used to detect CSAM?

October 9, 2023 Macs, Technology

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