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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 206

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Image library replaced […]

June 3, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Between Undo and backups: document versions

Now supported by many apps, document versions are a free and valuable feature in macOS. Here’s a summary of its features and how to get most from it.

June 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Customising metadata display in the Finder

Where to look for file metadata in the Finder, and how you can customise it, in spite of its apparent confusion. And how APFS takes care of extended attributes for you.

June 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

How should we check the integrity of important files?

What are the performance differences between SHA-256 and 512? What throughput can you expect when checking hashes? And how to correct errors detected?

June 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Ghosts in the machine: .DS_Store files

Introduced in the Finder in Mac OS X, these hidden and invisible files have been quietly causing havoc with backups, revision control systems, and more.

May 31, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple’s big test of data integrity

Since November 2020, every T2 and Apple silicon Mac that has booted Big Sur or later in Full Security mode has check the integrity of its 9 GB SSV.

May 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 205

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 205. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Fifteen […]

May 29, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Dealing with a kernel panic

How to capture the panic log, immediate actions likely to help make a diagnosis, and how to read the panic log.

May 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Should we be worried about data integrity?

From its outset, APFS hasn’t tested the integrity of file data stored on it. Would this be a good idea, or should macOS switch to the ZFS file system instead?

May 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 205

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

May 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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