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Category Archive: Macs

Keyboard layouts in lightweight virtualisation

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Lightweight VMs currently only support ANSI and not ISO keyboard layouts. For English, this makes little difference, but in other languages it’s a critical shortcoming.

June 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 209

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 209. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In […]

June 26, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

What to do when your Mac can’t update

When you know an update has been released, but your Mac can’t find it, or you try to install the update but it fails with an error.

June 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: What updates?

Eighteen updates in just a few days. Here’s what’s going on with them, why Apple couldn’t use an RSR, and where we’re headed next.

June 25, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Saturday Mac riddles 209

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

June 24, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: the app sandbox

Why is it, what is it, and how can you tell whether an app runs in it? What can you do to remove an app’s entitlements?

June 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

How VMs and disk images can be like Doctor Who’s TARDIS

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So how can a VM of 119.6 GB fit in a 100 GB container? How sparse files can make VMs and disk images smaller on disk.

June 23, 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 […]

June 22, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

What to do when Spotlight can’t find it

Immediate actions to get the best result from your search, and how to tackle even the most deep-seated of Spotlight problems.

June 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Ventura 13.4.1, Monterey 12.6.7 and Big Sur 11.7.8 updates

Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Ventura to version 13.4.1, Monterey to 12.6.7 and […]

June 21, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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