How can the two E cores in an M1 Pro or Max equal performance of the four in the original M1? Why does running two threads complete in half the time taken to run one?
Category Archive: Macs
There’s a steady stream of users discovering their Macs have been skipping important security updates since June. How come?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Vigilant window you […]
What are keychains? What do they store? Which are essential on Macs, and why do you get prompted to enter your password for access to them? How secure are they in iCloud?
Now offers proper JSON format output, and gives its version number in usage info.
Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]
Threads, GCD and core allocation in Apple silicon explained. How thread priority is baked into code, and how important it is to performance.
Reports the version of XProtect Remediator currently installed, improves log record checks, and now supports auto-update.
You can’t fail to notice changes in System Settings in Ventura, but just what has changed inside it? How do third-party Preference Panes cope?
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 172. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Practicality […]
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