Threads, GCD and core allocation in Apple silicon explained. How thread priority is baked into code, and how important it is to performance.
Category Archive: Macs
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 […]
Provides more details including scans of XProtect Remediator, and a Settings dialog. Documentation now explains how to deal with difficulties updating.
Developed from LockRattler three years ago, SilentKnight is in need to modernisation to work better with changing security tools. History and aims.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Practicality of storage […]
Ventura’s switch to using Settings is going to be messy in apps, but System Settings will pose serious problems for macOS support material.
Some suspect Apple of scanning images stored on your Mac. What evidence is there that could be happening?
The rules of firmware updating explained, and their consequences for each type of Mac. How to refresh firmware on a T2, and how to downgrade it in an Apple silicon Mac.
The Eclectic Light Company 