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Category Archive: Macs

Why won’t that sparse bundle compact?

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If you try compacting a sparse bundle, Spundle and hdiutil could return error 1. This explains why, and fixes Spundle to get over it.

August 17, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 10 Which app?

Which to use to virtualise Monterey on an Apple silicon Mac: Parallels Desktop, UTM or VirtualBuddy? A survey of their strengths and problems.

August 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 164

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 164. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Forty […]

August 15, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

MRT and XProtect Remediator: an update

During this transition period, with both MRT and XProtect Remediator active on Macs running Catalina and later, what runs when?

August 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Not a PC

It’s a strange coincidence that Intel and Microsoft came up with similar hardware of P and E core types in a SoC, and identical terminology for thread allocation using QoS.

August 14, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 164

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

August 13, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Activity Monitor: meanings and misleadings

How to interpret various measurements reported in Activity Monitor, from % CPU to Energy Impact, and how they can be compared across different Macs.

August 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 9 Monterey’s limitations

macOS Monterey is the first version with support for lightweight virtualisation on Apple silicon. Here are its greatest limitations, which make it look more like a dress rehearsal.

August 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Lightweight virtualisation of GUI Linux on Ventura

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If you’re running a beta of Ventura on an Apple silicon Mac, here’s a virtualiser for GUI Linux with a footprint of only 33 MB.

August 11, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Getting more from Activity Monitor: Memory

All about memory: different types, Unified Memory, Mach zones and the kernel, and how to manage system memory problems.

August 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

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