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Category Archive: Macs

Demonstrating causal connections using the log

I’m browsing images in the Finder, when my software firewall tells me macOS is trying to phone home to one of Apple’s servers. We all know what that means, don’t we?

January 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

January 19, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

How Stage Manager works in the log

A collaborative effort between WindowManagement, Launch Services, SkyLight and other subsystems, there’s deep integration with Spaces.

January 19, 2023 Macs, Technology

Is Apple checking images we view in the Finder?

Can it be true that Apple is sent information about every image we browse in the Finder? Analysis of Visual Look Up and Live Text and when it happens.

January 18, 2023 Macs, Technology

Stage Manager for the unimpressed: 3 Apps and windows

Stage Manager manages windows, and the Dock manages apps. This explains how to keep an app window in a group, and all about popbacks.

January 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 186

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 186. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Arrivals […]

January 16, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

App Nap, undead and nascent apps in Ventura

If you leave some apps without an open window, macOS appears to quit them, but instead puts them into App Nap, only to quit them when it wants to. They’re undead.

January 16, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: How APFS trims a disk image to size

How APFS can trim free space in a read/write disk image and transform it into a sparse file, so it uses storage more efficiently.

January 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 186

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

January 14, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How to write to the log from a script

If you want to write to the macOS log from a script, you used to be able to use logger. Although it still works, here’s a more flexible alternative.

January 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

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