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Category Archive: Macs

Biome isn’t about biometrics, but suggestions

It has its own folder in ~/Library, and no less than 7 of its own Private Frameworks. But what is it, and what does it do? This is as much as I know about it.

June 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Apple to kill all support for Sierra and earlier

Apple still supports Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra in Xcode, but the next version intends dropping them. Third-party developers will get the blame.

June 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 157

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

June 25, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Archiving isn’t backing up

Archiving is very different from backing up, from the storage media used to integrity checks. Here are pointers to help you preserve important documents.

June 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

Who needs Ventura’s Accessory Security?

Intended to counter hardware exploits, such as the checkm8 exploit of T2 chips and Thunderspy for Thunderbolt 3, this should prove valuable protection.

June 24, 2022 Macs, Technology

Putting the insomniac Mac to sleep: help is at hand

Discovering why a Mac wakes up when it should be asleep, and quietly flattens its battery overnight, has been almost impossible, until now.

June 23, 2022 Macs, Technology

Whodunnit? The housekeeper that killed an app

One second, the app was fine. Then it just vanished. There was nothing wrong with that app: it was murdered. Join this game of Cluedo/Clue in macOS.

June 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

silnite version 7 supports Ventura, M2 Macs, XProtect Remediator and fixes bugs

Extensive checks on security data and settings from the command line. An important update, particularly for macOS 10.15 and later, and Apple silicon Macs.

June 21, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

How helpers are changing in Ventura

Many apps need helpers, usually run as LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons or LoginItems. After introductory explanation of how these work, this explains how it changes in Ventura.

June 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 156

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 156. Here are my solutions to them. 1: First […]

June 20, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

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