Explains how Huffman code works, how it’s used for compressed files, and how other techniques including LZ, LZW and LZFSE differ.
Category Archive: Macs
Storage has to be reliable, efficient and resilient. However, efficiency and resilience oppose one another. What’s the best solution? New file formats, CRC in the file system, or what?
How the E and P cores in an M1 Max chip cope with the heavy system workload after login, but still give the user the scope to run apps immediately.
With the right enclosure, a Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD delivers transfer speeds of around 2.8 GB/s. Does that make booting from it any faster, compared with an SSD at half the speed?
In some populations, as many as one in ten men has significant colour vision deficiency. What effect does that have on how they perceive paintings?
You might be lucky and solve it by inspiration. When that fails, fall back on a careful, thorough and systematic approach as explained here.
Following last week’s updates, I have now completed updating my databases and listings of current Mac firmware for […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 152. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cursive […]
Although it’s hidden away, your Mac’s display can still be set to use a custom colour profile. Here’s how to do that
Apple could have chosen to make APFS open source or to document it fully, to help third parties develop maintenance tools. It chose not to, but Disk Utility still doesn’t work as it should.
The Eclectic Light Company 