If you try compacting a sparse bundle, Spundle and hdiutil could return error 1. This explains why, and fixes Spundle to get over it.
Category Archive: Macs
Which to use to virtualise Monterey on an Apple silicon Mac: Parallels Desktop, UTM or VirtualBuddy? A survey of their strengths and problems.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 164. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Forty […]
During this transition period, with both MRT and XProtect Remediator active on Macs running Catalina and later, what runs when?
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.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Forty has the […]
How to interpret various measurements reported in Activity Monitor, from % CPU to Energy Impact, and how they can be compared across different Macs.
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.
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.
All about memory: different types, Unified Memory, Mach zones and the kernel, and how to manage system memory problems.
