What does it take for an app to have ‘activities’ managed for efficiency by CTS? Not a lot – but in return, the management is a black box.
Category Archive: Macs
In the first article in this series, I explained how a great many background activities in macOS, including […]
Rather than using cron or launchd, many background services in macOS are now run using Centralized Task Scheduling (CTS). This is how it works.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 68. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Factory […]
Adds a new log view of background task scheduling and dispatch, greatly improves volume info, and fixes a rare crash.
On 2 October, public health authorities discovered figures had lost nearly 16,000 recent cases. Was this an error in file formats, using an old version of Excel, or what?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Factory closure, […]
Disk structure diagrammed for comparison, from the partition table, to HFS+ and APFS volumes, with further references.
Why use them, which to use, what to do with large updates, how to avoid downloading some updates, how they work, error messages, and where to find more info.
What you need to know about the APFS file system, its containers and volumes, so you can understand errors and how to repair them.
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