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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 68

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 68. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Factory […]

October 12, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Mints now provides better volume info, and looks at task scheduling

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Adds a new log view of background task scheduling and dispatch, greatly improves volume info, and fixes a rare crash.

October 12, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: How do you lose 16,000 cases of Covid-19?

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?

October 11, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 68

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Factory closure, […]

October 10, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 4 Summary and references

Disk structure diagrammed for comparison, from the partition table, to HFS+ and APFS volumes, with further references.

October 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and LockRattler: A Masterclass

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.

October 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 3 APFS containers and volumes

What you need to know about the APFS file system, its containers and volumes, so you can understand errors and how to repair them.

October 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 2 HFS+ volumes

What you need to know about the HFS+ file system, so you can understand error reports and how to repair it using Disk Utility and other tools.

October 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

Inside the file system: 1 Disks and partitions

What you need to know about disk formatting using the GUID Partition Table (GPT) to understand its problems and how to repair it.

October 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 67

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 67. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Let […]

October 5, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

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