The most common problems with Time Machine backups, and how to tackle them using free tools.
Category Archive: Macs
Apple gave us a big clue in the command tool lipo, which underwent complete overhaul in Mojave – a clear signpost of where it is heading.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: However I’m […]
Even the ‘successful’ contact tracing apps have fallen well below expectations, and incapable of discovering their effectiveness.
How testing Mach-O files to see if they’re Universal Binaries gets complicated – and probably isn’t as reliable before macOS 10.14.
Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
What is wrong with this iMac, which has such a struggle updating its firmware? And why is Apple not acknowledging the problem?
A new tool for Mints checks executables for ARM64 code, and lists the Universal Binaries it finds in folders. And it fixes log colours.
New version for Mojave and later improves accuracy of detection of Universal binaries which can run on Apple Silicon.
macOS 11.0 will identify itself differently according to the SDK used, and an environment variable does the same for scripts.
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