If you delay upgrading to the new version of macOS until its x.3 or x.4 release, will that spare you from most of the bugs and problems? Explored with data from Sequoia and Tahoe.
Category Archive: Macs
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Folder for […]
If you’ve got an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 27, have some fun playing with on-device AI using the fm command tool. Free and completely private.
Analysis of bundle counts in /System/Library and bundled apps from Mojave and Catalina to Golden Gate shows how much they’ve changed over the last 7 years.
Permissions and granting access by privacy controls are completely different. This explains how Full Disk Access and other privacy settings can’t override Unix permissions, and why they must be distinguished.
All Macs have multiple file-based keychains, and one Data Protection keychain for each user. Their differences are explained, with info on the newest variant introduced this year, together with tools and links.
Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5366, for all Macs. […]
Full Disk Access gives apps and services access to all our most sensitive secrets. Should you grant that to AI agents such as those of Meta’s Muse app?
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 380. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Repository service […]
When transferring the contents of Data volumes, or individual accounts, use Migration Assistant rather than copying or restoring. Here’s how.
