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Category Archive: Macs

How a kernel zone memory leak can panic macOS

When a kernel extension wants some memory, it calls for an allocation from a Mach zone. This explains how a memory leak in those zones can result in a kernel panic.

August 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

PermissionScanner version 1.8 is now a Universal App

Now runs native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. With a comparison of results between 10.15 and 11.0.

August 11, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading a Panic Log in Catalina

Your Mac starts up after kernel panic, and shows mystifying details about that panic. Here’s how to get the most out of that information.

August 11, 2020 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 59

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 59. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Above […]

August 10, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Taccy 1.11 is now a Universal App

Now runs native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, from Sierra to Big Sur beta 4.

August 10, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Understanding ‘crashes’ and kernel panics

What’s the difference between a crash and a panic? How can you tell what’s likely to have caused a panic?

August 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Heavy hand on the kill switch

Imagine going to open an app which you use daily, only to be told by macOS that it “will damage your computer” and must be trashed. Can we have confidence in Apple?

August 9, 2020 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 59

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

August 8, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Precize 1.10 is now a Universal App

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This has minor improvements to work better with Big Sur, and now runs native on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 8, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Why can’t my iPhone or Mac tell me how hot it is today?

There’s a reliable and accurate index for the heat which can’t be measured by iPhones or Macs, and isn’t understood by many anyway.

August 8, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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