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Category Archive: Macs

A brief history of AppleWorks

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It took 7 years for it to become available for the Mac, changed names and hands twice, but somehow survived until 2007.

September 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Skint and SkintM version 1.09 are compatible with macOS 26 Tahoe

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This update enables Skint and SkintM to check macOS 26 Tahoe correctly.

September 12, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to preserve a document’s versions no matter what

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How you can easily move saved versions with a file wherever you want, so preserving those versions, and how faithfully versions are created. Demonstrated with a file of 230 versions.

September 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Prepare to upgrade macOS

Are you intending to upgrade to Tahoe on Monday? Or to Sequoia or Sonoma? Are you ready to cope with what could go wrong? Here are some tips to help you prepare.

September 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 10, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Command tools, threads and QoS

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Why is tar so slow to create a tar.gzip archive on a fast Apple silicon Mac? Is it being run at low QoS on the E cores? An explanation.

September 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Security data updates in Sequoia and Tahoe

Three XProtects, and one of them installed in two different locations. How they’re updated, and how you can ensure your Mac keeps up to date with them.

September 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 324

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 324. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Last […]

September 8, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Managing macOS versioning and the .DocumentRevisions-V100 folder

At the top level of every volume use for normal file storage is a hidden folder containing its version database. Here are details of how it works, and how to solve its problems and get the best from it. Even if you don’t want to use versions.

September 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Coming soon to your Mac’s neural engine

If Visual Look Up is so easy and low-power for Apple silicon Macs, maybe Tahoe’s new Foundation Models will prove more challenging, and wake up the neural engine.

September 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

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