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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on my Mac: Making the most of technology

What has technology done for us over the last three months of pandemic? A look back with the wisdom of hindsight, and a pub menu.

July 5, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 54

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I wasn’t […]

July 4, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Protecting yourself against malware

Use the most recent macOS possible, don’t disable protection, beware of links, if you have to live dangerously, use a VM, and remove Flash now. Practical tips for all.

July 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

Five Universal Apps: ArchiChect, DelightEd, LockRattler, SilentKnight and Ulbow

Running native on both Intel and Apple Silicon hardware, some useful tools to help you work and develop on new hardware and macOS.

July 3, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

What’s in a number: how Big Sur could break code

If you have scripts or code which check which version of macOS is running, be careful with Big Sur. Is it 11.0 or 10.16?

July 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

SilentKnight and LockRattler updated

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Aim to fix longstanding failure to change version numbers after installing updates, and support Big Sur.

July 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Finding your way around the log using Ulbow

All about periods of interest, landmarks, filters and search tools – everything you need to discover what went wrong in your Mac’s log.

June 30, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has pushed an update today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

June 29, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 53

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 53. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Big […]

June 29, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS, and more

APFS adds 6 volume roles, including one which supports Time Machine backups. And per-file encryption is coming.

June 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

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