Want to build in Xcode 26 b3 on macOS 26 b3? You may have problems with Icon Composer icons, which may not work on previous versions of macOS. Here’s a workaround.
Category Archive: Macs
Introduced in Catalina, RunningBoard now monitors the life cycle of apps, and may manage resources such as memory. Here it’s helping to launch an app through LaunchServices.
Apple silicon Macs (and iPhones and iPads) with AI enabled load 23 cryptexes to support that. This explains how that works, and how you might see an odd volume named Creedence….
Apple has just released updates to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5304, […]
Productivity improvements with metadata editing and cataloguing, fun with Unicode lookalikes, and measuring the performance of storage. All now for Big Sur to Tahoe.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 315. Here are my solutions to them. 1: It […]
Encryption for iMessage has been switching to an improved method to resist quantum attacks. Tahoe and its sisters take the next step, and add quantum-secure encryption for Internet connections.
Ranking search results by popularity is deeply flawed. Combined with new AI overviews, it’s already resulting in reduced publication, and will leave AI summarising AI and amplifying its errors.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: It came […]
As the web exploded in size, early curated directories were replaced by search engines. These were revolutionised by Google’s PageRank for popularity, and are now being replaced by AI overviews.
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