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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 323

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Well-guarded like […]

August 30, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of the Secure Enclave

Originally the ‘security enclave’, and subject of a series of patents, it was introduced in the iPhone 5s in 2013, then the T2 in 2017, and blossomed in M-series Macs from 2020.

August 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

What happens during startup?

Explains the sequence of events from Boot ROM to FileVault login, what storage is accessible at different times, and where the code is.

August 29, 2025 Macs, Technology

Check and diagnose Spotlight problems with SpotTest 1.1

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Running the basic test on a folder in your Home folder, extending that to documents that use a custom mdimporter, to other volumes and locations, and other search terms.

August 28, 2025 Macs, Technology

DropSum 1.2 is more flexible in handling text

Now ignores spaces and hyphens in hashes, and converts them to lower case. Also improves readability in dark mode, within limits.

August 27, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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 […]

August 26, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

What is a SEP panic?

The panic log tells you it was a SEP Panic. What’s the SEP, and how is this different from any other panic? And what should you do about it?

August 26, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 322

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 322. Here are my solutions to them. 1: It’s […]

August 25, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

SpotTest 1.1 has search scopes for volumes

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This can now test and search any regular volume that’s connected to your Mac and mounted in /Volumes, using either NSMetadataQuery in the API, or mdfind instead.

August 25, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: Bling or Cybertruck window?

Tahoe is overwhelmingly about its human interface. It still has problems in providing reliable contrast between elements and tools in controls and windows contents, and sameness across platforms.

August 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

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