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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 52

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 52. Here are my solutions to them. 1: file […]

June 22, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Limits to size of sparse bundles, and bugs fixed in Spundle 1.2

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Important update for all users, which addresses several bugs in setting the maximum size of sparse bundles.

June 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Lock down your mind

What has distinguished this year isn’t the pandemic, police murders, or Apple’s intransigence, but the complete intolerance which we are showing to one another.

June 21, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 52

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

June 20, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

How your Mac may talk in its sleep thanks to HID

If you power your Mac from a UPS with a USB connection, sleep may not be all it’s supposed to be.

June 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Why did that app crash? Getting to the bottom of the log with Ulbow

An app crashes or quits unexpectedly. How can you work out what went wrong with it? An exploration using my free log browser.

June 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Good online charts can confuse not clarify: Covid-19 examples

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Do you watch Covid-19 charts to check whether a second wave is coming, or progress in controlling the infection? Here are a couple of catches to watch for.

June 18, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Selecting sizes for sparse bundles

How to set the total size, and band size, for your sparse bundles, with calculation of the critical band size.

June 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

What caused that kernel panic? How to use the log in diagnosis

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Step through how to work out when, how and why a kernel panic occurred in the unified log, using Ulbow.

June 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

EFI System Partitions: a hidden problem?

What do you know about the hidden and unmounted EFI partition on all the disks you use with your Mac? It could be very important.

June 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

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