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Category Archive: Macs

Are you running macOS before Mojave 10.14.4? Do you use command tools?

Downloading runtime support from Apple can save you wondering why a tool appears to be broken.

August 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Kickstarting and tearing down with launchctl

What’s the quickest way to tear down all user apps and services? Or to force a restart? The answer is in the command tool launchctl.

August 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update take 2 is now available (updated)

If you thought that we’d already installed Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update, here’s yet another go at it, with […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 181, dated […]

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Commenting on older articles reinstated

I have now enabled commenting on older articles again. Please feel free to do so. Let’s hope the […]

August 26, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 9

The answer’s to last Saturday’s riddles. How well did you do this week?

August 26, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Caring for SSDs: TRIM, wear levelling and APFS

Should you enable TRIM, and what is it? Do you need to turn wear levelling on, and what about fragmentation on SSDs? Some mysteries explained.

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Prepare to upgrade

The Catalina upgrade promises to be the most complex for years, catering for loss of 32-bit support and its read-only file system. How are you planning to upgrade?

August 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Commenting on older articles temporarily suspended

Due to a very high volume of comment spam, I’m afraid that I have had to temporarily suspend […]

August 24, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 9

Three more riddles to puzzle and entertain you over the weekend. Solutions will be given on Monday.

August 24, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

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