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Category Archive: Macs

How to find all your 32-bit apps: a non-buyer’s guide

What’s the best and most reliable way to tell what 32-bit code won’t run in macOS 10.15? Time is now running short before first betas ship.

May 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Investigating Time Machine errors with T2M2 and Consolation 3

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How to detect and investigate a problem with Time Machine backups in Mojave, using only free tools.

May 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

LockRattler and SystHist updated

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Minor updates, which check their code signatures each time they start up.

May 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Browsing your log with Consolation 3, full release at last

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At last, a full release version of Consolation 3 brings a completely rewritten Help book which covers all its features.

May 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

T2M2 Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utility The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2. […]

May 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Consolation and other log utilities Support

This page is for your support questions and comments on my free utilities Consolation, RouteMap, Whither, Woodpile, MakeLogarchive, […]

May 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Notarization arrives in 10.14.5

Apple provides detailed information about how to stunt your Mac’s performance to mitigate against MDS, but doesn’t mention how notarization has become mandatory, and can block extensions and apps from running.

May 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finder icons and QuickLook: friends or enemies?

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Icons are a fundamental part of a graphical interface, and convey valuable information. Although QuickLook thumbnails can enhance, they can also conflict unless carefully thought out.

May 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

What is Gatekeeper, and where can I see it?

Look in Activity Monitor or the log, and you won’t find anything named Gatekeeper, is its a team of different systems, each of which can work on its own. Here’s the detail and a diagram.

May 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Files that aren’t: how Safari puts weblocs on pause

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Safari 12.1.1 will write a folder of weblocs from its Bookmarks page, but forgets to close and release those files. Look at the problems which result.

May 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

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