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Category Archive: Macs

Finding and converting legacy media 3: Movies and more

How to use the Finder to locate movies which need to be converted for future compatibility, and converting them with QuickTime Player/

March 28, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 2: Embedded in Keynote presentations

When converting legacy formats relying on QuickTime 7 for decoding, don’t forget movies and images embedded in presentations.

March 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.4: an incomplete summary

Several serious bugs have been fixed in this update. Here’s a list of those which still remain. Please add more as you come across them.

March 27, 2019 Macs, Technology

What has changed in the Mojave 10.14.4 update?

The macOS Mojave 10.14.4 update is another hefty one, amounting to 2.5-2.8 GB of download, which installs over […]

March 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 1: still images

Later this year, in macOS 10.15, one of the media types which will become unsupported is JPEG 2000 still images. Here’s how to find and convert your old images.

March 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

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 164, dated […]

March 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has released (late) macOS 10.14.4 update, and security updates for Sierra and High Sierra

Apple has just, over four hours later than usual, released the update to macOS Mojave 10.14.4. With it, […]

March 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

lsregister: a valuable undocumented command for LaunchServices

Repairing LaunchServices database, rebuilding it from scratch, and controlling individual app entries – all using this undocumented command.

March 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Don’t tell anyone, but we’re about to ship new iMacs

New iMacs were very welcome, but Apple is telling us about its future plans. Will these new versions only sell for the next year? What will replace them?

March 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15: convert old media now

32-bit apps and codecs die with macOS 10.15 later this year. Many video, audio and still image formats will become unusable as a result. Here’s what to do.

March 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

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