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Category Archive: Macs

Apple has released new versions of Sierra and High Sierra Security Update 2019-002

The initial releases of macOS Sierra and High Sierra Security Updates 2019-002 on Monday 25 March were not […]

March 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave 10.14.4’s strange new security certificate

Have you updated to 10.14.4? Checked your login keychain? You may see a new security certificate there. What’s it for?

March 30, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave Spotlight bug: Dictionaries don’t do Dark Mode

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Look in the Dictionary app, and entries are fine in Dark Mode. But access the same content via Spotlight, and they become unreadable. Why?

March 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

Finding and converting legacy media 4: Using Compressor

When you want control over the codecs used and their settings, or have a large batch of movies to convert, use a transcoder like Compressor.

March 29, 2019 Macs, Technology

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

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