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Category Archive: Macs

Scrub goes into its first beta: improved privacy for sensitive documents

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Now surveys and warns of items like apps which could become impaired with over-enthusiastic stripping of xattrs, etc. Great in Dark Mode too.

July 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Wanted: some brave users to test Scrub

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A first alpha release, which appears stable and almost fully functional, but will cause havoc if used inappropriately.

July 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: In memoriam High Sierra

In a couple of weeks, when macOS 10.13.6 update ships, it’ll all be over for High Sierra. What should we remember it for?

July 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Is it time for a good Scrub? Building a tool to enhance privacy

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Documents and data which you want to remain private can leak via macOS. Here’s a proposal for an app to do something about it. Could it help you?

June 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

Welcome to macOS 10.14 Mojave public beta

The Mojave public beta is exciting. Here’s some advice on installation, and supporting tools available from here.

June 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

More app updates: Bailiff, DeepTools, PermissionScanner, SearchKey, and SearchKey Lite

Seven updated apps covering iCloud, Spotlight searching, checking permissions, and more. Mostly for Mojave fixes, but worth it for other users too.

June 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

Ordering Colour: Albert Henry Munsell (1858-1918)

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How he became interested in colour, and how he developed his colour system – which remains one of the most widely-used colour ordering systems.

June 28, 2018 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Pick a Mac, any Mac so long as it has…

It was easy to decide that this iMac needs to be replaced. Working out what to replace it with, proved more complex. How much would that iMac Pro cost?

June 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

Ordering Colour: before the 20th century

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A brief look at the history of colour ordering, and colour systems, as an introduction to the pioneering work of Albert Henry Munsell.

June 27, 2018 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Which EFI firmware should your Mac be using? (version 2)

How to check it, what the current version is, what to do about any problems. All your questions answered – even on ethernet firmware now.

June 27, 2018 Macs, Technology

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