Apple has today released another Supplemental Update to macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, apparently just to fix a security […]
Category Archive: Macs
Versioning has been around for nearly 7 years, and has many powerful features. Here’s how to get the most out of it, including using it to copy content from old versions into the current one, and how to delete old versions.
Looking for a new MacBook turned thoughts to Meltdown and Spectre, and our response to recent appearance of new malware. We need better protection of some key folders.
Does APFS currently support hard disks, Fusion Drives, and other forms of storage beyond SSDs? The devil is in the detail.
What does iCloud mean when its says it’s ‘preparing’ a file? Seeing through the smoke and mirrors of iCloud Drive.
Buying or replacing external storage for Macs is extremely uncertain at the moment because of issues over APFS. Here’s some guidance for selecting hard disks, for backups and more.
Sometimes you don’t know of a silent update until an app misbehaves or crashes. One day, the innocent-looking plist tucked away in a LaunchAgents folder could be malicious.
I claimed (from a guess) that there might be 0.8 GB of xattrs in my Home folder. I was wildly wrong: there are actually over 3.8 GB. Here’s how xattrs are distributed.
Apple is in the process of pushing an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, bringing it to […]
Getting the best out of Quick Look’s document previews and thumbnail icons, in the Finder and the Open File dialog.
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