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Category Archive: Macs

LogUI build 58 reads and writes JSON, and more

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You can now save log extracts to JSON files, which LogUI can read in as a log extract. Also a new Reduce tool to filter unwanted log entries.

June 5, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

June 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Prepare your Mac for safe disposal

You’ve set up your new Mac, and now need to prepare the old one for disposal, maybe to a friend, relative or someone buying it, or to go for recycling. What to do next,

June 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

How to search successfully in Spotlight: Saved Search

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How to create and use a Saved Search or Smart Folder, which isn’t a folder at all, how you can change its search, and how it works.

June 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 310

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 310. Here are my solutions to them. 1: London […]

June 2, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

How to search successfully in Spotlight: GUI tools

Using the Spotlight window and Finder’s Find window to locate local files that match your search criteria. Word boundaries and their effect on search results.

June 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Successful search strategies

Applying a sequence of criteria to narrow search until you find your target. How incremental search can help. The role of predicates, and how to search the log.

June 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 310

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: London to […]

May 31, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac OS version numbers

How Apple adopted a triplet version numbering scheme by 1988, then complicated it with additional revision numbers, Supplemental Updates, RSRs, and more.

May 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Can you trust times shown in the log?

This compares short time intervals obtained from log entry timestamps obtained from the log show command via Ulbow, those from LogUI using OSLog, and Mach Absolute Time.

May 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

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