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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 342

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 342. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Reproduce flour […]

January 12, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

How to open a suspicious document or app

What can you do to protect your Mac when a stranger asks you to take a look at a document or app? Two alternatives for doing this is safety, rather than risk being victim to a phishing attack.

January 12, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Does your laptop Mac get scanned for malware?

Do you check XProtect Remediator scans using XProCheck on your laptop Mac? How often are its scans run there, daily or erratically?

January 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 342

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

January 10, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Copy and paste, drag and drop

Two of the Mac’s defining features, how they differ, the roles of source and receiver apps, how they work, how transferable types can limit them, and their future in macOS.

January 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Hiding text in PDFs

A demonstration of three simple ways to add invisible text to a PDF that could be used to prompt AI how to review it. And a method of detection.

January 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Check Time Machine backups in macOS Sequoia and Tahoe

T2M2 is nearly 9 years old. Here’s a walk through its summary reports on Time Machine backups. and an outline of what you’ll see in its log extracts.

January 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

Archive webpages using textClippings

How to make a textClipping of an article from within a webpage, then save that in different formats suitable for longer-term reference.

January 7, 2026 Macs, Technology

Exclude or include items in backup, search, iCloud Drive and QuickLook preview

How to exclude folders and files from these services, with new problems apparent in macOS Tahoe over exclusions from Time Machine backups.

January 6, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 341

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 341. Here are my solutions to them. 1: When […]

January 5, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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