We should see a lot of new hardware releases, and macOS 10.13 in the autumn. Plan now so that you cope well with the switch in file systems: that may affect your current backups, and more.
Category Archive: Macs
Predicting the life of laptop batteries has become a loser’s game. It’s one that Apple has just started to lose very publicly.
In the strange other world that is education, Adobe Flash is not only seen as really good, but is often essential.
Staple functions for scripts, it is vital that they are readily accessible from Swift if it is to be used for scripting.
How to run a shell command with root privileges from with Swift. The roundabout way.
The App Store had been behaving itself, until it showed that it couldn’t count up to three accurately.
Another ‘scripting’ exercise in Swift starts with time wasted sorting out signing. But it does get better after that.
Next year might not be as bad as it is currently. Tim Cook doesn’t reveal any details, but lays down some corporate policy.
Introducing a revised version of my free Console replacement app LogLogger. This is now signed, with no other changes.
Is your Mac properly locked down with Apple’s security protection systems? Here’s a free tool to check most of them out.
The Eclectic Light Company 