If the kernel is the heart of OS X, launchd is its brain. Use it to run periodic tasks such as synchronising folders automatically.
Category Archive: Macs
All the useful key combinations, arranged by function rather than keys.
Do your settings in the Energy Saver pane differ from what actually happens? Learn how to use pmset to understand why, and diagnose old battery problems.
When I drove down the drive I had seen on the satellite view, it opened out to a block of flats. The care home had vanished.
Two free tools to check how long your SSD, including those in Fusion Drives, is likely to last.
I may at last have found a way to reduce the frequency of freezing in OS X 10.11.4 and later.
New toys expected include Siri for OS X, and OS X 10.12. Those should really please users with Macs that keep freezing, and bricked iPad Pros.
If you wanted to mess someone’s Mac up, you could go into their system files and change things around when they were out at lunch.
How long will the SSD in your Mac last before it fails? Some seem to be going to an early grave. Is yours?
The task: a simple, clickable interactive plan of paintings of Piazza San Marco in Venice, using HTML5.
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