A close examination of CPU %, GPU % and Energy Impact measurements in Activity Monitor, compared with reference values, demonstrates their current shortcomings.
Category Archive: Macs
The phrase repeated throughout WWDC was ‘semantic search’. How does fit in with Spotlight, and how could it benefit those who aren’t so enthused by advanced AI?
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: First unknown […]
A rite of passage when reporting a bug to Apple, sysdiagnoses contain huge amounts of data, including a logarchive containing its recent log entries. What you can do with them, and their snags.
Scrolling becomes sluggish, switching between apps is slow. Look in Activity Monitor and kernel_task is hogging the CPU. It’s time to help your Mac cool down,, as detailed here.
A round-up of what we know so far, including Time Capsule support, encrypted HFS+, DVDPlayer framework, preparations for Rosetta removal, and logarchive format.
A complete guide to using this new version, with explanations of how to keep XProtect up to date, which updates the app will install, and where to get further information.
Many document formats store metadata with their data. Choosing the right ones to use must ensure their access, indexing and search. Here’s how to check those, and why Keywords are usually a good choice.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 365. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Half the […]
First full release of SilentKnight designed and optimised for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15.6 Sequoia or later, including Golden Gate betas. Clean and simple to use, with sophisticated features such as JSON report exporting.
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