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Category Archive: Macs

Is Tahoe quicker to launch apps first time?

Whether a quarantined and notarized app undergoes translocation, Tahoe doesn’t run XProtect checks to determine if it’s malicious. And how to tell when an app is running from translocation.

October 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Tahoe’s elephant

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All of us rely on tone (brightness, lightness) to interpret what we see. Visual artists have gone to great lengths in tonal modelling, but macOS Tahoe offers only bleached-out white or blacked-out black.

October 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 329

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

October 11, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: How is XProtect’s data updated?

Until Sequoia, it was simply downloaded and installed as any other software update. Since then it has changed frequently and its behaviour can now confuse.

October 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

How to migrate macOS virtual machines

If your virtualiser allows you to run 2 macOS VMs at the same time, and to give them different MAC addresses, it’s easy to migrate from one to the other as explained here.

October 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

What to do when your Mac can’t get to the login window

If you’re lucky, it should restart into Recovery Assistant. Otherwise advice on how to manage a boot loop or freeze, and how to disable 3rd party kernel extensions.

October 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5318. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

October 8, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Resolve a file’s path from its inode number

First Aid in Disk Utility, or fsck_apfs in Terminal, have given warnings or errors with id numbers. How do you work out which file or folder that refers to?

October 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

What to do when APFS has problems

First Aid in Disk Utility, or running fsck_apfs in Terminal, return warnings or errors on one of your Mac’s volumes. Here’s what to do next.

October 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 328

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 328. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Click […]

October 6, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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