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Category Archive: Macs

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 283

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 283. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Hidden […]

November 25, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Inside M4 chips: CPU power, energy and mystery

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Power use in two in-core performance tests, by number of threads run, leading to estimates of total energy used by P and E cores running the same code, at high frequencies. How efficient are the CPU cores in the M4?

November 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Just asking for advice

If you’re looking for good advice on Macs, Apple’s support documentation is often limited, and the Tips app has a long way to go before it’s useful. Why not try ChatGPT? Six case studies might be helpful.

November 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 283

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

November 23, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac CPUs

From the first 8 MHz Motorola 68000, through PowerPCs reaching 2.5 GHz and more in up to 4 cores, and Intel x86 with up to 28 cores, to Apple’s M4 Max with 12 P cores at 4.5 GHz.

November 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

How to tell if Spotlight has indexed a file correctly

You use Spotlight to search for something you’re sure is there, but it can’t find it. Here are some methods to discover why that search failed.

November 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

How do APFS volume roles work?

What separates System and Data volumes, and how does macOS know they’re part of a boot volume group? What distinguished backup volumes, and what is Sidecar?

November 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Inside M4 chips: CPU core performance

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In-core performance compared across P and E cores in M1, M3 and M4 chips shows substantial performance improvements, particularly in vector and matrix computation.

November 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

November 19, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.1.1

Apple has just released an update to macOS Sequoia, bringing it to version 15.1.1, build 24B91 (all Macs […]

November 19, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

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