I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 286. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Keeps […]
Category Archive: Macs
Why does compressing a 15 GB file within a sparse bundle run more slowly than would be expected from its write performance?
Why data compression is everyday, and how its performance problems can generalise into tasks of similar structure.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Keeps an […]
Originally Process Viewer and CPU Monitor, in 2003 they merged and became Activity Monitor, similar to the current version. Also borrowed for Xcode Instruments.
Did you spot the change that didn’t take place as expected in the 15.2 update this week? It marks the end of the Intel era for Macs.
Why pay an extra $600 for a 2 TB internal SSD, after all fast external SSDs are cheaper. Maybe you need to check whether disk performance becomes a rate-limiting factor.
The macOS 15.2 update includes the second phase of AI support for Apple silicon Macs, introducing the Image […]
As eagerly anticipated, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.2 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring […]
The CPU view in Activity Monitor is the starting point for tuning the performance of software. Here are its virtues, and a few vices to beware of when using it.
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