How to investigate an app that crashes when starting up, using log entries. Includes detailed instructions for one of the simplest adventures in the log, and a summary of code signature errors.
Category Archive: Macs
When an app can only run for a moment, it might seem hard to work out why it crashes. Here are useful clues from the crash log and elsewhere to help you get the app running properly.
Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Some background tasks will only run when a laptop Mac is connected to mains (AC) power. This is also true for XProtect Remediator scans. What can you do to ensure these are still run?
Not sure which Retina quality displays you can use with your Apple silicon Mac? This site has all the answers and more.
When you need to check what’s in a potential phishing email, run a locked-down virtual machine for safety, as explained here.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 361. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This second […]
Spotlight can’t index the contents of document versions to make them searchable. How you can change that and save having to browse those versions when you need to recover old content.
Spotlight fails to index the content of text files starting with odd characters like ‘LG’ and ‘Draw’, Although we understand this is caused by checking the file type using file(1), this suggests an explanation of why it should do that. And whether it will ever get fixed for Intel Macs.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This second […]
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