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Category Archive: Macs

Last Week on My Mac: Lost Force Click

On my Magic Trackpad, Force Click vanished. As it had recently updated its firmware, it looked like that update had caused the problem, although that no longer makes sense. Does your Magic Trackpad have the same problem?

August 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 269

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

August 17, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A proposed new interface for SilentKnight 3

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After a batch of new MacBook Pros were delivered with SIP disabled: LockRattler (December 2016), EFIcienC then SilentKnight (July 2019), and here’s what version 3 should look like.

August 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

How to tell if an app is notarized

Although macOS won’t tell, Apparency will, even down to launch constraints. Other alternatives, and how to check in the command line.

August 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

What changed in macOS Sonoma? End of term report

How has the System changed in numbers since Mojave? Why has the number of kernel extensions risen since their deprecation? Why so many Private Frameworks?

August 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

macOS updates are shrinking, but what happened to RSRs?

How large were Sonoma’s updates? How many were unscheduled patches? Why were there no RSRs? What does Sequoia hold in store?

August 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

OS X Server 2.2 in August 2012

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An extended tutorial-review of Mountain Lion Server, OS X Server 2.2, written in 2012-13, with copious screenshots.

August 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 268

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 268. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Notice […]

August 12, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

What’s the time Mr. APFS? With a new version of Precize

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Update adds two new datestamp fields, and gives decimal seconds in times. Use this app to explore how macOS sets those on files, as shown.

August 12, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: What is happening with XProtect updates?

While other Macs had happily updated XProtect’s data in the normal way, my Sequoia beta system told me it was out of date, and refused to find an updater. Then I recalled an old tweet.

August 11, 2024 Macs, Technology

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