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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 276

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

October 5, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of defragging

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As Mac hard disks grew larger, fragmentation of file data, file system metadata and free space slowed the disk down. Here’s how we used to solve that.

October 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Sequoia 15.0.1 and Safari updates

Overnight European time, Apple released a small but urgent update to macOS Sequoia, bringing it to version 15.0.1. […]

October 4, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Is there more XProtection in Sequoia?

In Sequoia, XProtect’s data is now updated in a different way. Does this change its capabilities, though? A quick dip into YARA files has the answer.

October 4, 2024 Macs, Technology

Understand and check Time Machine backups to APFS

From dispatch of a new automatic backup, through computing which items need to be backed up, cleaning up snapshots and old backups, to success at the end.

October 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

Pinning iCloud Drive in Sequoia is bizarre, and an update to Cirrus

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Pinning files and folders in iCloud Drive behaves differently, and can readily become frustrating. Behaviours explained, with an update to Cirrus to housekeep pinned files.

October 2, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

October 1, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Living with(out) notarization

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Notarization is now obligatory for developers, but at the same time, we’re still able to run our own apps that aren’t notarized. Here’s how that works, and why.

October 1, 2024 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 275

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 275. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Traced […]

September 30, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

How iCloud has changed in Sequoia: pinning and more

If you have Optimise Mac Storage enabled, pinning files you want kept locally is a valuable new feature, but has its quirks, and could get your Mac into trouble.

September 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

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