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Category Archive: Macs

Saturday Mac riddles 267

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

August 3, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Directory Services

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A replacement for the NetInfo service in NeXTSTEP and early Mac OS X, Open Directory is an LDAPv3 service delivered as Directory Services, and essential to permissions, authentication and more.

August 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

System fonts: the delights of San Francisco

How can you use San Francisco, the system font for macOS and Apple’s other OSes? An example traced through from macOS internals to PDF and HTML.

August 2, 2024 Macs, Technology

Updates to DelightEd, Podofyllin and Nalaprop for Writing Tools

Three new versions that are compatible with Writing Tools in Sequoia 15.1 beta, and should perform better in other recent versions of macOS.

August 1, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Delving deep into user accounts in Directory Services

Advanced settings for users have been moved out of Users & Groups, but are still accessible in Directory Utility for those who are careful not to do anything hazardous.

July 31, 2024 Macs, Technology

NVRAM in Apple silicon Macs

Should you try changing NVRAM settings in an Apple silicon Mac? As they’re almost certain to have no beneficial effect, and could require lengthy procedures to reset them, it’s best not to try.

July 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Sonoma 14.6

As I forecast only yesterday, Apple has today released macOS Sonoma version 14.6. According to its previous calendar, […]

July 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has just released Sonoma 14.6, Ventura 13.6.8 and Monterey 12.7.6

Apple has just released the update to bring Sonoma to version 14.6, together with security updates to Ventura […]

July 29, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 266

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 266. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Skipper […]

July 29, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Ownership means two different things in Macs: how to tell them apart

Ownership can mean two very different things on Macs: it might be about Unix permissions, or Apple silicon boot policy. How to tell them apart so you use the right solution for ownership problems.

July 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

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