All about Mac firmware, from PowerPC Open Firmware to Apple silicon’s LLB and iBoot, and what the rules are for updating firmware.
Category Archive: Macs
This weekend we’re in the Lake District. Wouldn’t it have been simpler if, rather than preparing a notebook, all I needed was a VM with all my apps pre-installed and ready to go?
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: From the […]
Originally two separate apps, they were brought together in Mac OS X, and have survived largely unscathed to Sequoia. Here are some highs and lows to remember.
Using a combination of iohid and BatteryCenter, macOS checks attached UPS and wireless keyboards, mice and trackpads ever 2-5 seconds.
The general rule for allocating threads to P and E cores according to their QoS, with fine controls such as Game Mode, and frequency control.
Differences between file-based keychains including the login keychain, and Data Protection keychain. How the Passwords app in Sequoia caters for the latter.
Hot on the heels of the slightly earlier update to XProtect, Apple has just released an update to […]
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]
Understanding terms, including process, thread and task. How the assigned Quality of Service, or QoS, is used to determine how threads are allocated to cores.
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