How Swift supports cooperative multitasking using async/await. How to call asynchronous code from within synchronous code, and does it also multithread code in parallel?
Category Archive: Macs
Apparently Sequoia includes user space file system support, as now used for the MSDOS file system in macOS. Is it ready to use yet?
Chicago, Charcoal, Lucida Grande, Helvetica Neue, and San Francisco or SF Pro – a visual journey through 40 years.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 261. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From […]
All about Mac firmware, from PowerPC Open Firmware to Apple silicon’s LLB and iBoot, and what the rules are for updating firmware.
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.
The Eclectic Light Company 