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Category Archive: Technology

Friday Magic: See real log entries

How to remove all the privacy redactions, and reveal network diagnostics including the URLs connected to by your Mac.

February 13, 2026 Macs, Technology

In the background: software update, backup & XProtect Remediator

After logging in, macOS may check for system software updates, run an initial Time Machine backup, and run XProtect Remediator scans. This is how those happen.

February 12, 2026 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Tahoe 26.3?

For once, Apple’s bland statement that “this update provides important bug fixes and security updates” may be the […]

February 11, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3, and security updates in Sequoia 15.7.4 & Sonoma 14.8.4

Apple has released updates to macOS, to bring Tahoe to version 26.3, and security updates for Sequoia to […]

February 11, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS Tahoe no longer fully supports Time Capsules

If you’ve upgraded to Tahoe, your Time Capsule should still back up normally. But erase it to start new backups, and Time Machine refuses to back up to it any more.

February 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5329, from the previous release of […]

February 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

In the background: Spotlight indexing

Spotlight indexes on-the-fly so new and changed files are quickly searchable, but periodically needs to assimilate those into its more static indexes. That and Live Text extraction are run following startup.

February 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 346

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 346. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Shift for […]

February 9, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

External storage: OWC Express 4M2 could be a perfect compromise

How to connect 4 NVMe SSDs to no more than 2 ports on a Mac mini? If you can accept slower transfer speeds, an OWC 4M2 can do it at a fraction of the cost.

February 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Why E cores make Apple silicon fast

Apple silicon architecture is designed to get background processes out of the way of our apps running in the foreground, by using the E cores.

February 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

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