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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 366

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 366. Here are my solutions to them. 1: First unknown […]

June 29, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

What does Activity Monitor measure?

A close examination of CPU %, GPU % and Energy Impact measurements in Activity Monitor, compared with reference values, demonstrates their current shortcomings.

June 29, 2026 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Spotlight on semantics

The phrase repeated throughout WWDC was ‘semantic search’. How does fit in with Spotlight, and how could it benefit those who aren’t so enthused by advanced AI?

June 28, 2026 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 366

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

June 27, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: sysdiagnose and logarchives

A rite of passage when reporting a bug to Apple, sysdiagnoses contain huge amounts of data, including a logarchive containing its recent log entries. What you can do with them, and their snags.

June 27, 2026 Macs, Technology

What to do with a hot Mac

Scrolling becomes sluggish, switching between apps is slow. Look in Activity Monitor and kernel_task is hogging the CPU. It’s time to help your Mac cool down,, as detailed here.

June 26, 2026 Macs, Technology

Deprecations and removals from Golden Gate

A round-up of what we know so far, including Time Capsule support, encrypted HFS+, DVDPlayer framework, preparations for Rosetta removal, and logarchive format.

June 25, 2026 Macs, Technology

How to get the most from SilentKnight 3

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A complete guide to using this new version, with explanations of how to keep XProtect up to date, which updates the app will install, and where to get further information.

June 24, 2026 Macs, Technology

Choose and use in-document metadata

Many document formats store metadata with their data. Choosing the right ones to use must ensure their access, indexing and search. Here’s how to check those, and why Keywords are usually a good choice.

June 23, 2026 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 365

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 365. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Half the […]

June 22, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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