A thorough look at Live Text, and why it might need to connect to Apple’s servers. Could it be sending image identifiers or text extracted from your local images?
Category Archive: Technology
Do fast Thunderbolt SSDs slow down when connected via a Thunderbolt hub? How fast are they when reading at the same time? Does connecting a display affect them?
Not only do Help windows work differently on Intel and Apple silicon Macs, but on the latter they can bring Stage Manager to a grinding halt.
While you may feel more comfortable working with the more limited privileges of a normal rather than admin user, does that improve security?
The update to macOS Ventura 13.2 isn’t large, but brings two significant new features: Advanced Data Protection for […]
Apple has just released updates to bring macOS 13 Ventura to version 13.2 (build 22D49), and security updates […]
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 187. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Leaves […]
How macOS schedules tasks like making automatic Time Machine backups, from property list to transactions between DAS and CTS.
The M2 Pro and Max gain an extra two Efficiency cores, compared to their M1 equivalents. What effect will that have on their performance, and what of the M2 Ultra?
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Leaves from the […]
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