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Category Archive: Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Should we be worried about data integrity?

From its outset, APFS hasn’t tested the integrity of file data stored on it. Would this be a good idea, or should macOS switch to the ZFS file system instead?

May 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 205

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

May 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Would you like to Comment or Finder Comment?

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Finder Comments are accessible, easy to use, and unreliable because they rely primarily on data stored in a hidden file. Regular Comment extended attributes are more reliable.

May 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Updates: xattred 1.5, Cormorant 1.5, Metamer 1.2 and ArchiChect 2.5

Extended attribute editor with much enhanced interface, app inspection tool, compression tool designed for AirDrop use, and a simple extended attribute editor for Spotlight search.

May 26, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Monitoring file integrity with updates to Dintch and Fintch

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APFS has no feature to check file data integrity. Dintch and Fintch are two apps that tag files with SHA-256 hashes to address this. New versions.

May 25, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Crashes, panics, freezes and other unexpected events

Using the correct term gets us half way to a diagnosis: kernel panics, freezes, app crashes and unresponsive apps are distinguished here.

May 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

Firmware updates with macOS 13.4, 12.6.6 and 11.7.7

Some Intel Macs without T2 chips have firmware updates with last week’s security updates. Here are the details.

May 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Ventura 13.4 makes network diagnostic logging harder

Enabling CFNetwork diagnostic logging now requires SIP to be disabled in macOS 13.4.

May 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 204

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 204. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Internet […]

May 22, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Close, but still no banana: Disk Utility 22.6

Disk Utility version 22.6 in Ventura 13.4 finally tackles bugs running First Aid on APFS volumes. Has it finally solved them?

May 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

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