Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5352. […]
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When you double-click a file and expect to see it opened by the app of your choice, but instead it’s opened by the wrong app, or the wrong version of the right app, or maybe macOS refuses to open it at all. How to fix that.
Expected next week: updates for all three supported versions of macOS, and a return to order for firmware in Apple silicon Macs. Here’s what to expect and when.
When you First Aid in Disk Utility, or an equivalent command tool, it reports the formatting and modification details of each volume. Here’s how to interpret them, with details of all versions of APFS and when they were released.
Removes superfluous menu commands that could cause crashes, and adds support for auto-update. However, there are currently problems in macOS 27 betas to beware of.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 369. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The power […]
DAS and CTS are largely responsible for work by E cores. DAS typically submits more than 700 activities for scheduling, including those for Time Machine backups, which have changed in Sonoma and later, with implications for LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons settings.
Structured data is common and essential in many situations. Despite prolonged attempts to structure text semantically, most that is indexed and searched has mark-up removed, and uses the lowest common denominator, plain text.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: The power […]
All it required was the command bless, until that was undone by SIP. Since the T2’s secure boot, it has become steadily more complex, and now is only really possible from the internal SSD.
