Trimming ensures an SSD can write data as fast as it can read it. Although most SSDs should be Trimmed when they’re mounted, if you’re unsure, here’s simple test to tell whether any SSD does Trim correctly.
Category Archive: Technology
With yet another macOS security update to 26.6.2 due shortly, why do the download sizes of these updates vary so widely?
Apple has just released its regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to […]
How can you run apps and executable code that hasn’t been notarised? Can you also run those with broken signatures, or none at all? And do the controls actually disable Gatekeeper or XProtect?
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 372. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Fruit element […]
Does your backup storage really need to be twice the capacity of your Mac’s internal SSD? If you’re already backing it up you can estimate the size required more accurately, as given here.
The latest XProtect update brings behavioural detection of malware, and extends assurance of app identification beyond notarisation. For some but not all Macs.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Fruit element […]
How to discover which app ‘owns’ the mapping between a filename extension and its UTI, and whether you can do anything to fix a conflict.
A new file in the latest XProtect data is set to protect private data used by eight widely used third-party apps, including popular web browsers. But which version of macOS will do this?
