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Category Archive: Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 202

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 202. Here are my solutions to them. 1: For […]

May 8, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

SystHist 1.18 now reports RSRs

Full listings of each version of macOS and update installed on that Mac, now includes RSRs. A mine of information.

May 8, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS and security updates in detail

Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.

May 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: All in the numbers

We should have expected Apple to remain silent about what the RSR does. But ruining its own clean and logical version numbering system was unexpected.

May 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 202

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

May 6, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Did that update just break something? How bad updates are getting less likely

With the sealed system and Cryptexes, macOS updates are less likely to cause problems. As RSRs are easy to uninstall, it’s simple to test whether they’re the cause.

May 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Is this the end for eficheck and non-T2 Intel Macs?

In just over a month, Apple is expected to announce macOS 14. How many Intel Macs without T2 chips are likely to be supported? What about their firmware?

May 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

COW and clones: how they save space and SSD wear

How does copy on write work, and how do clones grow apart? What effect do they have on the use of space and performance?

May 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Safe mode, caches and CacheDelete

What does Safe mode do to all those service caches managed by CacheDelete? Does it still check your boot disk too?

May 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just released an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

May 2, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

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